Tonya Hall is an accomplished marketing professional with over 18 years of experience working with major brands such as Verizon, Showtime, Comcast, and Starz. She specializes in new media marketing and communication, personal, and corporate branding, loyalty, and retention. Tonya has a proven track record of building and managing successful sales teams and prospecting new clients, making her an ideal leader and mentor. She is a strategic thinker who is highly successful in selling to executives at large enterprise companies, and her skills extend to audio and video content creation, qualitative and quantitative research, and event management.

Tonya's passion for social media and community building began in 2004, leading her to impart her knowledge to software providers and major brands alike. She believes that long-term relationship building and authenticity are critical to a successful social media strategy. Tonya also understands that consumers are real people with real passions and not just segments or target audiences. Her philosophy is that if brands love their customers, they'll receive the original word-of-mouth marketing.

Currently, Tonya is the CEO at Barzhini Media LLC, where she helps organizations engage with their audience through strategic marketing programs and campaigns. Prior to her current role, she has held positions such as CEO at Barzhini Media, Chief Marketing Officer at Graham Advertising, and Director of Emerging Business Sectors and Technologies at the Colorado Springs Chamber & EDC.