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SANDBOX AGENCY BOOSTS ITS AG AND ANIMAL HEALTH PRACTICE GROUPS
Source: Sandbox news release

Sandbox's Sharon Polk was recently promoted to Senior Vice President for Account Services, managing the Sandbox animal health and agriculture portfolio. Her primary client responsibilities will include managing all strategic marketing and communications for Elanco Animal Health and Monsanto, an agrochemical and agricultural biotech company. Polk has been with Sandbox and McCormick (acquired by Sandbox) for the past 13 years, and is responsible for growing the team from three to more than 40 employees to meet increasing client needs.

Additionally, Nicole Brodie and Kelly Loganbill are joining the team as Account Supervisor and Account Director, respectively. Nicole joins with eight years of advertising experience in the agriculture, companion animal and large animal health market, with brand experience such as Valent U.S.A., Zoetis, Merck Animal Health and Farm Credit - while Kelly's experienced background in brand management for clients including pet nutrition, crop protection and health care bolsters the teams expertise in these areas. Rounding out new team additions is Leah Zlatnik, Account Supervisor, working under Sharon and responsible for the day-to-day account management on Elanco and Monsanto. Prior to Sandbox, Leah was an Account Supervisor at Intouch Solutions where she led client strategic and digital marketing efforts.

"As Sandbox's long-standing Ag and Animal Health practices continue to grow, we are very excited to welcome a few key new hires with deep knowledge of these industries, " said Sharon Polk, SVP, Account Services at Sandbox. "Sandbox has continued to build a reputation in Kansas City for being an agency that has a vast amount of talent in many areas, and a rich pedigree of reaching industry experts."


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