Meet The PMD Team

By day, you can find Joe (AKA “Ad Man”) doing his due diligence to ensure PMD thrives and that clients get better marketing than they had the day before. Joe Levine is a 1982 graduate and lacrosse student-athlete of the University of Miami. He entered the automobile business in 1975 as a technician and has held virtually every position within a dealership, all the way to General Manager in both foreign and domestic environments. In addition, Joe has been deeply involved in the advertising industry at both the creative and media buying levels.

During the mid ’90s, Joe became a Chevrolet Dealer in New Jersey, and was a board member of the Bergen/Passaic Chevrolet Dealer Advertising Association. After selling the dealership back to General Motors via Project 2000, he has continued to focus on the success of his automotive consulting firm, Progressive Dynamics, Inc., which he established in 1983. Joe continues to utilize his proven training methods of education, motivation, and mastery as well as helping dealers navigate their stores through the difficult buy/sell process. In addition, Joe has been a regular on-air personality with ASTN (Automotive Satellite Television Network), a Primedia-owned CNN affiliate and continues to be a valued public speaker in the automotive community.

After repeated requests from many of the clients of Progressive Dynamics to provide a forward and effective environment for advertising and marketing, Joe launched Progressive Marketing Dynamics (PMD) and still stands today as its President and CEO. Joe is a former Head Lacrosse Coach for DePaul Catholic High School as well as a former Masters Lacrosse Athlete. He has won numerous awards including: 2015 Passaic County Lacrosse Coach of the Year, 2015 NJ.com Curcio Division Coach of the Year, and 2015 North Jersey Boys Lacrosse Coach of the Year.

By day, you can find Dee (AKA “Dee-Fender”) supervising the quality of accounting and financial reporting for PMD to make sure it is all accurate. Dee is a graduate of Drake University holding a degree in Education. She entered the automobile business in 1986 with a Buick, Pontiac, GMC dealer in New Jersey. She went on to GMAC, then TMCC and Lexus Financial before rejoining the retail side of the business with a Chevrolet Dealer as Office Manager.

Dee joined PMD in 2008, holding the position of Media Coordinator/Traffic Manager. Dee later became PMD’s Office Manager and now oversees PMD’s Finances and Human Resources.

By night, she can be found cheering for her kids at a field hockey or lacrosse game. Much to the delight of her family, when she’s not in the stands at a sporting event, she enjoys spending time in the kitchen, as long as they help clean up! Dee enjoys good books, cooking, and football.

Place of Origin: Bloomfield, NJ

By day, you will find Josh at his computer, hard at work as PMD’s Graphics Traffic Manager. Before joining the PMD team, he was a Senior Graphic Designer with over 15 years of experience in different sectors including tech, entertainment, and consumer products while also working as an independent freelance artist and designer.

In his free time, Josh can be found spending time with his wife, son, dogs, and bearded dragons. Josh is also a hip-hop and comic/pop culture collector and connoisseur. He also loves listening to and creating music. When not taking his child to soccer or swimming, Josh can be found submersing himself in artistic culture and sharing it with the world around him. He also loves eating his wife’s cooking.

Superpowers & Abilities

• Creating and critiquing art and design
• Master of aerosol arts
• Taming dragons
• Achieving overall awesomeness

Place of Origin: Wyckoff, NJ

Theresa graduated from Ramapo College with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration/Marketing in 2020. She is excited to use her internship experience in client branding to help the PMD team, and their clients, reach new heights!

At night, you can find Theresa cuddled up with her puppy reciting every lyric to Disney movies. Theresa also enjoys fueling up with a Dunkin Iced Coffee (even in the winter), shopping, doing puzzles with her grandmother, and owning as many pink things as possible. Fun fact: she is a self-proclaimed Mac n Cheese aficionado.

Superpowers & Abilities

• Master Puzzle Completer
• Flight
• Ability to burst into Disney songs at any moment
• Super Elasticity

Place of origin: Vernon, NJ

By day, Rachel is a broadcast traffic coordinator at PMD. She graduated from Monmouth University in 2019 with a degree in Psychology. She’s eager to put the lessons she’s learned to the test.

By night, you can find her at the gym or eating her body weight at the nearest Mexican restaurant. There’s no in between. Rachel is a certified plant mom, avid traveler, and tattoo enthusiast.

Powers & Abilities:

• Magnet Collecting
• Photosynthesizing
• Mind Reading
• Cat Whispering

Place of Origin: Butler, NJ

By day, you can find Jenna scouring the internet for the latest social media trends and posting on behalf of clients.  She graduated from William Paterson University with her Bachelor’s in Public Relations and has her Associate’s in Journalism from County College of Morris.  Jenna has had many professional experiences, and is excited to put her superpowers to good use at PMD!

By night, you’ll find Jenna at home with her husband (Mark) and her black cat (Sky).  Lover of music, she’s always rocking out to something or belting out tunes herself.  She’s also a New York Yankee fan, and will happily talk baseball with anyone!

Superpowers & Abilities

• Researching and Writing
• Talking a mile a minute
• Juggling
• Baking

Place of origin: West Orange, NJ

By day, Morgan is the social media traffic coordinator for PMD, where she posts and manages social media for clients. She graduated from Seton Hall University in May of 2022 with a degree in Public Relations. Morgan has been working her entire college career and is excited to put her skills to work at PMD!

By night, you’ll find Morgan at home with her sweet pug, Theo. In her free time, Morgan collects elephant figurines since they are her favorite animal. She enjoys reading, writing poetry, binge-watching shows, working out, snuggling her dog, photography and attending concerts.

Powers and Abilities:

• Bowling
• Extreme napper
• Multifaceted music taste
• Pyrokinesis

Place of Origin: Mt. Arlington, NJ

By day, Dillon is a Traffic Coordinator at PMD, joining the company as a Journalism major from Fordham College at Rose Hill.

By night, he can be found cheffing up in the kitchen, watching his favorite football (soccer) team Everton F.C. and lounging – usually outdoors – with his dog Chano.

His favorite color is royal blue.

Superpowers & Abilities

• Changing Lightbulbs
• Dog Whispering
• Iron-Cheffing

Place of Origin: Maplewood, NJ

Alex (AKA “The Incredible Brü” or “Brühaha” for short) joined the PMD team in April 2019. He graduated from Drexel University in 2018 with a B.S. in Film and Video. Before coming to PMD, he was an Assistant Editor at Allied Pixel.

By night, Alex can be found playing video games, walking his dog in the woods, or grilling. He is a fan of Japanese cars. A fun fact about Alex is that he can spin a lot of things on his fingers.

Superpowers & Abilities

• Super smell
• Super metabolism

Place of Origin: Madison, NJ

Will W. Whitehead (that’s right, 3 Ws) has an associate’s in Digital Media Technology and a bachelor of arts in Animation. He’s worn multiple hats throughout the years doing 3D modeling and animation, YouTube video production, and game development. Now he’s fleshing out his experience in video editing equipped with his wide range of prior experiences.

Outside of work, Will likes to make 3D models reminiscent of old retro games as well as learning and practicing different digital skills. He also enjoys playing video games with friends and chilling out with them and watches loads of science YouTube videos (especially marine biology).

Superpowers & Abilities

• Can turn a square piece of paper into anything
• Can turn a 3D square into anything
• Always knows what time it is

Place of Origin: Hackettstown, NJ

In 2022, Dean graduated from Centenary University with a Bachelor’s degree in Television and Radio Production. Ready and eager to work, Dean joins the PMD team as a video editor and producer. In his free time, Dean likes to spend time out with his friends and family, play video games, and watch sports. But, just like a cat, Dean’s favorite thing to do is to lay in the sun and take a nap.

Superpowers & Abilities

• Shapeshifting
• Burrito Eating
• Funky Fresh Dance Moves

Place of Origin: Ridgewood, NJ

By day, you can find Nicole (AKA “Vector Vixen”) sitting at her desk surrounded by all things purple at PMD. With over 10 years of design experience and 6.5 years in automotive advertising, she’s a huge asset to the team. Her love of design and music granted her a Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design & Vocal Performance.

By night, you can find The Vector Vixen swimming to the bottom of the ocean burying all the bad art, or creating vector masterpieces in Illustrator. When Nicole isn’t swimming or creating art, you can find her binging Netflix, doing outdoor activities (especially ones that revolve around water) or watching horror movies. Nicole loves animals and hopes to get a dog one day, (but for now, her cuddly daughter Ellie, will have to do). She enjoys playing VR, she adores Shih Tzus, and her favorite color is purple.

Superpowers & Abilities

• Swimming forever with super gills
• Singing
• Ability to drink lots of caffeine

Place of Origin: Flanders, NJ

By day, you can find Andrew designing compelling ads for his clients at PMD. He graduated from Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts with a concentration in Graphic Design. While attending college, he worked in the Rutgers’ Student Life Marketing Department where he gained loads of experience.

By night — and by weekend — you will hear Andrew noodlin’ on his electric Gretsch. He’s no Stevie Ray Vaughan, but he’s no slouch either.

Superpowers & Abilities

• Pixel Perfect Vision

Place of Origin: Rockaway, NJ

By day Gianna works on the graphics team, creating digital and print assets for PMD’s clients. Gianna has been with PMD since August of 2021. Graduating from Kean University in 2020, Gianna has a Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design with a minor in Art History.

After work, Gianna loves to put her brain to work painting surreal scenes from her imagination. Pushing the envelope in her style and art to what could be considered weird and unusual is normal for her. She also enjoys snowboarding, anime and all things creepy crawlers. She loves them so much- she has an entire tattoo sleeve of creepy crawlers!

Superpowers & Abilities

• Expert navigator of thrift stores
• Super hearing
• Motion Graphics Wizard
• Halloween Costume Professional

Place of Origin: Georgia

Elli (AKA “Teeny Tiny Elli-Belly”) is a Jack Russell/Chihuahua mix and was adopted by her family at four years old. She is originally from Georgia. She is very friendly and loves to see all the employees at PMD whenever she visits the office. You can find Elli sniffing around for food, sunbathing, or trying to get someone to give her a belly rub. She might be a dog, but she has an amazing fashion sense. Although she’s nice, don’t forget that she is still the boss around here.

Superpowers & Abilities

• Sunbathing
• Psychological manipulation
• Super speed
• Napping
• Eating
• Ability to give happiness