A Laredo native and graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, Gerald founded Freed Advertising in 1984. They rest is history, as they say. During his 30 years in advertising and marketing, Gerald has accumulated an impressive list of clients that have benefited from his creative talents and strategic counsel, including ConocoPhillips, the Houston Texans, Ikea, ARS, The Woodlands, San Jacinto College, Sienna Plantation and Mike Calvert Toyota.

Gerald has reached numerous milestones during his time in the business, including producing a TV commercial that aired during Super Bowl XXXIX. The spot was produced for Cosentino, USA, the maker of Silestone brand quartz countertops. The commercial featured former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka, William "Refrigerator" Perry, Jim McMahon and former basketball wild man Dennis Rodman.

Gerald is currently a member of the American Association of Advertising (4A's), Second Wind Network, Sienna Plantation Community Services Foundation and an advisory board member of The Dream Fund. In his free time, Gerald can be found fishing or hanging out at Papa Libre's Cantina, strategically located inside the agency.

During his day job, this self-proclaimed "garage artist" provides strategic guidance and direction to clients, while helping them develop and implement unified marketing programs.

The majority of Sean's career has been spent on the client side with experience in operations, human resources, strategy, corporate finance and marketing for some biggies like OSI Restaurant Partners, Inc. (Outback Steakhouse), Yum! Brands (think KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut), Rice University and SYSCO Foods. On the agency side his client list is notable, managing accounts for Compaq, Houston Chronicle, KFC, Junior Achievement and the Houston Astros.

Originally from Baytown, Sean and his family call Sugar Land home. He is a former board member of the City of Sugar Land's Planning and Zoning Commission, Fort Bend County Chamber of Commerce, Sugar Land Rotary Club and the Fort Bend County Independent School District's Education Foundation. He has volunteered to support the Literacy Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, the Fort Bend County Women's Center and the YMCA of Greater Houston.

When she isn't cyber stalking George Clooney, Nancy has the mostly glamorous job of overseeing the agency's creative team to manage the development of creative concepts and ideas for clients.

This graduate of the University of Texas at Austin has been developing award-winning ad campaigns on behalf of clients for more than 25 years. Prior to joining Freed, Nancy co-supervised a 30+person creative department at one of Houston's largest ad agencies.

Her roster of past clients is a who's who of consumer goods, travel/tourism, health care, financial, business-to-business, and professional and retail services organizations. She has developed ad campaigns for such iconic brands as Duncan Hines, Chef Boyardee, Ranch Style Beans, Shiner Beer, Aunt Jemima, Ro*Tel, and Pam Cooking Spray. She has lent her creative work to ad campaigns for Space Center Houston, Kroger, Garden Ridge, Methodist Health Care, Susan G. Komen and Dell Computers.

In recognition of her creative talent, the American Advertising Federation (AAF) presented Nancy with one of its prestigious National Addy Awards. She has also received five Houston Addy Best in Show Awards plus countless gold, silver and bronze awards presented by the AAF-Houston Chapter.

During his nine years as a lawyer, Carlos developed a tenacity that has proved useful in securing noteworthy media hits for clients with some notable placements on the Today Show, CNN, USA Today and Good Morning America, among others.

Carlos has the awesome job of developing and implementing strategic public relations programs for clients. With more than ten years in the industry, he has developed expertise in a number of areas, including strategic planning, media relations, community outreach, internal communications, issues management, and media and speaker training, among others.

He previously worked at two of the largest public relations agencies in Houston where he implemented marketing-oriented public relations campaigns for such popular brands as Imperial Sugar, Mission Tortillas, Daisy Sour Cream and Ro*Tel and for notable companies including Kroger, Waste Management and CHRISTUS Healthcare, just to name a few.

A native of San Antonio, Texas, Carlos has been honored with several awards from the Texas Public Relations Association, the Houston Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America and the Houston Professional Chapter of Women in Communications.