Our firm is a Google, Bing, and Facebook Certified Partner with additional certifications in 10+ tools. We are ranked in the top 5% of Google AdWords advertisers in the Twin Cities.
Accolades
2016/2017 BPTW
The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal has been honoring Minnesota-based companies for creating great work environments for nearly two decades.
MHSCN Award of Excellence
The MHSCN Award of Excellence recognizes excellence in healthcare marketing, communications, web-based strategies and public relations.
Summit MEA + EMA
The Summit International Awards (SIA) organization administers three distinguished advertising and marketing award competitions for marketing talent that goes beyond the ordinary.
Our Mission
At Modern Foundation, we believe in using data and analytics to create strategies that achieve maximum online potency. Every brand and agency has a different value proposition, competitive set, budget, and context to navigate, but we can use our tools and experience to create the most potent strategies possible.
We make clients and partners confident they’re making the right decisions, prove success by tracking results and provide insights and detailed recommendations throughout the process.
Our Focus
Our 3D process ensures that steps aren’t skipped and we’re utilizing all of the data available to us to create the most impactful analyses, strategies, and campaigns. This allows us to find success for many industries and businesses. Our primary focuses are working with brands and agencies in the following areas – B2B, CPG, ecommerce, agencies, vendor rep firms, and franchise systems.
Whether we’re conducting the analyses, building the playbooks, training, and executing campaigns or simply managing a portion of the process, we have the tools and expertise to get the job done.
Leadership
Modern Foundation’s leadership team and board of directors is comprised of successful, serial entrepreneurs with businesses in the marketing, tech, industrial, and analytics industries. Our team was built and grows by finding like-minded individuals that match our core values – fit, lead by example, question instead of assume, results-oriented, chess player, and shelf by yourself.

Lisa McEllistrem

Sonia Brisson-Smith

Adriana LeFeber Gibbon

Matt Dittbenner

Joseph Papan

Marcus Frys

Justin McGee

Ashton Noland

Henry Jessen

Natalie Phippen

Greta Hauschildt
