So who are these guys, anyway?
Craig (Creek) Johnson
- Marketing Director, The Bank of Commerce, Idaho Falls, ID (where cowboy-themed advertising established the bank’s identity and grew its assets by double digits five years in a row).
- Senior Account Executive, Fotheringham & Associates Advertising, and Western International Media, Salt Lake City.
- Director of Marketing, Granite Furniture Co, Salt Lake City.
- Director of Marketing, Sizzling Platter, LLC restaurant management company, Salt Lake City. (Cowboy and cowgirl-themed branding helped triple the locations and exponentially raise the sales and profits of Ruby River Steakhouse.)
- Writer and actor, Tunes & Tales from the Town of Tumbleweed, Clear Channel Radio.
- President, both the Utah and the Idaho Advertising Federations.
- Governor, American Advertising Federation District 12 (Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and El Paso, Texas).
Lannie (The Marshal) Scopes
- Art Director for principals of Grey Advertising/Montreal and J. Walter Thompson/NYC.
- Art Director, Fotheringham & Associates Advertising, Salt Lake City.
- Principal, Redstone Advertising, successful 25-year Salt Lake agency.
- Creator, writer, producer (and actor) in the hour-long radio show, Tunes & Tales from the Town of Tumbleweed, Clear Channel Radio.
- Writer and producer, Cowboy Night at the Egyptian Theater, Park City, UT.
- Author, the acclaimed historical novel, The Life and Times of Samuel J. Groo.
- Director of Guest Services and Branding, Rawhide at Wild Horse Pass western town and steakhouse, Chandler, AZ.
- Howdy-er, Organizer, and Head Wrangler, 2002 Winter Olympics Cowboy Camp at the Soldier Hollow cross-country skiing venue. Personally howdied over 250,000 people in 18 languages in two weeks.
