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BRAD MONT
President

For the past 30 years, Brad has overseen the media placement for some of the biggest campaigns in the country including the John McCain's presidential campaign, the successful gubernatorial campaigns of Terry Brandstad (IA), Mitt Romney (MA), and Jeb Bush (FL) and congressional campaign for House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik. Outside of the campaign world, he has directed the media placement campaigns for the New York Jets, Miami Heat, Boeing, United States Chamber of Commerce, Americans for Tax Reform, American Chemistry Council and Clean Energy.

Prior to founding Media Ad Ventures, Brad spent 8 years as vice-president of Mike Murphy Media. During that time, he directed the purchase of media in more than 150 DMAs and has written several articles on campaign media placement.

Brad is a native of Brooklyn, New York, and a graduate of Dartmouth College with an A.B. degree in government and economics. He lives in Northern Virginia with his wife Marcy.

EVA MAH
Senior Buyer
Informing the American public about an election and increasing voter turnout is a great challenge, and Eva finds media placement as a key player in the process. She uses her 15+ years of media buying experience to find the best media mix in addressing this challenge to impact elections.

At AxMedia, Eva has played integral roles in the winning success of campaigns, including managing the multi-million dollar media budget for Ted Cruz’s re-election campaign in 2018. Today, she continues to take her buying experience into the political industry and challenge stations in exceeding their service to political campaigns beyond status quo.

Prior to joining AxMedia, she helped manage and buy for clients such as Pepsi, Pizza Hut, General Motors, and MoneyGram. She is well-respected by stations and managers as a fair but fierce negotiator.
TAYLOR FERNIE
Senior Buyer
Taylor comes from a family background deeply rooted in staunch conservative values and ideals. With Taylor’s history and upbringing, she is personally invested and extremely committed to the success of our candidates and the perseverance of the Conservative agenda in America.

She has worked for over 12 years in the media field and has developed an uncanny ability to build deep vendor and client relationships. Coupled with her no-quit work ethic and her fine-tuned negotiation skills, she has become a seasoned veteran in helping clients plan, execute and drive results for success with their media campaigns.

Taylor has been a leader on large campaigns such as Ted Cruz for Senate, Martha McSally for Senate, and Pete Ricketts for Governor. Prior to AxMedia, Taylor worked at large advertising firms including The Richards Group and Zimmerman Advertising, handling multi-million dollar accounts such as MetroPCS, Chick-fil-A and AutoNation. In 2018, Taylor was awarded The Biggest Impact award from Axiom Strategies.
SARAH BLUE
Senior Buyer
Sarah believes in protecting the sacrifices of previous generations by working to advance the efforts of conservative candidates seeking election. Sarah is known in the media community for passionately ensuring accountability for every placement made. She runs a tight ship and is uncompromising in her professional standards.

Sarah has over 15 years of retail media buying experience working on multimillion-dollar national accounts such as AutoNation, Chick-fil-A and Reliant Energy. The agility required to steward several of these accounts at one time lends itself well to the hyper-focus of political campaigning.

In 2018, she executed over 1,100 media buys for 39 campaigns in 37 cities; including the re-election of Ted Cruz to US Senate in her home state of Texas.
PATRICK HORNUNG
Media Specialist
With a strong belief that fiscally conservative policies elevate all aspects of American life, Patrick enjoys working with like-minded individual campaigns and issues-based organizations. Extremely detail-oriented, Patrick has a strong financial background with technical skills in financial analysis, modeling, and reporting.

Prior to joining AxMedia, Patrick worked in a financial analysis role with Eyevance Pharmaceuticals where he gained valuable insight into the healthcare market.
BENJAMIN MANKOWSKI
Media Specialist
Ben hails from West Chester Pennsylvania and is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a B.S. in Political Science and a Minor in Economics. While at Pitt, Ben found a keen interest in politics working for a Pittsburgh city council member and later a campaign finance firm in Washington D.C. Through these experiences, Ben has a vested interest in public policy and getting the best candidates into office. In his free time, Ben is a diehard Philadelphia sports fan that also enjoys time with family and friends.
“For AxMedia, our client’s wins are our wins, and losses are ours, too. We could not care more about winning.”