Jeff Graham is President & CMO of Cactus - a 70 person, full-service, independent agency in Denver that’s been recognized as a top 50 agency in One Club for Creativity's global creative rankings, as a top performing agency by The Drum Awards for Agency Business, and as one of Outside Magazine’s Best Place To Work. Jeff's 3 decades in the business include account and agency leadership roles at Barkley, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Arnold, and TBWA\Chiat\Day among others. Trained in the account departments of some of the industry’s most creatively-driven agencies, Jeff has an unshakeable belief that contagious creativity is the most disruptive weapon at our disposal in business - a force multiplier made possible by the unique alchemy between agency creatives and enlightened brand clients. He has long preached the gospel of a more creative, product-oriented approach to the account discipline within agencies. By creating the conditions across an agency’s client portfolio where bold, culture-changing creative ideas are expected and celebrated, agency account teams can play a crucial role in improving the quality of every agency’s creative output. He’s a member of the 4As Western Region Board of Directors, a board member for One Club for Creativity’s Denver chapter, and a past-president of AdClubCO. Outside the agency Jeff is a classic car dork, a 10 year cancer survivor, a husband who’s outkicked his coverage for 30 years, and a proud ‘girldad’ to 4 amazing daughters.
