About Us.
We partner with people and companies who see their work as a means to contribute to the common good, and we see our storytelling work as merely an extension of this.
We’re convinced that we live in a world where a company doesn’t need to choose between making profits and doing good, and we see our marketing work as the same. If a company or organization chooses contributing to the common good as their “North Star,” then everything else, including profits and growth, come as a bi-product of this reason for existence.
The thing is, when a company exists for this purpose, it just happens to be in the best position to market their brand and tell their story. Why? Because people are hungry for authenticity. They want their lives, their interactions and their purchase choices to matter to the people and world around them. They want the brands they interact with to contribute to the narrative of their life in a positive light. And when a brand, at it’s core, is about contributing to this wellness, there can be a beautiful partnership between the company and consumer.
Team Cultivate.
PHIL MOLLENKOF
Founder, Creative Director
Phil has over 15 years in creative direction and marketing experience, and has worked with an extensive list of nonprofits, startups, small businesses, and national clients such as Mazda, M&M Mars, Yeti, Dove, Stio, Outside Magazine, Grand Teton National Park and Tin Cup Whiskey. In his work with nonprofits he has concepted and marketed fundraising campaigns totaling over $50 million.
Seeking to use marketing and storytelling to make the world a better place, he has worked in large advertising agencies as well as in-house marketing departments, and has worked in a myriad of disciplines, from creative design and direction to big-picture marketing and organizational strategy. He started Cultivate in Pittsburgh, PA before moving the company to the Jackson Hole area. He is also the founder of the Wydaho Adventure Film Festival, and serves on the Board for Mountain Bike The Tetons. He lives in the mountains with his wife, two boys and two dogs, and gets out exploring with all of them as much as he can.
TONY FERLISI
Marketing Strategy
Tony was first captured by the magic of the Tetons as a college student and made the move from his native Northeast Florida to Jackson Hole in 2004. Tony spent over a decade in the global travel and tourism industry as a guide and trip design coordinator for Trek Travel and fell in love with his backyard landscape as a Bridger-Teton National Forest Wilderness Ranger. He has served in leadership roles spanning the non-profit landscape as the Executive Director of Mountain Bike the Tetons, as Teton Region Director for LegacyWorks Group, and as a board member of national and local non-profit organizations.
Tony’s passions for storytelling, fostering trust-based relationships, building community resilience and collaborative, big-picture strategic thinking led him to the Cultivate team in 2021. At Cultivate, Tony works to put these tools to work in helping meet the challenges that nonprofits, community leaders and small businesses regularly face.
He holds a master’s degree in natural resource management from the University of Idaho, currently serves on the board of the Mental Health Coalition of Teton Valley and is the director of the Wydaho Rendezvous Mountain Bike Festival. He and his wife Rebecca proudly call the Victor, Idaho community their home.
CHELSEA CARSON
PROJECT MANAGER
Chelsea uses her background in quantitative and qualitative research, program management, and community outreach to design and implement targeted solutions that benefit conservation, community, and nonprofits. Holding a variety of positions with nonprofits and political campaigns over the years, Chelsea has proven her ability in complex project management, strategic planning, political savvy, and partnership building. She is excited to join the Cultivate team and share her skills to help achieve impactful results. Outside of her professional pursuits, you can find Chelsea adventuring and dancing through Earth’s ecosystems.
JANSEN GUNDERSON
Website Development
Jansen holds a Bachelor of Science degree in visual communication from Southern Utah University in Cedar City, Utah (2000). Always interested in computers, he began his career as a graphic designer at Southern Utah University’s student newspaper. Shortly after earning his degree, he worked as an art director for a printing company in Salt Lake City and then as a web designer in Jackson, Wyoming. Jansen has worked with clients throughout a broad range of industries – from small, non-profit organizations and neuroscience startups, to the corporate world of healthcare and telecommunications.
Jackson Hole, WY
Teton Valley, ID
307.690.9806
phil@wearecultivate.com