Laurel Cline

Laurel Cline is the current Marketing Director at HCI Hospitality. Laurel has previous experience as Vice President of Marketing at Wintrust Financial, where they oversaw the Account Management group and was responsible for the day-to-day marketing needs and marketing budgets of 15 separately chartered banks and niche companies. Laurel also planned and executed marketing for new retail products across all 60 brands, working with other corporate groups to ensure proper communication, implementation and adoption from a consumer standpoint.

Before their time at Wintrust Financial, Laurel was a Graphic Design Intern at the YWCA, where they designed creative pieces including a quarterly newsletter, a 40 page program book, email mastheads, and print material for marketing campaigns.

Laurel Cline holds a Bachelor of Science in Journalism and Mass Communications–Advertising from Kansas State University, as well as a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design and Visual Communications, General from the Academy of Design and Technology.

Some direct reports include Emme Porter - Marketing Intern, Haley Milligan - Marketing Generalist. Some of their coworkers include Dylan Sultzer - Chief Financial Officer, Bridget Seemann - Director of Human Resources, and Jordyn Ross - Project Manager. Their manager is Cameron Blakely, CEO.