Chelsey Merker

Chelsey Merker is the current Vice President of Strategy & Planning at Shapiro+Raj. Prior to this, they served as Associate Vice President of Strategy at Brado from November 2018 to October 2021. Chelsey began their career in market research at Maritz Research in June 2008, where they served as Research Manager for five years before moving on to Millward Brown in July 2013 as Sr. Business Analyst. In June 2014, they joined SMI-Alcott as Account Director, a position they held until November 2018 when they joined Brado.

Chelsey Merker has a Master's degree in Advertising from Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and a Bachelor's degree in Advertising from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Some of their coworkers include Cindy Tran - President, Elbert Singleton - SVP, Consumer Practice, and AJ Avedon - Senior Director. Chelsey Merker reports to Zain Raj, Chairman & CEO.