John Dick

CEO and Founder

John is a serial entrepreneur with extensive experience in new business formation, business development, and marketing. He is the host of the successful podcast, The Dumbest Guy in the Room and author of What We’re Seeing, the weekly email newsletter read by a who’s-who of business leaders, policymakers, and celebrities. He is also a frequent speaker at the Carnegie Mellon University Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, a contributing writer for AdAge, Microsoft News, and Forbes and has appeared on Good Morning America, Yahoo! Finance, Cheddar, and AXS-TV. John is the lead singer of Moscow Mule, an alternative rock cover band, a recipient of the distinguished Jefferson Award for his charitable works.

Gretchen Tibbits

President and Chief Operating Officer

Gretchen Tibbits is CivicScience's President and Chief Operating Officer. In addition to her operational responsibilities, she leads the company’s commercial-facing teams, focusing on Data-Driven Advertising, Media Partnerships, Consumer Data and insights, and Audience Activation and Measurement. Prior to her move into investment banking, Gretchen had a 25+ year career in the media industry, including being the president and COO of LittleThings. She held leadership roles at a diverse group of companies, including StyleCaster, Hearst, ESPN, WorkingWomanNetwork, and Inc. She has been named to the Folio 100 and is a Digital Hall of Fame honoree.  Gretchen’s banking success includes representing Trusted Media Brands on its merger with Jukin Media; Outside (formerly Pocket Outdoor Media) on ten acquisitions, including its acquisitions of Outside Magazine & Outside TV and Pinkbike, CyclingTips, Trailforks; and Wild Sky Media on its sale to Bright Mountain Media. Gretchen earned her B.A. from the University of Virginia, where she was an Echols Scholar and a Lawn Resident, and for which she serves on a number of boards, most notably Chairing the Arts Endowment and the Capital Campaign for the Center for the Arts. She earned her MBA from NYU Stern School of Business, where she was a Stern Scholar. She is on the board of the Tectonic Theatre Project, a proud resident of Harlem, a theater lover, a wine collector, and an avid traveler.

Doug Lauretano

CEO, Advertising

Doug is the CEO of CivicScience Advertising, a company founded to leverage the scaled, responsibly sourced, highly actionable dataset of CivicScience in advertising. Powering next-gen audience solutions in a rapidly evolving, privacy-first open internet, the new company provides value to users, brand marketers and content creators in a permissioned and regulatory compliant fashion without dependence on third party cookies. Prior to starting this new venture, Doug launched the programmatic business of Media.net and built it to a top ad platform as SVP & GM. He has spent over twenty years in media spanning various leadership, strategy and partnership roles for platform technology and branded content-driven enterprises at various stages from start-up to corporate. Doug has earned an MBA from NYU’s Stern School of Business and lives in Laurel Hollow, NY with his wife and two children.

Will Oberman

Chief Technology Officer

Lifelong tech entrepreneur, husband, and father of two based out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Will is a broad and deep technology expert, able to organize and execute cost-effective strategies and staffing at different stages of growth. He specializes in creating and maturing technical architecture as well as mentoring the technologists working to achieve their vision.

Amie Bolewitz

Chief People Officer

Amie is a dynamic and creative leader with 15+ years of experience in domestic and international strategic marketing program development and execution, including web development, lead generation, online seminars, and management of multi-divisional marketing teams and budgets. Prior to CivicScience, Amie was the Director of Marketing Operations for Black Box, a technology solutions provider dedicated to helping customers build, manage, optimize, and secure their IT infrastructure.

Gary Warech

Chief Commercial Officer

Over many years of multi-industry leadership, Gary has carved a unique niche at the intersection of AI technology, sales, sports, media, market research, data/analytics and marketing. As Chief Commercial Officer at CivicScience, he leads commercial strategy and development, focusing on expanding the company's market presence and driving growth initiatives. This includes leveraging CivicScience consumer data to enhance large-language models and integrate with other first-party datasets. An early career path through sports marketing and sports sales led to a career on the leading edge of sponsorship evaluation, market research, and data analytics. Through continual change, he consistently delivered a best-in-class performance to that industry’s boldface names, including Harris Interactive, Simmons, Experian, and Comscore. On their behalf, he provided expertise and support to blue chip brands including P&G, MasterCard, Microsoft, Nissan, Visa, and many others. He also sold to and collaborated with leading media companies, marketing/ad agencies, and digital publishers.

Rachel Clayton

Chief Platform Officer

Rachel is a curious and tenacious leader. A self-described "data nerd," she began her career in media research working with publishers and broadcasters to better understand and monetize their audiences. Most recently, Rachel led data strategy for the National Ad Platforms of Cox Media Group. After many years as a media partner and fan of CivicScience, Rachel joined the team in 2021. She leads CivicScience's team of research experts, who daily undercover insights that help clients make crucial business decisions, as well as the Media Partner and Engagement teams creatively bringing value to publishers and our poll respondents. A Pittsburgh native, Rachel now lives in Northern Virginia with her husband and two children where she enjoys the trails and the climate as an avid runner and triathlete.