Our Team

Julie Anderson

Julie Halpin Anderson has been a force in the Youth & Family market space for over 25 years. As one of the founders of the Saatchi Kid Connection in the early 90’s, and the subsequent founder of her own agency in 1997, The Geppetto Group, Julie has helped clients unlock the power of brands with strategies and communications programs that engage and inspire kids and families. Julie has recently formed Next Step Strategic Services, a boutique strategy consultancy dedicated to helping clients identify growth, with market-tested techniques that identify untapped potential in existing brands, as well as those that chart a strategic course for innovation and new products.

Karen Radkowsky

Karen has over 25 years of experience in quantitative market research, strategy development and assessment. She has an extensive background in advertising and media research, and particular expertise in creative research design, reaching specialized targets and new product assessment.

Karen built and led the market research practice at Ogilvy and Mather Advertising. She spent over a decade at BBDO Advertising, where she rose to Senior Vice President and Research Director. She is also a former member of the ARF Board of Directors.

Jena Crable

Jena Crable is a communications professional with over 15 years of broad field experience, including a seven year tenure as a director of operations, while running her own communications consulting practice. Using a desire to do socially impactful work as her guide and always wanting a challenge, she has been led from direct advocacy to communications to politics. She has provided strategic support to nonprofit and foundation clients on issues ranging from sustainable seafood to children’s health to international reproductive health.

Jena is a skilled AP style writer with experience writing for media, consumer and political audiences. She has created and implemented an executive positioning strategy that included content creation, managing proactive, reactive and social media, on behalf of highly credentialed leaders and think tanks.

Cristina Veraza

In addition to her warm and comfortable moderating style, Cristina brings to Liminal Research a strong strategic and marketing background, having been schooled in P&G brand management both in Mexico, Central America as well as within the United States for almost ten years. Cristina is a Latina with a truly global perspective. Born in Mexico City and having lived in Central America, Europe and the United States, she currently resides in Denver, CO.

Cheryl Washington

Cheryl’s finely honed interviewing skills as well as her effortless ability to establish rapport with respondents have been developed over her many years as an anchorwoman and journalist on major network television stations, including WABC-TV, WNBC-TV, CNN, WCBS-TV and FOX5.  For her many years working in communications, she has received countless awards in media and service including the Communications Award of Excellence to Black Americans. Cheryl’s insight and moderating skills provide a wealth of strategic framework for each collaborative project she works on.