Choose Love Team

Craig Della Penna

Paul Barkan

Ty Bongiovanni

Ty is an owner and partner is his family’s insurance / financial firm in Meriden, CT. He holds a license in several states for health, accident and life insurance as well as securities licenses Series 7 and Series 65. He has also been certified as an Investment Advisor Representative and Chartered Tax Professional.

Ty is also very active in his community having been the President of the Meriden Rotary club as well as serving on the boards of the local United Way, Rotary club, chamber of commerce and several other organizations. He currently lives in Rocky Hill with his wife Andrea, daughter Mia and son Jack.

Maria Ortner

Dr. Maria Ortner served as a school psychologist in Danbury, CT for 27 years prior to beginning her work with The Tapping Solution Foundation. Dr. Ortner is committed to promoting Tapping as an effective technique for teachers and students to deal with anxiety, stress and trauma in the school setting and beyond.

Dr. Ortner holds degrees in Clinical and School Psychology, as well as a Doctorate of Education. She has extensive experience in education in the United States and abroad. Dr. Ortner is the Director of the Tapping Solution Foundation and travels the world to bring EFT/Tapping to people of all ages.

Chin Rodger

Chin has been working as a personal assistant to a Portland philanthropist and her family for the last 15 years. Chin and Scarlett connected after both experienced the most profound loss from opposite ends of their tragedies – both working to bring character and social emotional development to children and adults in schools, workplace, and communities – to choose love and kindness over fear, anger, and hate. Chin has also collaborated and supported organizations and individuals working on threat assessment and prevention. She is continuing to focus her effort on understanding the pathway to targeted violence and the path forward for assessment, prevention, and intervention.

Matt Rednor

Matt Rednor is a marketing entrepreneur and one of the premier strategists in the advertising industry.

He was previously the CEO of Decoded Advertising, the multinational ad agency he founded and sold to S4 Capital. Matt started Decoded in 2014 with the goal of combining data and creativity to turn the traditional agency model upside down. He honed his strategy skills at creative juggernauts like BBDO and MRY but saw there was an opportunity to create an integrated offering that led to fun­da­men­tal­ly better outcomes for brands. Inspired by the sports analytics revolution, Matt created Decoded to make a dent in the industry and change the way we think about advertising.

Matt’s based out of New York with his wife, son and IG famous French Bulldog, but will travel anywhere for golf. He advises and invests in early-stage startups looking to disrupt highly regulated industries.

Learn more about Matt
Velocitize interview
Decoded’s work