Meet Our
#TeamColibri

As a triple bottom line business, Colibri Digital Marketing lives by the words, “We’re only as good as our team.” It’s a privilege to work with people who live or work in regions as far-flung as San Francisco’s tech center, beautiful Paris, the wilds of Canada, India, Costa Rica, and Venezuela. We are definitely digital nomads!

Anna colibri
 FEARLESS LEADER

Founder and keeper of the company vision, Anna Colibri has a Master’s Degree in Social Welfare from UC Berkeley. Before building her own business, Anna worked in the world of nonprofits, professional societies, and foundations, primarily in the areas of development and marketing. An unwavering belief in business for good led Anna to support Colibri Digital Marketing through the rigorous process of becoming San Francisco’s first and only full-service, B Corporation-certified digital marketing agency. When she’s not running a business, you’ll find Anna spending time with the people she loves, meditating, or reading a good book.

ALessandra Illarramendi
CEO

Currently living in Caracas, Alessandra majored in communications at the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, has an MBA from EUDE Business School in Madrid, and also holds a certificate in digital marketing from Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA). Alessandra has managed social media accounts and local marketing platforms for restaurants, agencies, and clothing brands in Venezuela and the United States. As CEO, Alessandra is a natural at managing client relationships, leading and supporting the team, keeping track of millions of details large and small, analyzing clients sales and lead generation funnels, and identifying opportunities to improve and reach their business goals. And she does it all in both English and Spanish! When Alessandra is not working, she enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, and eating delicious food.

Andreina Villegas
CMO

Born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela, Andreina majored in communications at the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello and worked in several Venezuelan corporations analyzing, copywriting, and creating campaigns and initiatives that centered around sustainability. As Chief Marketing Officer, Andreina is always on the lookout for new opportunities to grow, finding creative ways to increase brand awareness, thinking of fun activities for the team, and leading our Internship Program, Colibri Institute, to provide opportunities for students and career changers to learn everything they need to know about Digital Marketing. When Andreina is not working, she enjoys spending time outdoors, traveling and mixing with new cultures, doing yoga to relax, and having fun with the people she loves.

Maria ANDREINA PEREZ
COO

Maria is a psychologist from the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in Caracas, Venezuela. She is passionate about her career and is looking forward to specializing in organizational and marketing psychology. As Chief Operating Officer, she’s always looking for ways to improve the organization and help the team make every project successful. When Mari is not working (or studying), she likes to spend time with her family and friends, exercise, and watch a lot of TV.

Mariah nichols
CFO

Based in Portland, Oregon, Mariah is an accountant and bookkeeper for women-owned businesses. She enjoys teaching people about financial reports, interacting with clients, and helping ladies take their business dreams to the next level. When not at work, Mariah is wrangling her two little kids, birdwatching, teaching cross country skiing, or voraciously reading.



DIEGO CIRIGLIANO
ART DIRECTOR

Diego is an illustrator and designer with a postgraduate degree from the BAU School of Design located in Barcelona, Spain, along with a degree in communications from Universidad Monteávila in Caracas, Venezuela. Diego has experience working in several branches of communications, as he has worked in radio, production, and creative writing; but ultimately decided to focus on illustration and design work. As a designer and illustrator, he always tries to find the fun side of every project to develop it in the most creative way possible. He is very passionate about this particular field of work. When Diego is not working, you can still find him drawing, rehearsing music with his band, or cracking jokes and hanging with his friends.

SIMON KELLER
ANALYTICS DIRECTOR

Born in Maracay and now living in Caracas, Venezuela, Simón is a materials engineer who graduated from the Universidad Simón Bolívar. He is perpetually curious and always wants to learn from his mistakes to continue to grow and improve. As our Analytics Director, he is in charge of making sure that your web traffic is properly tracked. When he’s not working, you can find him playing chess, guitar, or pursuing other hobbies. Unfortunately, he is a Yankees fan.

Jose Plessman
Social Media Director

José (also known as Nacho to the team) is a Mass Communication graduate passionate about all things content and visually related. He specializes in audiovisual production and screenwriting and has experience as a content strategist, email marketing manager, project manager, video editor, and screenwriter. As our Social Media Director, he helps our clients navigate and identify opportunities on different SM platforms, develop strategies to diversify content for each, track performance to implement best practices, and be up-to-date with relevant innovations to integrate into our marketing efforts.

If you don’t find him reading books or newsletters, he’s probably watching movies or miniseries, seeing theatre plays, spending time with friends or family, and – sometimes – training or hiking.

Verónica Lima
Digital Marketing Strategist

With an adventurous soul and a passion for arts, Verónica is our Digital Marketing Strategist. She is a Social and Mass Media Communicator with a double specialization in Corporate Communications and Cultural Management. As an experienced professional in marketing, content development, internal and external communications, public relationships, and event production; Verónica works to build strategies that create value and bring positive growth to companies.

Laura Soler
Digital Marketing Specialist

Also a native “caraqueña”, Laura’s educational background in Literature and Mass Communications enables her to approach investigations with enthusiasm and a critical eye while also allowing her to bring imagination and a client-centered focus to her copywriting. She holds a Contemporary Art diploma and is currently working to complete a second one in Finance Management. She feels strongly about Colibri’s focus on humanistic and connection-driven marketing. Through her exploration, strategizing and content creation she looks to create perspective and value for our clients.

Alessandra Lopez
Ads Specialist

Alessandra is a Business Administration graduate from the Universidad Catolica Andres Bello in Caracas. With an interest in community service, she has worked with local organizations to help improve her community and has also participated in international competitions to increase her knowledge and abilities. As an Ads Specialist, Alessandra brings her skills in analysis and creativity to the table, consistently seeking new opportunities to grow. In her free time, she loves listening to music, singing, and finding ways to relax and unwind.

DANIELA PEREZ
SOCIAL Media manager

Born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela, Daniela is a mass communications student at Universidad Católica Andrés Bello. As a social media manager, she is always looking for new ways to expand her knowledge. She puts special effort into adding her unique flare to every project she develops. Daniela is very focused and organized, which helps her keep clients on track. When Dani is not working or studying, you will find her reading a book (or writing one), playing the piano, or spending time with her friends and family.

LAURA THOMPSON
Web Design & Development

As a web designer and developer, Laura collaborates with clients and colleagues in order to build the best possible product to share the client’s message. Laura believes that an engaging and functional website is one of the most important assets an organization has, and she very much enjoys being the person to help create them.

Alan Cofrades
Junior Web Developer

Alan is a graduate psychologist from the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in Caracas, Venezuela, with a passion for programming and learning new things that turned into a specialization in web development. As Web Developer Jr, Alan helps us keep our client’s websites up and running, constantly monitoring any issues that may arise and assisting the SEO department. When Alan is not working, he usually does courses, goes out with friends, or plays video games.

Puck the cat
Brand advocate

Puck is a California native. When she’s not stalking small animals, she spends her time grooming, or just lying around. The truth is, she doesn’t care about your brand. Unless it tastes like tuna.

WHY PEOPLE LOVE #TEAMCOLIBRI

I hired Anna to work on my search engine optimization (SEO). She has a great energy about her and is very positive. Not only that, she really comes through and is very helpful and stays engaged with you throughout the process to make sure everything gets done. Anna is very skilled and strategic, and thorough in how she approaches each issue. I would highly recommend her.
Ivan SkolnikoffCEO
I found Anna Colibri on yelp about a year ago and she help me with my website for my business and I recommend her services she is very good at what she do.
Miranda BarnesCEO
Anna is so much more than a copywriter - and at that she is a linguistic wizard - she can improve your company's web presence with top-notch SEO analysis, website content management, and even branding and reputation management. Everything you need to have a strong and positive web presence, she can do. And not just to drive traffic, but to drive SALES. Anna is knowledgeable and talented but is also a patient trainer to help you learn to continue to evolve and improve your company's website long after you've worked with her. I recommend her without reservation!
Ted DubasikCEO