Deutsch LA CEO and leadership

Kim Getty is at the helm of Deutsch LA, one of the nation’s leading creative shops. As CEO, she leads a team of world-class creative thinkers who help businesses thrive. Since joining Deutsch in 2003, she’s helped build the company into what Fast Company has recognized as one of the industry’s most innovative agencies and landed Deutsch top spots on the Ad Age Agency A-List numerous times. During her tenure, Kim has driven the development of new practice areas and spearheaded breakthrough campaigns for its clients including Taco Bell, H&R Block, Patagonia, Mattel, Georgia-Pacific, Nintendo, Dr Pepper, Snapple, 7-Eleven, among others. After serving as COO and then President, Kim was named CEO in 2020.



Kim is an advocate for inclusion and diversity in the marketing industry and has spoken at leading conferences such as Cannes and Advertising Week on the role advertising plays in gender equality. She’s been a force at driving the conversation on media’s impact on gender bias and has been frequently featured in Fast Company, Adweek, Los Angeles Magazine, Ad Age, among many others, and was named to Adweek’s 2019 Trailblazer list for her work in this space. In 2018, she was honored by She Runs It as one of the top Working Mothers of the Year. Kim has made progressive parenting policies a priority, championing all parents in the workplace. She has also advocated for unlimited PTO, flexible work schedules, remote years and sabbaticals.



Committed to nurturing young talent, Kim serves on the faculty at USC’s Annenberg School and also sits on the Board of Directors for ADCOLOR, The Paley Center for Media and The Grady College at the University of Georgia. She’s passionate about creating change in our industry and has been recognized as one of the most powerful women in advertising by Business Insider, a top LA executive by the Los Angeles Business Journal and has earned the American Advertising Federation’s Mosaic Award for Industry Career Achievement. Kim is a proud mother of two daughters, a struggling surfer and an SF native turned Angeleno.

Karen Costello is a Chief Creative Officer at Deutsch Inc and is based in Los Angeles, California. She has worked as Creative Director at Secret Weapon Marketing, Creative Director at The Martin Agency, and Chief Creative Officer at The Martin Agency. Karen studied at UCLA and ArtCenter.

Bob Maloney is an EVP, Chief Financial Officer at Deutsch Inc and is based in Los Angeles, California. He has worked as Founder at Left Brain Advisors LLC; Various Positions Staff Accountant - Manager (Corp. Accounting, Mgt. Reporting, Client Finance) at Leo Burnett; and Consultant at Green Pastures. Bob attended DePaul University between 1987 and 1991.

Jeff White is an Exec VP/Chief Mktg Ofcr at Deutsch LA Inc. He has worked as Senior VP/Dir:Bus Dev at Deutsch LA Inc.

Matt Baker is a Chief Strategy Officer at Deutsch Inc. He has worked as Head:Planning at J. Walter Thompson U.S.A., LLC and Dir:Strategy & Innovation at Anomaly Communications LLC.

Mr. Mike Sheldon is a Chief Executive Officer at Deutsch Inc and is based in United States.

Pam is a passionate brand and business builder who has spent the past 20 years at the intersection of software and creativity. From her experience with early online banking and ecommerce platforms to magical interactive experiences that defined how brands can behave online, to product and service vision work to omni-channel strategies powered by emerging MarTech - Pam has a broad skillset to affect meaningful business growth with clients.

Pam has nurtured product and service design thinking within a traditional advertising context and has driven the evolution the agency go-to-market strategy. She thrives in fast-paced, intellectually-demanding and service-oriented environments. As Chief Digital Officer, she is relentless in the pursuit of ideas that not only drive business, but create a halo of innovation and progress for companies like VW, Taco Bell and Target, among others.



In 2016 she was recognized as one of Business Insider’s Most Creative People in Advertising. Pam serves on prominent industry juries, including the One Show, ADC, FWA, and AICP. Her work has been recognized with multiple Titanium and Grand Prix Lions at Cannes. Pam has been a content contributor and speaker at events SXSW, Microsoft Build, Advertising Week and the 3% Conference.



Prior to Deutsch, Pam held senior-level positions at Google Creative Lab, JWT New York and Crispin Porter + Bogusky. She is also a founding partner of interactive production company, Fuego5.