About Okanjo


An innovative, Wisconsin-based company, Okanjo helps create commerce opportunities through branded content that powers affiliate marketing.

Our experienced team understands the digital media landscape. We’ve created, grown, bought, sold, and moved the state of online publishing forward. Through it all Okanjo solves problems, creates opportunities, and enhances media brands and revenues at a time when it’s needed the most.



The Team


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Michael Drescher

Co-Founder

Mike is an entrepreneur, social impact investor and Tedx speaker grounded in media, entertainment and social health initiatives. He and his brother Jim were early into Cable Television and with a bit of foresight and lots of luck ended up as a global provider of Television data and promotion. Drescher is a Tony and NAACP Spirit Award-winning theatrical producer as well as a driven storyteller through his acclaimed one man act, “The Mike Show”.

Jeff Rowe

Co-Founder

Jeff Rowe has been a senior creative executive at VH-1, NBC, AOL and NPR. He brings innovative experience across multiple digital mediums.

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James Green

Chief Executive Officer

James Green is Okanjo’s CEO and the former Vice President of Digital for Lee Enterprises. James recently served as President of the San Francisco Examiner. He has been known to hop on a plane at the last minute to see his beloved Padres and Chargers play ball and will tell you he has the best BBQ pork belly recipe on the planet.

Kevin Fitzgerald

Chief Technology Officer

Kevin Fitzgerald is the CTO and a fearless innovator at Okanjo. He has more than 20 years of experience across many industries, ranging from medical systems and education to retail and e-commerce. Kevin patented the Evergreen technology at the center of the Okanjo platform.

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Jeff Sherman

Chief Marketing Officer

Jeff Sherman is a civic entrepreneur with 30+ years of experience building, growing and connecting businesses and communities. Involved in board positions for numerous civic and community groups, he is one of the original co-founders of OnMilwaukee, an award-winning digital media company and publisher. He’s a passionate Milwaukee resident and Marquette University graduate.

Geoff James

VP of Publisher Development

Geoff started in sports radio at KNBR in San Francisco as a producer and newscast writer. Since then, he's led digital brands at NBC Sports and the San Francisco Examiner with a stop at Facebook along the way. He is a national Emmy winner for his digital coverage of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, and tries to play decent golf on Sundays, with little luck.

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Katy Chamberlin

VP of HR and Business Operations

Seasoned HR and operations professional with over 20 years of experience in HR, Change Management, business operations, people development, and C-suite support.

Tressa Starkweather

Director of Sales

Tressa has more than 10 years of experience in the sales and marketing industry and is truly passionate about helping businesses grow and succeed. With a deep knowledge of publisher’s needs and platforms, she’s dedicated to providing our customers with the best possible service and solutions.

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Christian Hendricks

Advisor (Extol Digital)

Christian Hendricks brings decades of experience working with business leaders to align products and services, and marketing messaging with customer expectations and needs.

Tobias Bennett

Advisor (Local Media Consortium)

Tobias Bennett works with publishers within the LMC to monitor results, delivery of optimizations, and partnerships. Tobias also advises Okanjo on everything publishers.