ABOUT
THE BODI GROUP
The Bodi Group is a strategic marketing and consulting firm specializing in branding, advertising, web and mobile commerce, strategic communications and general business consulting. It includes Mark M. Bodi and a team of affiliated professionals, all driven by the same vision and goal: to deliver great ideas and solutions that shatter expectations and build lasting value for our clients.
Uncommonly smart, savvy, and passionate about everything we do, we are leaders in key branding and communication disciplines. We know how to cut through the nonsense to reach ideas and solutions quickly. Collaborative, connected competence: we have experts right there when you need them, available when you might.
MARK M. BODI
Mark M. Bodi serves as Managing Partner of The Bodi Group. Bodi has over 30 years of experience in marketing, branding and strategic communications. His clients include companies and organizations in the service, manufacturing, beverage alcohol, finance, hospitality, nonprofit sector and more.
For nearly 20 years, Bodi was Senior Executive and eventual partner at northern New England’s largest advertising, marketing and strategic communications firm: Griffin Bodi & Krause in Manchester, NH (known for many years as O’Neil Griffin & Bodi). In 2005, he was named President of the firm.
At Griffin Bodi & Krause, Bodi was responsible for the firm’s overall strategic marketing consulting practice.
His client experience also includes First NH, Chase Manhattan Bank, Lloyd’s of London, Citizens Bank, Converse, Polyclad Laminates, Inc., Simon Properties (store development division), Stop & Shop Supermarkets, Eyelook Optical, Hannaford Bros. Supermarkets, Liberty Lane Partners, LLC, Globe Manufacturing, and the Chen Yang Li Restaurant Group among others.
Prior to founding his consulting firm, Bodi served as a member of the New Hampshire Liquor Commission. He authored the “Liquor Commission Modernization Act” creating statutory changes that established the commission as a separate enterprise fund and modified or eliminated many outdated and so-called “blue laws.” The New Hampshire Union Leader praised Bodi following his tenure, crediting his “vision” and efforts “…to transform the Liquor Commission’s culture from bureaucratic to entrepreneurial.”
Bodi is a former member of the Board of Directors and former Chairman of the National Alcohol Beverage Control States (NABCA). He is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire and has served as guest lecturer at the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government. Bodi is the second youngest member ever elected to the NH Legislature and has served on numerous community and civic organization boards including Hesser College, NH Art Association and Manchester Crime Line. He has been the recipient of numerous awards for marketing and creative excellence.