# Roger Neathawk

> Roger Neathawk is a Richmond advertising agency co-founder and retired executive. He helped establish Market Strategies Inc. in 1984, led the business later known as Neathawk Dubuque & Packett and NDP, and moved to non-executive chairman in 2014. He and Susan Dubuque shared the Richmond advertising community’s 2016 Mike Hughes honor. His public record also includes university teaching, Richmond Symphony involvement and chairing the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart Foundation.

- **Role:** Chair at Cathedral of the Sacred Heart Foundation (listed on the foundation website)
- **Organizations:** Market Strategies Inc., Neathawk Dubuque & Packett / NDP (now Two Tango Collaborative), Virginia Commonwealth University, Cathedral of the Sacred Heart Foundation, Richmond Symphony
- **Education:** MS, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Business
- **Known for:** Co-founded an advertising agency in 1984 that continues under the Two Tango Collaborative name., Shared Richmond’s 2016 Mike Hughes Ad Persons of the Year honor with Susan Dubuque., Taught university marketing students using projects for Richmond nonprofit organizations.

## Career timeline

- **1984** — Co-founded Market Strategies Inc. with Susan Dubuque and Chuck Miller.
- **2000** — Market Strategies became Neathawk Dubuque.
- **2004** — Neathawk Dubuque merged with the Packett Group to become Neathawk Dubuque & Packett.
- **2007** — The agency acquired Chattanooga-based ddN.
- **2014** — Stepped down from day-to-day agency management and became non-executive chairman as Danny Fell assumed the CEO role.
- **2016** — Shared the Mike Hughes Ad Persons of the Year honor with Susan Dubuque at the April 1 Richmond advertising awards.
- **2017** — NDP combined with Free Agents Marketing under CEO Daniel Fell.
- **2021** — Retired from NDP, according to Richmond BizSense’s 2023 account.
- **2023** — The agency he co-founded rebranded as Two Tango Collaborative under its later leadership.
- **2024** — Discussed the old cathedral organ’s unreliable key during reporting on its replacement.

## Achievements

- Co-founded an advertising agency in 1984 that continues under the Two Tango Collaborative name.
- Shared Richmond’s 2016 Mike Hughes Ad Persons of the Year honor with Susan Dubuque.
- Taught university marketing students using projects for Richmond nonprofit organizations.

## Latest updates

- **2024-05** — Quoted in reporting on the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart’s replacement gallery organ.
- **2025-11** — A foundation Form 990 filed November 4, 2025 lists him as chairperson; the filing date is not the date of an appointment.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roger-neathawk-87ab4710/

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