President & Exec. Creative Director

Charlie Cardillo, founder of Underground, serves executive creative director, strategist, and lead writer, bringing over 25 years of experience in crafting compelling concepts and brand strategies for a wildly diverse array of nonprofits, foundations, and government agencies. His work has significantly elevated the visibility and trust of dozens of organizations, helping to place critical issues on the political and social agenda. While Charlie's creative contributions have garnered dozens of industry awards, his greatest satisfaction comes from storytelling that makes someone smile, or perhaps scream in outrage. Charlie also has a passion for fly fishing and birding. He also serves on the board of the BIll Cook Foundation, which help provide educational opportunities to some of the world’s poorest children. He holds a B.A. in English/Creative Writing from the State University of New York at Geneseo.

Creative & Design Director

Rochele combines neary 20 years of know-how with a beautifully sensitive eye, and experience in branding, art direction, and design development for the print and digital world. Her portfolio spans both civic and consumer projects, where she’s produced capital campaigns, editorial collateral, environmental design, and animation. Rochele is quick to understand creative strategy. One of her greatest strengths is her ability to push designs in unexpected directions, which enables our clients to capture more attention than they thought possible. In a phrase, Rochele makes beautiful things that move people to action. Rochele holds a degree in Graphic Design, High Distinction from the California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California and a B.A. in Economics in International Economics from the University of Washington.

Senior Account Supervisor

Savannah Kacher is a senior account manager at Underground who brings deep experience as a project manager and relationship builder. As a mission driven strategist, Savannah pours her passion for social good into delivering exceptional quality for all Underground’s strategic communications work. With over ten years of experience in account management and nonprofit fundraising, she has a proven track record of building consensus among key stakeholders while keeping teams on tasks and projects on time.

From raising millions to support childcare for single mothers, to guiding strategy to decarbonize the fashion industry, Savannah's expertise spans project management, relationship building, communication strategy, creative storytelling, and group facilitation. Savannah also has exemplary interpersonal skills—a boon when it comes to leading teams, clients and partners through complicated campaigns with tight deadlines. She holds a MBA with a focus on people-centered leadership from the Peter Drucker School of Management at Claremont Graduate University, and a BA in Cultural Anthropology and Journalism from Wheaton College in Massachusetts.