Our Team
Keith Bossey
Founder, Bossey Research Partners
The Growth Studio for Idea-Led Organizations
Keith Bossey is the founder of Bossey Research Partners, a growth studio that helps idea-led firms turn expertise into performance. Drawing on more than 30 years across research, consulting, and commercial leadership, Keith has built his career on one belief: growth is a choice.
That idea sits at the center of Bossey’s approach — that growth isn’t luck or lead volume, but the result of intentional systems that connect intelligence and influence. Through his work, Keith helps organizations design the strategies, stories, and structures that transform capability into commercial performance.
Before founding Bossey Studio, Keith led sales and strategy transformations across industries including financial services, market research, technology, and media. His work has spanned boardrooms and startups alike, guiding leadership teams to rethink how they build momentum, manage complexity, and scale intelligently.
Known for his ability to distill complexity into clarity, Keith operates where insight meets execution — turning strategic vision into measurable results.
A lifelong learner and synthesizer, he reads widely across philosophy, business, and culture, bringing that curiosity to every engagement. His newsletter, Growth Is a Choice, explores what it takes to build systems of progress — for organizations and the people who lead them.
Keith holds a B.S. in Management from Binghamton University with concentrations in Marketing and Finance. He lives just outside New York City with his wife and many dogs, where he divides his time between the studio, the vineyards of eastern Long Island, and exploring the open road on two wheels.
Makena Kramli
Manager, Systems & Operations
Makena Kramli leads the systems side of the Bossey Studio equation — translating strategy and storytelling into operational structure and sustained performance.
With a background in sales, marketing, and agency operations, Makena specializes in building the processes and rhythms that keep creative systems moving. She connects the art and science of growth, ensuring that every engagement — from client onboarding to long-term enablement — runs with clarity, consistency, and momentum.
Before joining Bossey, Makena played key roles in scaling high-growth organizations, leading cross-functional teams, and designing repeatable frameworks for commercial success. She brings a rare combination of creative intuition and operational rigor — equally fluent in the language of systems, people, and progress.
A graduate of the University of Alabama with a degree in Communication Studies and Public Relations, Makena is passionate about helping idea-led firms transform structure into strength. Her work ensures that Bossey’s philosophy — that growth is a choice — is not just an idea, but a working system inside every client organization.
Maya Barber
Manager, Influence & Engagement
Maya Barber leads Influence & Engagement at Bossey — where ideas meet audiences and stories turn into movement.
She shapes the outward voice of both the studio and its clients, blending strategy and storytelling to create content that connects, inspires, and converts. Whether developing social media programs, hosting client podcasts, or designing messaging for lead generation, Maya ensures every story reflects the clarity and rhythm that define Bossey’s work.
With a background in sales, digital marketing, and client engagement, Maya brings a performance mindset to creative storytelling. Her work combines empathy, precision, and energy — helping idea-led organizations translate insight into influence.
A graduate of Ball State University with a degree in Business Administration and minors in Economics and Psychological Science, Maya approaches communication as both art and science. She’s passionate about helping brands find their authentic voice — and use it to grow with intention.