BIO: Drake University senior Michael Santee is no stranger to the media life, having held positions in media planning, analysis and research all before graduating from college. The Kansas native will brave what he calls dubious Minnesota driving to lend his versatility to Campbell Mithun and the Lucky 13 team in the media department.

Fun Fact: Views death as the worst possible outcome this summer.

Tweet: I've filled in county by county Arbitron ratings for a national franchise and I STILL want to work in #media! ;)

BIO: Homegrown Advertising wunderkind Laura Fitzpatrick joins the Lucky 13 team as an account planner, after graduating with her BA in strategic communications after just three years. If the true measure of a planner is the ability to see the world through many different pairs of eyes, this badminton-enthusiast Girl Scout who has run with the bulls in Pamplona is already standing pretty tall.

Fun Fact: Elected University of Minnesota homecoming queen 2011-2012.

Tweet: Why do I fit in with @cmithun? My AIM screen name was actually everythingtalks13…okay, it was motormouth024, but close enough?

BIO: From Chicago by way of the University of Minnesota comes Marlena Jordan-Childress. As comfortable behind a camera as she is with a calculator, the strategic communications and cinema/media studies double-major BA graduate is a custom fit for the world of media. Most recently, Marlena earned a seat on the AAF's Initiative Future Board, where she researches behavioral traits in millennials.

Fun Fact: Cannot resist singing Garth Brooks' "Friends in Low Places" when she hears it.

Tweet: Creating media, that's for amateurs. CHANGING media, now that's a different ballgame! Who's ready to go to bat for @cmithun? I know I am!

BIO: Dennis Bukowski comes to Campbell Mithun and the Lucky 13 team fresh off an ADDY win for Best Student Interactive Website. Representing the University of Nebraska and filling the role of art director, the advertising/graphic design graduate will bring an eclectic suite of technical skills (from illustration to JavaScript) and a natural knack for concepting to the team.

Fun Fact: Bears no relation to, but does admire, author Charles Bukowski.

Tweet: Malcom Gladwell, "True expertise: ten thousand hours." A quote that applies to us all whether we push pixels or spreadsheets.

BIO: Currently in the master's program in advertising at the University of Texas, Laura Romer joins the Lucky 13 team as resident copywriter. Maven of all things written-word, Romer has called herself journalist, blogger, magazine writer, editor in chief, and copywriter over the course of her career, and will bring her diverse authorial talents 1,167 miles north to Campbell Mithun this summer.

Fun Fact: Favorite TV personality: Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Tweet: In 3rd grade I was in a spelling bee and misspelled "misspell." I've come a long way; maybe I'll even make it to MN!

BIO: UC Berkeley graduate Amy Zhong joins the Lucky 13 team as this year's annual intern from the 4As Multicultural Advertising Internship Program (MAIP). The economics and media studies double-major has lived in three countries and four (soon to be five) US states, and speaks four languages—no doubt she'll be bringing a broad perspective with her to the agency this summer.

Fun Fact: Along with speaking Mandarin, Japanese, English and French, Amy can reportedly communicate with her dog through a series of memorized barks.

BIO: Native Guatemalan and former Florentine culinary student Sofia Morales comes to Campbell Mithun as a University of North Carolina junior studying business administration and advertising. Having worn the hats of photographer, journalist and advertiser, Sofia is a seasoned communicator of many disciplines, a talent that will serve her well as the account management representative on the Lucky 13 team.

Fun Fact: Can't stand noisy gum chewers.

Tweet: Notepad $4.90, ballpoint pen $1.50, laptop $1,500. Having your article published on the front page PRICELESS!

BIO: University of St. Thomas graduate Cody Levin showed his advertising acumen when he created a branded awareness campaign—titled '#NumbersTalk'—during the Lucky 13 application process that worked in tandem with the internship's cause-marketing dynamic. The competitive speech performer served as the president to his university's National Student Advertising Competition team in 2012, and will join the Lucky 13 team as an account planner.

Fun Fact: Sometimes dreams of being the White House press secretary.

Tweet: 1 reason, out of many, to pick me for #l13 #CMap: I started a movement that was branded, engaging, and raised awareness; #NumbersTalk

Nonprofit organization Cornerstone won a pro bono marketing campaign to be handled by Campbell Mithun's Lucky 13 interns this summer. Thirteen organizations funded by the Greater Twin Cities United Way competed via online social media vote.

Cornerstone's mission is to prevent domestic abuse by offering children and adults services that build sustainable self-reliance and revive the human spirit.