Cultivate (verb):
To improve or foster.
To give special attention to.
We love you already.
Imagine having your own fan section: People who come alongside you, guide you, inspire you, and cheer you on. That’s us!
Cultivating is the process of building work + relationships that bring out the best in each others’ businesses through genuine trust, collaboration, optimism – and love. Yes, love. According to Forbes and Bloomberg, business and love should coexist.* Because together, they bring stronger results.
There’s a bright future ahead.
Let’s build it.
Meet your team
Together, we work with a singular goal: to build a kinder, smarter, and more innovative creative + business community that thrives on opportunity. We’re here to flip the narrative on the purpose – and results – of strategic brand and creative work. Because it’s not about what we can take. It’s about what we can give – to each other. And when we cultivate goodness, everyone wins.
CEO + CHIEF BRAND CULTIVATOR
With over 30 years of leadership, Adele has served as a brand and creative visionary for top global for-profit and non-profit brands. From the highly disciplined world of finance to the heartfelt needs of children’s health, she tackles the complex nature of business head-on, building groundbreaking strategies that generate real-world (and award-winning) results. Always up for a challenge, she maintains a mindset of boundless opportunity, pursing dynamic solutions that cultivate stronger businesses – and people. As an astute observer + problem-solver, she earns the moniker “cat wrangler”, daily distilling diverse ideas into actionable outcomes.
Adele Mulford
COO + CO-CULTIVATOR
From small startups to the big tech world, Chris has brought smart, focused sales, account management, and business leadership to everything he does. And the best part? He injects energy, ideas, and optimism to each and every interaction. At The Cultivate Company, Chris manages operations, tech, finance, and client relationships, while providing balanced insights to the crazy conundrums of brand, business – and life. Every business needs that magic combination of irrepressible optimism + strategic smarts. Yep. He’s that guy. (He’s also a plant guy, so he really jives with our company name.)
Chris Mulford
BUSINESS CULTIVATOR
How to summarize a person like Amazing Isaiah into a single paragraph? Let’s start here: He brings daily problem-solving and boundless energy to everything he does. He’s the get-shiz-done kinda guy, refining operations, organizing schedules, brainstorming – even wrangling hairy supply chain challenges. He’s the ultimate cultivator, meeting every challenge with a focus on innovation and results. (He can kinda do anything, and it’s amazing to see!) We all love him, and so will you.
Isaiah Smith
THE CULTIVATE COMMITMENT