In a career shaped by immersion in the creative fields, principal Judith Turner-Yamamoto has worked in every aspect of the arts from alternative spaces, galleries, magazines, and museums, serving as curator, administrator, acting director, contributing editor, art critic, and head of public affairs, where she developed contacts in the museum, editorial, design, and arts communities. Prior to starting pickworthbell communications, she was head of public affairs for the Smithsonian's American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery and a project director for SITES, the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. She spent 15 years writing full-time on the arts, architecture, food, interiors and home products, fashion, travel, and design, securing feature assignments in publications such as The Boston Globe Magazine, Elle, City, Travel & Leisure, Colonial Homes, Home & Design, Neiman Marcus The Book, USAir Magazine, Hearst Special Publications, The Los Angeles Times, Classic American Homes, American Photo, and Southern Accents, and she continues to contribute to select publications. An award-winning fiction writer, she has a Masters degree in art history from the American University.

Creative consultant Carrie Ann Miller was a media specialist for the Smithsonian's American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery. She was an associate editor at American Style Magazine before becoming marketing and public relations director for Bibelot Bookstores, an independent chain in Baltimore, Maryland. She is a marketing specialist for architectural firms. She has a bachelor's degree in English from Salisbury State University, Maryland.