Rowan Samuel

Rowan Samuel spent the last 20 years as a sales and marketing executive with broad experience in all aspects of advertising and marketing, including online digital, customer resource management (CRM) and print marketing. Direct experience includes direct and online marketing for the following verticals: automotive, cable, banking, food service, political and healthcare clients utilizing direct response, experiential, emerging and digital marketing to solve customer challenges.

On a volunteer basis (and as a co-Founder), Rowan built the Naples International Film Festival, a growing and vital film festival in Florida. He has also been involved in the local arts scene by serving on the Board of the United Arts Council, as well as the launching the Contemporaries. Currently, Rowan serves on the Park Shore Association Board of Directors.

As John R. Wood Properties agents, the Samuel Team, comprised of Karyn and Rowan Samuel, excels at providing a unique set of qualifications. One of the benefits of working with this husband wife duo is their diverse experience. Karyn has a law degree and practiced corporate law for several years with Drinker, Biddle & Reath, a top Philadelphia law firm and also worked as a recruiter for law firms and “in-house” law positions at Major, Lindsey & Africa, a top legal recruiting firm. Rowan spent over 20 years in sales and marketing running a direct marketing and internet advertising agency with Fortune 50 clients focusing on the automotive, banking, cable, health care, political, sports franchising and restaurant industries. Rowan has also been involved in the local not-for-profit world here in Naples and is one of the co-founders of the Naples International Film Festival and serves on multiple Boards in town.