After more than 15 years of internal leadership at a brand-to-local marketing platform (a business category for companies that help national brands coordinate their marketing across local markets), Karlyn Bentley has been promoted to Executive Vice President, Client Growth at Ansira Partners, Inc. The St. Louis company made the announcement on July 21, 2026. Bentley moves up from within, having spent her full career at Ansira before reaching this level.
What the title actually means
Break it down. "Client Growth" is the function: expanding revenue from existing accounts and deepening relationships with brands already on the platform. "Executive Vice President" is the level: directly below the C-suite at most companies, carrying real budget authority and a seat at the table where strategy gets decided.
That distinction matters more than it sounds. A vice president in client growth executes against a plan set above them. An EVP shapes the plan. Bentley's new title carries the second kind of authority.
Brand-to-local as a business
Ansira Partners positions itself as the platform of record for brand-to-local ecosystems. In plain terms, national brands rely on the company to manage how their marketing reaches local markets. Ansira provides the infrastructure that keeps that connection running.
Client growth, inside that model, is the function that determines whether brand relationships expand or contract. A company winning in brand-to-local sees its clients running more programs and committing more budget to the platform over time. That is the work Bentley now owns.
Fifteen years at one company
Her entire executive career traces to Ansira. More than 15 years of internal leadership before this promotion is an unusual run in marketing technology, where executives tend to move between firms more frequently than in older industries. Bentley is now the EVP in a company she has watched grow from the inside.
Ansira Partners, Inc. is headquartered in St. Louis.