Get to Know Brie

Brie Cox, Co-Founder &

Strategic Marketing Professional

Brie brings over a decade of marketing and business operations experience to Cox Consulting in small businesses and nonprofit organizations. The Marketing & Strategy sector of the firm includes a full-service marketing agency specializing in digital media and branding alongside business strategy solutions. Outside of the marketing agency, Brie primarily consults under GRC Advising where she is a Senior Strategic Advisor with specializations in healthcare, agriculture and hospitality. GRC Advising is a global, social impact management consultancy focused marketing, strategy and capital formation based in New York City. 

 

Her work with GRC is focused on the intersection of food insecurity and preventative healthcare, creating a larger conversation about health equity and consumer access across rural health America. Brie principally advises Appalachian Regional Healthcare and Healthyr strategic partnerships and social innovation along with Accelerating Appalachia in their five-year USDA Climate Smart Commodities grant for marketing and PR. She also supports food insecurity and educational nonprofits in the Central Appalachian region. 

 

A former ballerina, Brie danced professionally for a decade with American Ballet Theatre (NYC) and Kentucky Ballet Theatre. In 2014, Brie was appointed Executive Director of KBT where she served for four years. Brie was featured in Dance Teacher magazine in 2015 and performed over 50 works and classical ballets during her time on stage. 

 

A restaurateur by accident, Brie met her husband TJ Cox, and his business partner James Beard semi-finalist Chef Jonathan Lundy, at one of their former restaurants. Since 2011, she has created and managed her team’s restaurant brands. Currently, her team owns Corto Lima, Lexington’s favorite Latin eatery, maintains a luxury catering operation, and opened ItalX, a modern fine dining Italian concept, during the pandemic for the Greer Companies to great acclaim.

 

Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, Brie graduated Cum Laude from Texas Christian University’s School of Classical & Contemporary Dance with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Ballet Performance, a business minor from the Neeley School of Business, and as an award-winning honors laureate from the John V. Roach Honors College in Fort Worth, Texas.