Terrell Cooper is an account director at the advertising agency BBDO Worldwide. Previously, he was an account director at Mediabrands Society, and has worked in a variety of other jobs in advertising. Cooper is also a co-founder of JohnTom’s Barbecue, along with Lathay Pegues, BAJ’00, and Rodney Robinson, BS’98 (Kelley School of Business). The group founded JohnTom’s Barbecue in 2006, and has grown the company’s retail and wholesale footprint in Indiana and beyond, with shelf space in Kroger, Target, Fresh Thyme, IU Health Methodist Hospital, Ball State University, Indiana State University and more. In July 2019, IU Dining awarded JohnTom’s an exclusive partnership for catering across the IUB campus. (October 2019)