Company Bios

Valerie Donati (President)

As founder of Brand Building Communications Valerie Donati has spent the last 15 years building high-impact awareness campaigns for prestigious cultural organizations and global lifestyle brands. Moving to New York from her native Miami, Donati was a vice president for several of the city’s most respected Public Relations firms before heading up an in-house Public Relations division at a well-known branding agency.  Donati is on the board of charity:water and also actively participates in several industry organizations including PRSA, WOMMA and CEW. You can follow Donati on Twitter at www.twitter.com/Valival

Kelly Lynch (SVP Business Development and Operations)

Kelly Lynch began her career in corporate events planning for several international finance companies. She joined the Brand Building team in 2004 as part of the beauty department and in her five years has helped grow the mass consumer division to include not only beauty, but food, health and medical categories. Lynch has had extensive experience in launching consumer products on both national and regional levels. In December 2008, she transitioned into a new role overseeing the firm's consumer engagement marketing (formally word-of-mouth) division and works closely with Valerie on new platform development. You can follow Lynch on Twitter at www.twitter.com/kellyelynch