BETSY DONNELLY - Consulting Marketing & Media Relations Advisor

With three decades of strategic marketing experience, Betsy's background includes advertising and public relations counsel in the aviation, telecom and publishing industries.  Her strengths dominate in business to business communications, branding, digital communication, and event planning.  No matter what the assignment, her primary focus is to foster the relationship between client and audience -  buyer and seller - through personalized, focused communication.

Her keen eye and creative flair give her the foundation to build successful marketing campaigns—each individually tailored to meet the needs of her clients. Whether it's strategic planning, creative brainstorming or media relations, Betsy has an innate sense of what works.

Trained as a private pilot, Betsy's work has earned her the praise of not only her peers, but numerous awards within both the advertising and PR segments.  Such honors include the 1988 CLIO for the network cable TV ad, "SkyPager Library," and the 1990 PRSA National Silver Anvil award for The General Aviation Market Expansion  (GAME) Plan. In 2000, Betsy was named Aviation Writer of the Year by the Missouri Pilot's Association.  In 2009, she co-hosted a weekly broadcast on Spirit Quest Radio called “Brain Food:  How to Live a Creative Life.” 

But there's more to this woman than work, work, work:  She shines in the community, as well.  In 1995, Betsy was named Kansas City's Woman of the Year for her fundraising efforts on behalf of the Leukemia Society of America.  And most recently, she was awarded the prestigious 2008 Volunteer of the Year from the National Touched by Cancer Foundation.

Betsy makes her home base in Kansas City, though she escapes every chance she gets to discover new horizons and develop new insights for her growing roster of national clients.

Consulting Marketing & Media Relations Advisor
MBL Consulting, LLC

Leadership & Advisory Team:

Mary B. Lucas
Founder & President

Barbara Bichelmeyer
Consulting Academic Authority

Gayle Cordes
Consulting Clinical Advisor

Betsy Donnelly
Consulting Marketing & Media Relations Advisor