Maria Verven
VERVE Team Lead
Marketing Strategist
P.R. Expert
Maria is a seasoned, accredited professional with more than 25 years’ experience in P.R. and marketing. She's an expert in developing inbound marketing strategies that help businesses get found online and grow their businesses.
Here's what an esteemed P.R. colleague said about Maria:
"Maria is one of the few professionals I know who has deep understanding of the bodies of knowledge of both public relations and marketing. She writes well, and she thinks well. She thinks both strategically and creatively - this, too, is rare; most of us fall strongly one way or the other. Lastly, Maria is a very nice person, and yet she is tough as nails."
Career Highlights:
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VERVE Team Lead
Marketing Strategist
P.R. Expert
Maria is a seasoned, accredited professional with more than 25 years’ experience in P.R. and marketing. She's an expert in developing inbound marketing strategies that help businesses get found online and grow their businesses.
Here's what an esteemed P.R. colleague said about Maria:
"Maria is one of the few professionals I know who has deep understanding of the bodies of knowledge of both public relations and marketing. She writes well, and she thinks well. She thinks both strategically and creatively - this, too, is rare; most of us fall strongly one way or the other. Lastly, Maria is a very nice person, and yet she is tough as nails."
Career Highlights:
- Self-employed for over 20 years
- V.P. of Media Relations at Piper Jaffray, an international middle market investment bank and institutional securities firm
- V.P. at Fleishman-Hillard, one of the world’s largest P.R. agencies
- V.P. of Marketing at Dexma, a technology upstart that survived the dot-com and mortgage meltdowns
- Assistant Director of P.R. at the American Red Cross, St. Paul Area Chapter
- Account Executive at Roy Wallace and Associates, P.R. firm
Teaching Experience:
- University of Minnesota, guest lecturer in P.R.
- Instructor, Anoka-Hennepin Community Ed. and Bloomington-Richfield Community Ed. ("The New Rules of Marketing a Small Business" and "SEO for Small Business Owners")
Volunteer Work:
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities, volunteer big sister
- Little Brothers-Friends of the Elderly, board member, chair of P.R. committee and visiting volunteer
- MNBIO, board member
- St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, P.R. advisory committee member
- Minneapolis Musical Theatre, board member
- PRSA (Public Relations Society of America), accredited member (APR), committee chair and board member
Education:
- B.A. from Vassar College (honors in music)
