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Bio: Elaine Fogel

Elaine Fogel

At the very core of Elaine’s being is her love for writing. What began at twelve winning a local songwriting contest, turned into a lifelong passion - at first, writing and performing music, then graduating to copywriting and developing a variety of materials, on agency contract, for major corporate clients such as Kraft, Procter & Gamble, Nestlé Carnation, Warner-Lambert and Shopper’s Drug Mart.

Eventually, she combined her marketing and communications talents with her background in the nonprofit sector and spent several years working as an “inside” senior marketer, managing and overseeing marketing strategy and marketing communications such as copywriting, advertising, brand management, design/development of marketing collateral and public relations, in addition to Web, fundraising and event marketing. Here she enjoyed working with celebrities such as comic actor, Leslie Nielsen, Steven Page of the Barenaked Ladies, and baseball player Sean Green; and on many cause-related marketing projects with partners such as Nike, Ford, Tetley Tea, Aventis Pasteur, Sanofi-Synthelabo, Transamerica Life, Air Canada, and Wonderbra.

After a relocation to Phoenix from Toronto, Canada, Elaine launched Solutions Marketing & Consulting LLC, a marketing and communications consulting company that works with nonprofit/public organizations and businesses. In early 2009, hubby, Allen merged his promotional products business with Elaine's and he runs that operation for their company - Solutions Marketing & Consulting LLC.

Elaine is also a professional speaker, doing presentations and workshops on branding, marketing, and customer service topics. http://www.elainefogel.com

Besides being a senior contributor to MarketingProfs and a blogger for the Daily Fix, Elaine has also served as a contributing writer for The Business Journal and has written for several publications including Marketing News, the Stanford Social Innovation Review (of the Stanford School of Business), and Advancing Philanthropy. She is currently working to complete two books.

Elaine’s career has also included stints as a cookbook author, teacher, singer, and television show host. Her volunteer positions and affiliations include:
- Chair, American Marketing Association Nonprofit SIG (special interest group)
- Member, international communications and marketing committee, Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) - Board member, AFP Greater Arizona Chapter
- Officer, Lead for Good
- Professional member, National Speakers Association
- Member, AJC communications committee
She has also held several volunteer leadership positions in Canada.

A golf and tennis enthusiast, Elaine is enjoying life in the Sonoran Desert while serving clients across the continent.

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