Meet the Team!
Sue Dobbe-Leahy
Leveraging a legacy of strategic branding and marketing communications since 1989, Sue Dobbe-Leahy is a master of marketing trades and facilitator extraordinaire. Collaborating with a diverse team of talent to perform the precise combinations in each unique situation, Sue has the knack of gleaning what’s relevant. A knack honed over 30 years of successful marketing research, strategic development and branding implementation.
Communications strategist and content specialist, Sue distills the message into concise, relevant copy to capture the audience. Not just making noise, but making RESULTS!
Established expertise in public relations, web copy, image and brand projections, Sue helps clients delve into their strengths and craft compelling message, ads, scripts and posts.
Clients span the spectrum from business-to-business, government, nonprofit, academia, retail and professional services.
Dobbe Marketing has maintained relationships with clients and vendors for 5, 10, and even 25 years! From local mental health services, engineering and municipality marketing programs to national campaigns for temporary housing, potty training toys and digital traffic measurement, interpreting what is great about each client to their customer is a privilege and a joy!
Call on Dobbe Marketing for a deep bench of experience in branding, strategic marketing, key messaging and mind-boggling results.
Beyond for-profit marketing services, Sue Dobbe-Leahy is a leader, consultant, coach and collaborator willing to serve her community and world with passion.
Each month, Sue leads two Business Women Round Table groups which meet monthly through McHenry County College Small Business Development Center. She provides consultation to SBDC clients on marketing strategy, business development and communications.
Deeply involved in the Downtown Crystal Lake Main Street, Sue served two terms as president of the organization and leads the Marketing Committee. Member of the Crystal Lake Chamber, she was on the board of directors for 8 years and continues to be active. McHenry Chamber of Commerce membership resulted in serving as Membership Director as well as creating the current chamber brand image.
Gail Straus
“Build it and they will come” is often mistaken for a marketing strategy rather than a line from a movie. With more than 40 years of institution and agency-based experience serving business to-business, nonprofits and consumer companies, Gail Straus understands the difference. Effective communications begin by listening to both organizational stakeholders and their valued audience members.
Bringing the voice of clients to the conversation challenges internal hypotheses and breaks the “we’ve always done it this way” cycle.
Spanning a career of nearly 50 years, Gail has worked largely in the nonprofit sector. Her work in marketing and marketing research has addressed overall organizational needs as well as specific focus on audience development and fundraising. Gail’s clients have included large public universities and small colleges, independent schools, professional associations, social service organizations and government agencies.
Gail has also served several organizations as a senior volunteer with the Taproot Foundation with clients including Youth Services of Glenview/Northbrook, Literacy Volunteers Fox Valley, and DuPage PADs. Gail current serves on the Development Committee as a Board member with the IMD Guest House Foundation.
As a long-standing member of the Dobbe Marketing team, Gail contributed to projects including the McHenry Mental Health Board, Trinity Wilmette, Samaritan Counseling Center of the Northwest Suburbs, Professional Wealth Advisors, LLC, Pioneer Center and Gewalt Hamilton & Associates.
Morgan Leahy
“We partner to ultimately produce not a strategy, a design, nor a campaign; but rather a business outcome.”
Morgan is a digital marketing consultant that helps companies and non-profits improve their digital footprint to attract and better serve customers. Solution paths proliferate and often confuse business owners as they try to leverage evolving technologies. Morgan has partnered with agencies, business owners and startups to help these clients clarify strategy and uncover, navigate and execute solutions.
Morgan Leahy created his advisory in 2017 after earning MBA from Chicago Booth and co-founding an enterprise SaaS startup in Chicago. Prior to this, he gained deep understanding of consumer behavior with over ten years in product research and design engineering at Procter & Gamble. Morgan has created speaking and training events on web and digital marketing topics to various Chicago forums, including Freelancers Union Spark Chicago, State Farm Next Door Chicago and the WordPress Meetup Group of Chicago.
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