Martha Nevanen
Chief Marketing & Communications Officer
After a long career in corporate marketing communications, Martha started Buzz Partners, a fractional CMO consulting business, in late 2022. She builds upon her deep experience in business-to-business marketing in commercial real estate, manufacturing, start-ups, and financial services, and aligns marketing communications strategy with business goals to build brands that connect with clients, employees, and salespeople.
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Her leadership extends beyond the companies where she worked. She is an active board member of Aeon, a non-profit affordable housing developer and investor, and previously worked to improve diversity within CRE through the Fannie Mae DUS DEI committee, a national group of commercial real estate finance experts, and the Commercial Real Estate Diversity Collaborative.
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She’s been recognized as a 2020 Business Journal Women in Business, the Midwest Real Estate News Hall of Fame, was the recipient of the President’s Award at Northmarq, and served as volunteer leader of IABC locally, regionally, and nationally. She’s a member of CREW Network and the American Marketing Association.
PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
Engaging, collaborative leader of creative and staff-level professionals
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Creative thinker who can implement transformational organizational changes
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Adept in supporting professional sales organizations with thought-leadership,
sales enablement, lead generation
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Complex, multi-faceted project leader of digital transformation
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Deep experience in public relations, internal comms, and content strategy
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Board member of EXtrance, CRE investment management start-up platform
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Board member of Aeon, non-profit affordable housing investor and developer
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Selected as Business Journal’s Women in Business; member of Women’s Leadership Council
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MNCREW/CREW Network member
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Member of the American Marketing Association
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