Valerie Paavonpera

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VPR Media & Marketing

Co-Founder, Principal | Based in Portland, ME

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Valerie was born and raised in Ipswich, Massachusetts and launched her professional career in Boston. She is a genuine and effective communicator with a passion for connecting with positive people around the globe. She offers significant experience and highly acclaimed results gained from working with corporate industry, not-for-profits, small business and government in the United States, Australia and other locations worldwide.

As a consummate professional, Valerie has a proven reputation as an energized listener, thinker, planner and doer. She exemplifies an esteemed sense of pride and commitment to create, inspire, deliver and exceed expectations.

From sports to arts, hospitality to healthcare, television to politics and Olympic Games to film festivals, Valerie has spearheaded outstanding PR and marketing initiatives which engage community investment, media placement and sponsor support, culminating in high profile, successful campaigns and events.

Working on projects in many diverse cultures from United Arab Emirates to Iceland, she has earned a reputation for fostering positive professional relationships cultivated with compassion, loyalty, diplomacy and respect.