Gail Mitchell Donovan
Gail Mitchell Donovan is the Founder and Principal of Donovan Communications, a boutique marketing and public relations firm.
Donovan Communications specializes in writing press releases, newsletters, marketing brochures, RFPs, offering memorandums, and annual reports; handling media relations; working with graphic designers on the production of marketing materials; planning business conferences and events; and creating marketing and communications strategies.
Her most recent work experience includes serving as Senior Director of Marketing Tri-State for Avison Young, a global commercial real estate firm. Previously, she was Chief Marketing and Communications Officer for Eastern Consolidated, a full service commercial real estate firm in New York City, and Director of Communications for Ariel Property Advisors, a New York City-based investment property sales firm.
Gail also worked in a variety of marketing and communications positions at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and as a reporter, editor, and columnist for publications in Brooklyn and Oklahoma City.
She earned her master's degree in Latin American and Caribbean Studies from New York University, and a bachelor's degree in Journalism from the University of Oklahoma.
Gail has served as President of the Junior League of Brooklyn, as a member of the Board of Directors and Treasurer of Graham-Windham Services to Families and Children, and as President of the University of Oklahoma's Alumni Club of Greater New York.
As a volunteer, she helped create the Esteem Team, a mentoring program for young women in Graham-Windham's foster care program; served as one of the Brooklyn coordinators for the Million Mom March; helped develop a series of college and job workshops for the Crown Heights Youth Collective; and has volunteered at the Center for the Elimination of Violence in the Family, Brooklyn Museum, and other community groups.
Her awards include Avison Young's Above & Beyond Award for exceptional service; the Bisnow Award for Outstanding Excellence & Influence in New
York Commercial Real Estate; President’s Award for Excellence, Federal Reserve
Bank of New York; Performance Plus Award, Federal Reserve Bank of New York; the University of Oklahoma Regents' Award for Dedicated Service; Outstanding Community Service award from the Friends of RSVP; and U.S. Small Business Administration Media Advocate of the Year. She was honored by Richard Green and the Crown Heights Youth Collective at the organization's 25th anniversary gala.
