Leah Donahue

With more than a decade of marketing expertise, Leah helps manage business development for Purple Strategies. Prior to joining Purple Strategies, Donahue was a director at a global public affairs firm where she coordinated the firm’s marketing and provided strategic communications and government affairs counsel for a Fortune 20 information technology company.

Previously, Donahue served as the senior marketing manager for Government Executive magazine in Washington, D.C. There she worked closely with the advertising sales team to develop marketing events and strategies for key advertisers. Before Government Executive, she served as deputy press secretary for U.S. Senator Tom Harkin, where she assisted with media outreach and rapid response. Donahue also served as a press assistant in the 2004 Democratic coordinated campaign in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She is a graduate of Marquette University.