Our Team

CEO & Founder

Liz Brunner is a Certified Professional Coach (CPC) and the CEO and founder of Brunner Communications and the best-selling author of Dare to Own You: Taking Your Authenticity and Dreams Into Your Next Chapter, recommended on Forbes. Leveraging more than 35 years of media and communications experience, expertise, and leadership, Brunner is sought by high-profile individuals and organizations to build meaningful reputations and powerful brand identities within their markets. She is also a frequent speaker at corporate conventions, including the Barron’s Women Summit, the CoreNet Global Summit, as well as numerous colleges and universities. Read more about Liz here.

Executive Coach

Candy O’Terry is an Executive Communications Coach at Brunner Communications where she uses decades of experience as a major market radio broadcaster and uber successful podcaster to help her clients shine in any light. Read more about Candy here.

Chief of Staff

Vanessa Gatlin provides executive-level administrative and marketing communications support to the Brunner Communications team. She is responsible for the facilitation of meeting arrangements, development and administration of the company’s social media marketing and strategy, brand direction, calendar maintenance, and coordinating and delivering marketing campaigns and materials. Learn more about Vanessa here.

Vanessa attended Emmanuel College in Boston, where she received a Bachelor’s degree in Global Studies in 2011. Prior to joining Brunner Communications, she served as the Senior Director of Programs and Communications for Colleges of the Fenway and maintained her own social media marketing and consulting service. She brings with her over 10 years of experience in digital and branding strategy, community organizing, communication and messaging, and event planning for high-profile principals.