Kelly McDonald was ranked #1 on the list of "26 Hot Speakers for 2006" by Successful Meetings magazine.

Kelly McDonald is a marketing and advertising expert with 20 years of ad agency experience, on both the General Market and Latino sides of the business. She worked in top positions for several global ad agencies, including Young & Rubicam, TBWA Chiat/Day and Temerlin McClain before making the move to Latino advertising and marketing.

Working with clients such as Nissan, Toyota, Subaru, Kimberly-Clark, Bank One Alltel and Budweiser, Kelly has helped clients grow business by targeting U.S. Latinos strategically and creatively.

Kelly was drawn to the Hispanic culture twenty years ago when she left her home town of Milwaukee and moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico. She began studying the culture and collecting Latin American artwork.

But it wasn't until Kelly worked for Ornelas, one of the country's top Latino ad agencies, that she immersed herself in the Latino culture. With co-workers from all over Latin America, Kelly was exposed to the nuances of the culture, from weddings, funerals and births, to holiday traditions, language differences, food specialties, the role of family and faith, and more.

Her love for the Latino culture extends beyond business: Kelly has taught English as a Second Language to Latinos for years as a volunteer. Additionally, Kelly and her husband travel extensively throughout Mexico, and her mom has lived in Mexico for fifteen years.

Kelly's dream is to educate American businesses and organizations about the potential of cultivating Latino consumers and share marketing insights about reaching Latinos emotionally, rationally and with cultural relevance.