Alex Daly is the founder of Vann Alexandra, DalyPR, and, now, Daly. She is the industry’s “Crowdsourceress,” a member of the Forbes 30 Under 30 class of 2016, and a frequent speaker at festivals and events for designers, innovators, women entrepreneurs, and big thinkers. Having been referred to in the press as a “Kickstarter queen,” “crowdfunding guru,” and a “wunderkind,” she has managed crowdfunding and PR campaigns for Oscar-winning filmmakers, Pentagram partners, MIT Media Lab inventors, Neil Young, Joan Didion, and the female-led musical sensation TLC.

In 2017, Alex authored her first book, The Crowdsourceress: Get Smart, Get Funded, and Kickstart Your Next Big Idea, published by Hachette. Originally from Miami, Alex holds degrees in Spanish, Philosophy Honors, and Film from Vanderbilt University.

Théo Münch specializes in bringing creative projects to life. As Community Manager, he’s executed campaigns with Hong Kong watchmakers Anicorn, design doc legend Gary Hustwit, the creators of ELIA, the makers behind comp, and many others. He has also managed community building and launch events for clients and partners like Heilala, Doberman, Kickstarter, and more, and has been essential in developing campaign messaging, backer communication strategies, and media partnerships for dozens of clients.

Before joining the Daly team, Théo worked as a research assistant at the University of Michigan’s developmental psychology lab, teacher for Freedom House Detroit, and volunteer for the Detroit Partnership, a community engagement organization. His first book of original poems, corporal, was published in 2019. Théo is fluent in French and holds a Bachelor’s degree in psychology and creative writing from the University of Michigan.

Ally Bruschi is passionate about creating powerful, well-crafted messages for the companies, products, and people that inspire her. Before joining Daly as PR Manager, she worked as a book publicist at Avery, a division of Penguin Random House, where she led national and local publicity campaigns for acclaimed authors in the health, wellness, food, psychology, and business space. Ally has secured features for her clients in everything from The New York Times and The Atlantic to Oprah’s Super Soul Sunday and national NPR shows. And as one New York Times Magazine article put it, her press release “managed to concentrate the zeitgeist of contemporary female celebrity into its purest form.”

Ally has previously contributed to Bustle, Plated, Borgen Magazine, and The Daily Meal. She received her Bachelor’s degree in political science from Kenyon College.

Bec Speakman is an experienced coordinator with an international perspective. Before joining Daly, Bec worked in film and television production in Australia on notable projects including Amazon’s Picnic at Hanging Rock, and the BBC’s The Cry. At award-winning production company Carver Films, she managed development and production slates, supporting filmmakers, networks, and financiers from conception to delivery. Stepping across to technology and training, she successfully managed an international hackathon event, which connected over 30,000 kids worldwide through coding.

Bec received her Bachelor’s degree in Media Production from the University of Technology, Sydney.

Julia Nguyen is experienced in combining the power of communications and strategy to elevate mission-driven brands, companies, and organizations. Prior to Daly, Julia interned at NPR in the marketing, branding, and communications department where she wrote social media copy for live events including Code Switch Live, Tiny Desk Talks, Creative Mornings with Invisibilia, Audie Cornish Live, and the How I Built This Summit with Guy Raz. She also served as the Internal Communications Specialist at Jacht Advertising Agency—a student-run advertising agency that offers a wide-range of creative services including: strategic branding, integrated marketing communications, campaign concepts, videography, photography, social media strategy, content creation, print design, and public relations.

Julia is fluent in Vietnamese and a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where she holds a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism.