Brent Morris Email & Phone Number

Richmond, Virginia

As the new Deputy Director of Communications for the Valentine, Richmond’s history museum, I will oversee the marketing, public relations and development team and direct all institutional messaging and communications to ensure a consistent voice that supports the museum’s brand identity.The Valentine has been collecting, preserving and interpreting Richmond’s stories for 125 years and is committed to engaging with a broad audience in an ongoing dialogue about the significance and relevance of the city’s complex history. I have the great fortune of working with the incredibly talented and passionate team at the Valentine during this pivotal time in the museum’s own history when storytelling based on facts can provoke meaningful but sometimes challenging conversations. With the year-long celebration of the Valentine’s 125th anniversary, the installation of state-of-the-art storage for our collections that includes an addition and our first reading room, the opening of the reimagined Valentine Studio as well as the implementation of our new strategic plan all ahead of us, I am excited and honored to be playing a part in these big initiatives. I believe the coming years will be as much about looking forward as they will be about preserving our past. My ultimate mission will be to bring greater awareness to the Valentine’s important work and its long-lasting impact on our community.

When I was CEO of NDP, I worked with some of the most talented, creative and entrepreneurial people in our industry to build the next evolution of the 40+ year old advertising agency. That ultimately led to an amazing roster of clients and record-breaking profitability.I also played a key role in developing NDP’s Consumer Engagement Group, Neathawk360, which combined the agency's best-in-class expertise in media, analytics and digital marketing into one team. With an emphasis on the digital experience, this highly collaborative group ensured that we engaged the right consumer at every stage of the marketing funnel.

I oversaw all functions of the media department and served as a member of the management team.

I was the original owner of the coffeehouse that was located on Robinson St. in the Fan. I grew the business to 3 locations, and eventually sold it to return to advertising.