A proven approach to communications challenges
Turnstone Strategies LLC is a Chicago-based marketing/communications firm with specialties in strategic planning, storytelling, content development and public relations. We provide services including campaign management, message architecture, positioning and report writing.
Turnstone Strategies LLC is a Chicago-based marketing/communications firm with specialties in strategic planning, storytelling, content development and public relations. We provide services including campaign management, message architecture, positioning and report writing.
Turnstone brings decades of experience in journalism, marketing and nonprofit communications, with additional specialties in digital management and email marketing. Our capabilities are enhanced by specific skills in art direction, copywriting, and graphic design.
The team
Bob Dolgan
Prior to starting Turnstone Strategies, Bob served as Communications Director for Advance Illinois and Vice President of Communications for the Greater Chicago Food Depository, where he was responsible for all aspects of the organization’s marketing including its first-ever brand refresh. While at Advance Illinois, Bob led the communications function for the historic Fix the Formula campaign that made school funding in Illinois more equitable for low-income students. While at the Food Depository, Bob developed several Annual Reports, two Strategic Plans and multiple campaigns with marketing partners. Bob’s focus on content development and digital strategy helped draw new supporters to the Food Depository's mission while articulating the benefits of its services. His work with the Governor's Commission to End Hunger brought elected officials and community partners together to address nutrition needs. His career started in journalism with the Richmond Times-Dispatch before a transition to a public relations role with the Chicago-based nonprofit Anixter Center. A lifelong Midwesterner, Bob has a Bachelor’s degree from Kenyon College and a Master of Business Administration in Marketing Management from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. He is a Board member of the Chicago Ornithological Society and President of Friends of Stone Academy, a 501c3 organization that supports a Chicago public school. Additionally, he has provided pro bono services to Forefront as part of its re-branding and to Openlands in the areas of marketing and vacant land restoration. His writing has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Wilderness, Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Reader, the Richmond Times-Dispatch and the St. Louis Post Dispatch.
Gerry Maguire
Gerry brings more than 20 years of experience in the food industry with strengths in sales, fundraising, relationship management, Board cultivation and strategic planning. Gerry served as Vice President of Supply Chain with the Greater Chicago Food Depository, where he oversaw all internal operations as well as partnerships with CPG companies, distributors and major retailers. Gerry’s work with prominent corporations and foundations generated $2.2 million in revenue in four years and millions of pounds of in-kind food donations. Gerry is originally from Winchester, England, and studied Human Resource Management at the London Institute. He is a longtime nonprofit volunteer, assisting organizations such as Housing Forward and BUILD Chicago.
Turnstone has created "Monty and Rose," a documentary about Chicago's endangered piping plovers, and Illinois' first Piping Plover Day, which took place November 18, 2019.
Turnstone's clients have included:
The team
Bob Dolgan
Prior to starting Turnstone Strategies, Bob served as Communications Director for Advance Illinois and Vice President of Communications for the Greater Chicago Food Depository, where he was responsible for all aspects of the organization’s marketing including its first-ever brand refresh. While at Advance Illinois, Bob led the communications function for the historic Fix the Formula campaign that made school funding in Illinois more equitable for low-income students. While at the Food Depository, Bob developed several Annual Reports, two Strategic Plans and multiple campaigns with marketing partners. Bob’s focus on content development and digital strategy helped draw new supporters to the Food Depository's mission while articulating the benefits of its services. His work with the Governor's Commission to End Hunger brought elected officials and community partners together to address nutrition needs. His career started in journalism with the Richmond Times-Dispatch before a transition to a public relations role with the Chicago-based nonprofit Anixter Center. A lifelong Midwesterner, Bob has a Bachelor’s degree from Kenyon College and a Master of Business Administration in Marketing Management from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. He is a Board member of the Chicago Ornithological Society and President of Friends of Stone Academy, a 501c3 organization that supports a Chicago public school. Additionally, he has provided pro bono services to Forefront as part of its re-branding and to Openlands in the areas of marketing and vacant land restoration. His writing has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Wilderness, Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Reader, the Richmond Times-Dispatch and the St. Louis Post Dispatch.
Gerry Maguire
Gerry brings more than 20 years of experience in the food industry with strengths in sales, fundraising, relationship management, Board cultivation and strategic planning. Gerry served as Vice President of Supply Chain with the Greater Chicago Food Depository, where he oversaw all internal operations as well as partnerships with CPG companies, distributors and major retailers. Gerry’s work with prominent corporations and foundations generated $2.2 million in revenue in four years and millions of pounds of in-kind food donations. Gerry is originally from Winchester, England, and studied Human Resource Management at the London Institute. He is a longtime nonprofit volunteer, assisting organizations such as Housing Forward and BUILD Chicago.
Turnstone has created "Monty and Rose," a documentary about Chicago's endangered piping plovers, and Illinois' first Piping Plover Day, which took place November 18, 2019.
Turnstone's clients have included:
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