Press Play Ventures

I’m passionate about supporting people who feel underestimated—whether by others or themselves—to flip the script and step into their greatest strengths. Whether you’re an individual battling self-doubt, a leader striving to inspire your team, or an entrepreneur navigating growth, I’m here to guide you with tools that create real, lasting change.

My journey from overcoming personal obstacles to building successful businesses allows me to connect authentically with my clients. I understand what it’s like to feel stuck, underestimated, or unsure of your next move—and I know how to guide you through it. With a mix of practical strategies, NLP techniques, and a commitment to fostering authenticity, I empower people to take bold action and embrace their full potential.

If you’re ready to rewrite your story, I’m here to help you press play on your transformation.

Founder

Allegro Insurance Group

Agency Principal

BizFit Meal Solutions

Tucson’s #1 meal prep company for business professionals, athletes, and more!

Co-Founder

Openly

I help agents be more competitive-- through Openly's product, but also lead gen strategies, recruiting, renewal processes, social media marketing, team building, and KPI tracking.

Openly: Insurtech start-up providing premium homeowners insurance to mid to high-end consumers using modern technology and pricing.

Sr. Agency Success Manager

Drove regional territory growth and agency appointments for innovative InsureTech firm.

Business Development Manager

Stratton Everything Insurance

🥇2020/2021 Arizona Daily Star Readers Choice Winner - "Best Insurance Agency”
A multi-award winning agency with a lively culture and exceptional customer service. 
Recruited, coached, and managed a team of 11 cross-functional sales and support staff
Cultivated highly profitable strategic partnerships with regional real estate and mortgage companies
Won "Tucson’s Favorite Insurance Agency" honors in 2020/2021 and the Pekin Life Silver Key Award (2020)

Agency Principal / Founder / Partner

Farm Bureau Financial Services

Assistant Agency Manager

American Family Insurance

🥇 2015 Arizona Daily Star Reader's Choice "Favorite Insurance Agent"

🥇 2016 "Tucson's Favorite Insurance Agent" by the Arizona Daily Star, Reader's Choice Award.

7x District Agent of the Month
2x All American
Life Honors
"Delivering promises, not just policies."

Owner/Agent of Kimiko Donahue Agency

State Farm

- Property and Casualty Specialist for high producing State Farm agents
- Managed a small team of telemarketers
- Developed new leads through networking
- Marketed to existing book of business
- Full time while pursuing 4 year degree at NAU
- Admin, late pays, account changes
- Solicited State Farm Bank auto loans, checking accounts and certificates of deposits
- Top Sales month: 76 applications

Property and Casualty Insurance Producer

Innovative, high-energy leader with 16+ years of award-winning sales, marketing, and business-building success within competitive market ecosystems. Recognized consistently throughout career for exceptional relationship-building and influencing skills, as well as the ability to develop outside-the-box marketing ideas and disruptive marketplace solutions. Equally adept in direct sales roles, as well as assignments involving the recruitment, development, and leadership of high-performance teams. Additional creative problem-solving skills and resiliency gained as an entrepreneur, musician, and former competitive athlete.

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🔹 Insurance professional since 2009

🥇2020/2021 Arizona Daily Star Readers Choice Winner - "Best Insurance Agency” 

🥇 2015/2016 Tucson’s favorite insurance agent Arizona Daily Star Reader Choice Awards
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My life motto: #kindnessisfree

Kimiko Donahue, CIC ▶️

Grand Canyon University

Teaching and coaching has always been a passion of mine. I am currently teaching part time in the Finance program at GCU, specifically an Insurance and Risk Management course.

Professor

VIP INSURANCE LLC (VIP INSURANCE SERVICES LLC)

Licensed insurance agent. Building a team, creating new processes, growing a book of business, and cultivating long lasting relationships. Marketing to referral partners, and clients, while assisting a sales team to get to their goals.

Assistant Vice President Sales

Director of Property and Casualty

The Money Source Insurance

Interviewing and hiring to be apart of our insurance team. On boarding and training new insurance licensed sales representatives.  Creating scripts and training materials for our sales process. Building business relationships with over fifteen independent insurance carriers, that we represent to provide all personal lines insurance to The Money Source loan servicing existing clients nationwide. Constant huddles and one on one coaching to build the sales skills needed within our team to exceed sales goals.

Vice President of Sales

Liberty Mutual Insurance

Promoted to a lead sales representative based off of my first year sales numbers.

Lead Sales Representative

Marketing myself as an insurance agent and promoting Liberty Mutual's P&C and Life Insurance products.  Networking groups, home shows, all different expo's to gather leads to call and convert. Protecting the assets my clients value the most. Auto-home-life. Delivering a promise. Far exceeding the goals expected of me in my first year in the field.

Field local sales representative

Working for a company that counsels you to protect your largest assets and items you value the most. I was apart of an inbound team, and an outbound team during my time in the call center. Joined multiple focus groups to come up with improved e-mail campaigns. Taught new hire classes my proven follow up procedure to produce increased policies. Ran huddles for the supervisors to motivate the team.

Senior Inside Sales Representative

I am a highly driven and motivated Representative that is dedicated to building powerful, mutually beneficial relationships, both with clients and associates. I am passionate about empathizing with, and sincerely helping them fulfill, all of their needs. I am resourceful, reliable, and credible. Protecting the assets we all value the most, home/auto/life/liability, is not just a career for me; I genuinely care about my client’s and their loved ones futures, and the strength and integrity of my business relationships.

I deliver our customers peace of mind every day by helping them protect what they value most. By winning the Circle of Excellence Award from Liberty, my efficiency, accuracy and expertise in all that I do was rewarded.  I will provide great coverage with affordable pricing.  When I am not selling insurance or providing excellent customer care, you can find me eating sushi or hiking!

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Kimiko Donahue, CIC ▶️

Dominique Haffery, MSL

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