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 ▶️

Linqura

The best AI isn’t one that knows the whole world. It’s the one that knows knows your world.

Chief Marketing Officer

Linqura is a private AI model explicitly designed to produce revenue-driven outcomes for the insurance industry.

Board Member

Finding Peak

Want to learn everything the top agencies across America know about founding, scaling, and exiting an insurance business?

Finding Peak helps insurance businesses leverage organic growth through inbound marketing, technology and battle-tested sales practices to rapidly grow their valuation.

Ryan Hanley, the founder, is consistently ranked as a "Can't-miss" speaker in the insurance leadership, marketing, and growth space. 

He has been featured in Business Insider, The Business Journal, Content Marketing Institute, Social Media Examiner and more.

Having spoken to hundreds of audiences and thousands of people worldwide, Ryan delivers story-driven and passionate performances that motivate and inspire action.

Founder and President

Rogue Risk

Founder & President

Metabolic

Our unique program centers around Metabolic Training, which incorporates “Strength training at a pace”; the ultimate blend of strength and cardio. 

Metabolic Training is optimal for those looking to build muscle, burn fat, increase strength, and improve cardiovascular performance in the most efficient way possible. 

Our certified training staff will create a customized fitness experience for each one of our clients, regardless of age, ability level, or injury history.

One workout.

One family.

One goal.

Find your strength. 💪

Chief Executive Officer

BOLD PENGUIN

Helping insurance agents and carriers write more commercial business with fewer touches, mistakes or headaches. Bold Penguin is where technology meets the human touch in commercial insurance. With a heavy focus on agents, Bold Penguin pushes the boundaries of user experience for businesses, is an easy tool for agents, and offers a streamlined process of underwriting for carriers.

TrustedChoice.com (Consumer Agent Portal, LLC)

The leader of combined sales, marketing and communication functions for all TrustedChoice.com and Agency Nation products and brands.

Managing a team of 19 members spanning business development, sales, marketing and corporate communications, Ryan was tasked with building an audience, engaging the community and generating revenue for the entire organization.

As the head of marketing for TrustedChoice.com, I am responsible for directional leadership in the brand, message and voice of our organization in its work helping independent insurance agents capture new business through inbound lead generation.

Basically we attract new referrals and help independent insurance agents convert those referrals into sales.

We do this in three ways:

1) ONLINE REFERRAL GENERATION

TrustedChoice.com the platform, through both digital and analog marketing methods, captures the attention of insurance consumers. Then through a series of filters matches consumer need with the right insurance solution based on location and appetite.

Learn more at: http://www.trustedchoice.com/

2) EDUCATION

Agency Nation, the sister digital publication to TrustedChoice.com, provides tactics, strategy and training for independent insurance agents seeking to dominate their market through sales, marketing and automation.

Learn more at: http://www.agencynation.com/

3) RESOURCES

As an organization we leverage our marketing and insurance industry resources to provide independent insurance agents access to tools and resources to support their inbound lead generation activities.

THE RUB

In our partnership with IIABA (Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America) and nine investor insurance carriers, TrustedChoice.com acts as digital matchmaker, connecting insurance consumers with the independent insurance agents who can best serve their needs.

It is my honor to play a role in stewarding this great endeavor.

Senior Vice President Marketing

As the Digital Marketing Lead for TrustedChoice.com, I am responsible for the strategy, creation and distribution of all agent-facing resources and education.

Basically, I'm a Independent Insurance Agent Evangelist. 

The goal of my work at TrustedChoice.com is help all independent insurance agents, carriers and wholesalers harness the power of digital sales, marketing and automation to dominate their marketplace.

As of this hinges upon one simple belief: "That insurance consumers need guidance and there is no better delivery system than the independent insurance agent to provide this most valuable service."

We've only just begun...

Digital Marketing Lead

The Murray Group Insurance Services, Inc

Lead marketing function, in addition to traditional sales role as New York State licensed independent insurance agent focused on helping clients build personal and small business insurance programs.

Producer

American Heart Association

Member of the Advisory Board of Directors for the American Heart Association Northeast New York Chapter.  Co-Chair of the AHA Red Tie Society.

Board of Directors

Capital Alliance of Young Professionals

Capital Alliance of Young Professionals, Inc. (CAYP) is the pioneering independent organization designed to facilitate professional networking among young and young-at-heart professionals living and working in the Capital/Saratoga Region.  

Capital Alliance of Young Professionals, Inc. provides a way for young professionals (YPs) to share business referrals, tips, and "war-stories."  It is a forum for YPs to support one another.  

Membership in CAYP is open to any professional, including but not limited to: accountants, doctors, entrepreneurs, financial advisors, real estate agents, journalists, executive assistants, nurses, sales people, and government employees.  The target age group is 21 to 39, however, as long as you feel young, you are welcome!

Vice President of Board of Directors

Ryan Hanley is the CMO of Linqura, Linqura’s outcome-driven private AI model is specifically designed to increase commercial insurance revenue production.

Ryan is also the founder of Finding Peak, a keynote speaking and media firm helping leaders, entrepreneurs, and ambitious professionals finish big!

Learn more at https://ryanhanley.com

Ryan was previously the founder and CEO of Rogue Risk, a first-of-its-kind digital commercial insurance agency. He’s also held executive leadership positions at Bold Penguin, TrustedChoice.com, and SIAA. 

In addition, Ryan is a sought-after keynote speaker on leadership, growth, and insurtech, bestselling author of Content Warfare, and producer of the industry's top podcast, the Finding Peak Podcast.

Ryan loves to study innovation and growth and frequently makes angel investments in early-stage insurance startups.

Personal interests: reading, writing, boxing, skiing, deadlifts, and sharing stories with good friends.

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