Valerie Harding Joins CMO Think Tank

BOSTON, Nov. 4, 2026 /CourierPR/ -- Ripple Effect Communications, an integrated B2B marketing communications and public relations (PR) agency, has announced that its founder and President, Valerie Harding, has been invited to join the prestigious Senior Executive CMO Think Tank, convened by Senior Executive Media. The appointment brings Harding's extensive background in B2B marketing, strategic public relations, and crisis communications to an elite community of chief marketing officers, enterprise strategists, and agency leaders.

Valerie Harding, the founder and President of Ripple Effect Communications, has been invited to join the Senior Executive CMO Think Tank, a curated forum for leaders in executive marketing. The think tank convenes select leaders to collaborate on the most pressing issues in modern marketing, including brand trust in an automated world, digital transformation, narrative coherence across multiple channels, and measurable marketing return on investment (ROI).

Harding's appointment to the think tank reflects her deep strategic expertise across Ripple Effect Communications' global network. The agency, headquartered in Boston and with a presence across major U.S. markets and Europe, primarily serves high-tech software and AI-oriented clients in sectors such as manufacturing automation, logistics and supply chain, fintech, and life sciences. With over 25 years of hands-on agency leadership, Harding and her team offer insights rooted in real-world brand resilience, tier-one international media strategy, and global cross-border campaign execution through Eurocom Worldwide, a network of 45 offices covering 80 countries.

As generative platforms and content-scaling software transform modern outreach, Ripple Effect Communications leverages decades of experience to pioneer an ROI-accountability model. The agency supports high-growth B2B technology, healthcare, manufacturing, and life science innovators with its proprietary accountability matrix to deliver measurable ROI, analyst mindshare, and tier-one earned media coverage.

The Senior Executive CMO Think Tank, organized by Senior Executive Media, convenes select leaders to collaborate on the most pressing issues in executive marketing. The think tank's commitment is to surface actionable, practitioner-led perspectives rather than theoretical commentary. Inviting Valerie Harding to join the CMO Think Tank was a natural choice, given her firm, Ripple Effect Communications, brings decades of battle-tested experience guiding B2B brands through complex market positioning, crisis communications, and evolving media landscapes.

As a contributing member of the think tank, Harding and the Ripple Effect Communications team will support the publishing of commentary addressing thought leadership positioning, branding through digital transformation, and closing the gap between marketing initiatives and revenue outcomes.