Edan Gelt is an active leader in her community working professionally as a marketing and business strategist
Edan Gelt is an active leader in her community Through both her professional career and personal life, Edan Gelt is constantly striving to create the best version of herself and inspiring those around her to do the same, be it a colleague, friend, neighbor, family member, or anyone else looking to improve their lives.
Professional Career
For more than 20 years, Edan Gelt has been building a career in marketing and business strategy, working with a diverse clientele in a wide range of fields and industries. As a strategist, she works alongside owners and leaders of companies, organizations, and other enterprises to improve sales, enhance brand awareness, and increase growth of traffic and overall company success. Some of her main areas of focus include promotional strategies, sponsorships, branding strategies, public relations, sales-enhancing partnerships, contract negotiations, media-buying, grand openings, budgeting, special event planning, grass-roots initiatives and much more.
Through her work, she is dedicated to developing customized and innovative strategies to help companies build on what they need to stand out from their competition and thrive in fast-paced competitive environments. Over the course of her career Edan Gelt has earned many awards and special recognitions for her work including numerous Maxi Awards from the International Council of Shopping Centers for categories such as Public Relations, Digital and Social Media, Sales Promotion and Events, Print Media, and beyond.
Community Relations & Volunteering
Tying into both her professional career and personal life, community relations is of great significance to Gelt. As a way to show gratitude to organizations that provide support to families going through difficult illnesses, Edan Gelt began volunteering and setting up charitable events in her local community. She has worked on numerous community relations projects and endeavors to support childhood cancer research including:
- CureSearch
- Make-A-Wish Foundation
- Special Spaces
- Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation
- Working a volunteer Child Life Programs
On a professional level, Edan Gelt strongly encourages her clients and other organizations to make community relations a focal point of their mission statement and company values as it is a way to build great trust and strong relationships with local community members.
Health and Fitness
Edan Gelt finds great strength and motivation through exercise and fitness routines. For her it is a great way to get out of the house and take her mind away from work and life stressors. She even began blogging about her fitness experiences as a way to motivate and inspire others who may be having trouble getting started with fitness or are looking to try something new to add a little spark and excitement to their lives.
Like all things Gelt does, she used her real-life experience exploring fitness options as a modern-day social experiment on how to become an influencer. In 2017, Gelt took off her marketing hat and visited 30 health and wellness institutions in 30-days to share how influencers can get started. Although she captured the hearts of up to 5K in under a month, she no longer blogs about her workout routines. Gelt continues to incorporate health and fitness into her lifestyle and everyday routine as it has made her so much stronger on both a mental and physical level.
Learn more about Edan Gelt through her blogs, videos and social media updates as she continues to find new ways to improve the world around her and inspire others to be their best selves every day.
