Kelly Gunn

Kelly brings 17 years of experience from the Gift and Home Industry. Having started her career as a road rep in New England in the mid-nineties, Kelly went on to create The POWER Group (Proud, Outstanding Women Energizing Retail), a sales agency in the wholesale Gift and Home Industry covering the Mid-Atlantic region. Kelly's leadership, vision and creativity lead The POWER Group to become one of the leading sales agencies in the region. As a talented "Guerilla Marketer", Kelly successfully and creatively made a name for herself and her POWER Girls. Her marketing campaign promoting the group has received high critical marks throughout the industry.

The POWER Group was approached and acquired by Lineworks in 2007. The POWER Group continues to "energize" business daily, even though ownership has changed hands. In her new role as COO of Lineworks, Kelly was responsible for the day-to-day activities of a $20M sales agency in the wholesale gift and home industry. She was responsible for the development, design, operation, and improvement of the systems that create and deliver Linework's services.

Kelly is a pioneer of the use of Social Media in the gift and home industry, being first in the industry to create a presence on Facebook. Kelly has been featured in several trade publications sharing her expertise on the topic. Feeling she had mastered the sales agency world, Kelly was anxious to expand her industry expertise. She was recruited and accepted the position of VP of Sales and Business Development for SnapRetail. As VP of Sales and Business Development, Kelly helped launch revolutionary digital marketing technology company helping independent retailers compete with large retailers.

In early 2011, Kelly saw an opportunity to represent the best and brightest vendors from the Gift and Apparel Industries to the school fundraising channel. Kelly founded FundHub in summer of 2011, and is enjoying the excitement of building a new company.

Kelly has been married since 1988 to her beloved husband, Kevin and has 2 beautiful daughters; Taylor and Sydney.