Dean Hollander
Chief Digital Officer
Dean Hollander leads Fenton's Interactive and New Media Communications Division. He is the former CEO and founder of Involve Inc., an award-winning interactive communications agency later acquired by Kintera, a NASDAQ-traded software company. Involve Inc. received numerous accolades, including Webby Awards and Web Marketing Association awards for its work with leading nonprofit organizations such as the International Fund for Animal Welfare and People for the American Way. At Kintera, Hollander served as vice president of strategic partnerships, forging new alliances, breaking into new markets, and building a large network of interactive-agency partners across the country to service the unique needs of nonprofit organizations as they adopted new software solutions for online community building, advocacy and fundraising.
Hollander has worked as a strategic consultant for nonprofits, start-up ventures and companies including BP Alternative Energy and Weiden and Kennedy. He has developed unique strategic initiatives for brands such as Starbucks and Coca-Cola, and has forged sponsorship deals including the inclusion of alternative-energy education into the newest version of Sim City with Electronic Arts for BP. His expertise is applicable to overall communications strategy, leveraging new media technologies, effective brand building through interactive experiences, and developing unique strategic partnerships between companies and organizations in different industries that can benefit from one another's communications initiatives.
Before the rise of the Internet, Hollander did time in the entertainment industry writing, directing and producing television and film. He has also taught numerous college courses in mass communications at Emerson College's Los Angeles campus and has been a guest speaker at Harvard University, Wharton Business School, AdTech and numerous industry trade shows. Hollander's independent film and writing awards include an award from the Eastman Kodak Company, the Chesterfield Writing Competition, and a Student Academy Award for a film he wrote, directed and produced.