Venture Strategic

🥇 Gold at the Health Care Communicators of Southern California Finest Awards.

Our Executive Profile Video Series with CalOptima Health won top honors in the Multi-Media — Internal/External Video Programs category. Led by Chelsea Shay, our Director of Marketing & Branding, alongside the full Venture Strategic team, the project grew from a three-video pilot into a series featuring all 21 CalOptima Health executives, humanizing the leadership behind a publicly funded health plan serving more than 850,000 Orange County residents.

Thank you to Veronica Carpenter, Deanne Thompson, Janis Rizzuto, and the CalOptima Health team for the partnership.

Venture Strategic has been named a nominee for the Orange County Business Journal's 27th Annual Family-Owned Business Awards, our second consecutive year receiving this honor. Founded by Jeff and Victoria Corless, our firm is built on the trust, shared values, and long-term relationships that come with being family-owned, and on a deep commitment to the Orange County community we call home. Thank you to the clients, collaborators, and partners who make this work meaningful. This recognition belongs to all of you.

Had a great time yesterday with the Independent Special Districts of Orange County at their quarterly luncheon, talking Communications in 2026.

Our industry is changing fast. Newsrooms are shrinking while niche outlets, podcasts, and creator-driven channels are exploding. AI is reshaping how we work faster than the guardrails can keep up. And audiences, more than ever, are tuning out anything that doesn't feel real.

The thread tying it all together: trust. Built through synchronized, integrated communications across every channel your community is paying attention to.

Thanks to ISDOC for having us, and to a room full of folks doing the essential work of keeping Orange County running.