Track Record

The receipts.

Every engagement, one accountable senior advisor. No junior handoffs. Boston-based, national in scope.

165M

Square feet permitted

$250K

Raised from one story, no ask

25+

Years in the rooms that decide

1,000s

EDs and owners advised, nationwide

"One Boston Globe story, placed the right way, raised $250,000 for a nonprofit client. No direct ask."

Hearth, Boston. The PR to Donations case study.

Development & public affairs

Contested approvals across retail, mixed-use, cannabis, dealerships, and battery storage. Same playbook every time: get to the community before the headline does, and trust becomes the lever.

Mixed-use redevelopment
Suffolk Downs, Revere

Among the largest redevelopment projects in New England, navigated across two communities with deep roots and strong opinions.

Open-air retail
MarketStreet Lynnfield

Suburban retail development in a residential town, permitted through community engagement.

Automotive
Herb Chambers Audi & Porsche

Dealership siting and development, approved.

Urban infill
133 Salem Street, Revere

Dense gateway-city neighborhood. Built because the neighbors trusted the process.

Cannabis
South Shore dispensary

Host community agreement and abutter engagement for the most contested use category in the state. Approved.

Energy
Battery energy storage, Massachusetts

Active community relations for a BESS project facing the scrutiny every energy project in the state now faces.

How the community relations practice works

Nonprofit & mission-driven

Donors research nonprofits with AI tools before they give, and those tools weight credible third-party coverage far above your own website. Earned media is now a donor conversion driver. Here is what that looks like when it works.

The case study
PR to Donations
Hearth, Boston

A Boston nonprofit dedicated to ending elder homelessness. One resident's story, told the right way, in a trusted outlet.

  • The placement: one Boston Globe story
  • The result: $250,000 raised
  • The ask: none. No gala. No campaign.
Across New England
What mission-driven clients get

Senior counsel at nonprofit rates, month-to-month terms, and a 15-day out. Communications should never compete with the mission for budget certainty.

  • Messaging framework and narrative development
  • Earned media strategy and placement
  • Executive visibility for the ED and board
  • Funder and stakeholder communications
  • Crisis counsel when the mission is threatened

How the nonprofit practice works

Growth advisory, national in scope

The same judgment that wins town meeting votes and Globe placements, applied 1:1 to the live decisions in front of thousands of nonprofit executive directors and small business owners across the country. Not a program. Not a peer group. An operating system for growth they run in their own tools.

The Mission Engine

Nonprofit growth advisory for executive directors: donor asks that land, drip campaigns and sequences, talking points and messaging, and AI-powered infrastructure their staff runs independently.

  • Donor strategy and major-gift asks
  • Board, funder, and media talking points
  • AIOS agents: donor CRM, story engine, grant tracker
Explore the Mission Engine
Small Business Growth Advisory

Direct 1:1 access for owners who sell through relationships: sales and pipeline, growth strategy, live decisions, and AI-powered infrastructure built for their business.

  • Hello to Yes™ run against the live pipeline
  • Positioning, pricing, partnerships, the next 90 days
  • AIOS agents: lead follow-up, pipeline nudges, content engines
Explore SBGA

Leadership

Agency president

Ran a large Boston-based agency as its president prior to launching PR Bunker, growing it into an integrated firm known for public affairs and community campaigns.

President, Revere Chamber of Commerce

Sits on the community's side of the table too. Knows what residents and local officials actually want to hear, because he represents them.

25+ years

Spanning journalism, agency leadership, and independent senior counsel.

About Don Martelli

Every engagement, one accountable senior advisor.

No junior handoffs. Different rooms, same job: reputation decides the outcome.

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