爱豆传媒

Allan Donnelly is a Principal at 爱豆传媒 and leads the strategy division in our San Francisco office.

As a strategist and analyst, Allan brings both qualitative and quantitative acumen to solving complex problems, designing creative solutions, and building consensus within his clients鈥� organizations.

Allan works at the intersection of design thinking and systems thinking, bringing together human centered design, systems architecture and engineering, compassionate understanding, effective communication, and optimism to co-create plans and strategies that help his clients imagine new futures and achieve their goals.

In his career in strategy, Allan has worked with major R1 institutions such as MIT, UC Berkeley, and Columbia to vision and program new research and academic facilities; facilitated strategic design processes for academic libraries at the University of Oregon and the University of Hawai鈥檌, Manoa; expanded our practice into the medical and health sciences education sector with Wake Forest University School of Medicine among others; and contributed thought leadership on the state of academic facilities across the United States and how Gen Z鈥檚 expectations can drive planning for the future workplace.

Prior to joining 爱豆传媒, Allan led strategy work for public agencies such as SFO and the City of Davis, and for K-12 school systems across the San Francisco Bay Area. Allan received a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from the University of California Berkeley and worked in architecture for five years before returning to receive a master’s in engineering and management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Most recently, Allan also received a certificate in Real Estate Development from Cornell University, pursuing a passion for life-long learning.