About Us

Aldo Bello and Marilyn Finnemore are passionate about making a difference.  In 1994, they established Mind & Media with a primary purpose of inspiring action by engaging audiences with cutting-edge media, targeted messaging, and great stories. Over the past 22 years, Mind & Media has helped… save rainforests… treat veterans with PTSD and TBI… change military culture… rebuild downtowns… reduce fraud in Medicare… reduce chronic illness and high blood pressure… improve resiliency in our nation’s soldiers… educate change makers about immigration reform… and save endangered species. Under Marilyn’s and Aldo’s leadership, the Mind & Media team has won 225 awards in communication excellence.

Aldo and Marilyn work hard to make a difference in their personal lives as well. Aldo recently won two Emmys for his work on DREAM: An American Story, a documentary telling the story of immigrants struggling to navigate our broken immigration system. An avid environmentalist and believer in city revitalization, Marilyn has served for eight years on the Old Town Development Board in Winchester, Virginia and has helped rebuild Winchester into a vital, thriving small city. Through her efforts in incubating innovative small businesses and building Bright Box, a performance venue in the center of downtown Winchester, she won Top of Virginia’s 2015 Entrepreneur of the Year.

Aldo holds a Master’s degree in Radio, Television and Film from University of Maryland and a Bachelor’s in English from Virginia Tech. Marilyn holds a Doctorate in English from Idaho State University and a Bachelor’s in Finance from Virginia Tech.