Valerie Adams Rigsbee DuBreuil

Valerie has spent over 25 years shaping digital experiences, performing on stage, and raising funds to keep the arts alive. Today she runs Chisel and Brand, a digital design and marketing firm serving nonprofits, startups, and associations, alongside her passion project, Broadway Musical Home. She is also a professional actor and singer who regularly appears on stages throughout the D.C./Baltimore area and beyond. And because her fatal flaw is wanting to do it all, she also leads grantwriting for two arts organizations, and serves on the board for a third. Want to pitch a project or collaboration? Connect with her today.

Skills and Experience

• 15+ years leading web strategy, design, and development for organizations ranging from national associations to small nonprofits
• Co-founder and director of a digital design and marketing firm
• Strong track record translating business goals into technical execution
• Confident public speaker and presenter, with a performance background that translates directly to conference rooms and boardrooms
• Skilled grantwriter with a track record of institutional fundraising

Building websites since 1999

Valerie built her first website, Broadway Musical Home, in 1999 and it still draws over 600,000 visitors a year. She's held digital leadership roles across associations, agencies, and private companies, before co-founding Chisel and Brand in 2012, which became her full-time focus in 2021. Recent digital work includes a full website refresh integrated with a client's new CRM, and a custom WordPress plugin that replaced a frustrating third-party checkout process.

On stage around the country

Valerie is a professional actor and singer, who has performed with theatre companies across the country, from Maine to California. She has toured nationally and performed alongside Broadway and Hollywood stars. Most recently, she took the stage in Tracy Letts' The Minutes, earning a callout in the Washington Post's review. Years of holding a room on stage translate directly to holding one in a boardroom or client pitch.

Fighting for arts funding

Valerie now leads institutional grantwriting and development for Keegan Theatre and the BCPA, growing Keegan's institutional funding 15% in her first year. Recent work has included successfully petitioning the state to remove an eligibility exclusion that had shut the BCPA out of a major capital grant program. She has also served as Board President for two theatres and currently sits on the board for BRAVA.