April 23, 2026
2 min read
Editor's note
Welcome to the journal
A note on why I am publishing, what to expect, and who this is for.
Read the essay →Founder & CEO, Universal Events Inc.
A founder. A CEO. A voice for the causes that deserve one.
Harmony Vallejo has spent twenty years building a firm, a team, and a table for mission driven work. This is what it looks like when empowerment is a payroll, not a hashtag.
By the numbers
- years in marketing and communications
- 25+ years in marketing and communications
- year Universal Events Inc. was founded
- 2014 year Universal Events Inc. was founded
- US communities reached
- 20+ US communities reached
- outreach moments every day
- 200+ outreach moments every day
On the record
I feel that I am here as a lighthouse. To shine light on as many people as possible.
What people say
The words that stay with me.
Harmony brings the same rigor to a community outreach plan that a Fortune 500 brings to a product launch. Our mission moved forward faster because she treated it that seriously.
A partner nonprofit executive
Program leadership
National prevention nonprofitThe team at Universal Events showed up on a Saturday when no one had to ask. That is the culture Harmony has built.
A field volunteer
Volunteer coordinator
Community partnerShe is the rare leader who makes everyone around her sharper without making anyone feel smaller.
A former colleague
Senior communications
Previous agency
What she believes
The principles the firm is built on.
- 01
Steady is the strategy.
Loud gets covered. Steady gets hired. Steady builds things that outlive the news cycle.
- 02
Mission over mandate.
The cause is the client. Everything else is logistics.
- 03
Findable leadership.
The best thing a senior leader can be is reachable. The second best is patient.
- 04
Hire for care, build for craft.
A team that loves the work does better work. A team that loves the mission does lasting work.
- 05
The seat is real.
A woman in a senior seat is not a story. She is a signal, and a salary, and a strategy.
- 06
Quiet proof beats loud claims.
Receipts over rhetoric. Year after year. Cycle after cycle.
In the press
- Marquis Who's Who
- The Inner Circle of Excellence
- Access Newswire
- The Seeker Newsmagazine
- Business Focus Magazine
- Principal Post
- The Startup Magazine
- Young Upstarts
- CEO Medium
- SuperbCrew
- Exeleon Magazine
- Ms. Career Girl
- CEOWORLD Magazine
- Marquis Who's Who
- The Inner Circle of Excellence
- Access Newswire
- The Seeker Newsmagazine
- Business Focus Magazine
- Principal Post
- The Startup Magazine
- Young Upstarts
- CEO Medium
- SuperbCrew
- Exeleon Magazine
- Ms. Career Girl
- CEOWORLD Magazine
In the community
Twenty years of showing up for the causes and the people behind them.
All community work →
Twenty years in action. Partners, volunteers, and communities across the country.
Insights
Selected writing
Essays on leadership, events, and the stories behind the causes we back.
April 2, 2026
4 min read
Leadership
Steady is the strategy.
Loud founders get covered. Steady founders get hired. Steady founders build things that outlive the news cycle.
Read the essay →March 8, 2026
4 min read
Leadership
Women at the head of the table.
What changes when the woman is not the guest at the table but the one who set it.
Read the essay →