About Us
We live in a fast paced digital crazed world.
It takes creativity, experience, a bit of grass-roots flair and strategic know-how to develop a story that captivates your target audience. INGroup Creative offers all of this and more when setting up small businesses for success.
Our experienced team believes in building solid INternal communication structures, developing INnovative campaigns, INvesting in community opportunities, and establishing brand awareness so your business is the IN thing.
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Meet the Team
Jeannette Punsoni Dardenne
Owner & Creator of Opportunity
With an MBA in finance and Fortune 500 corporate experience, Jeannette Punsoni Dardenne applied her management expertise, creative spirit, and passion for community engagement to entrepreneurship. Leveraging her financial acumen, she launched a nationally awarded real estate team in Connecticut and soon after expanded into real estate investment and property management. This experience ignited her passion for supporting business owners and building thriving communities.
As the foodie social media movement gained traction, Jeannette recognized an opportunity to use her marketing skills to amplify the voices of local entrepreneurs. She founded Eat IN Connecticut, a social media-driven foodie community that continues to provide vital exposure for hospitality brands. As her reputation grew, so did her outreach—expanding beyond restaurants to support businesses of all kinds. This evolution led to the creation of INGroup Creative, a Marketing and Public Relations company dedicated to empowering small businesses, nonprofits, and organizations through strategic marketing, brand storytelling, and community-driven initiatives.
A strategic and creative leader, Jeannette specializes in public relations, community engagement, and business development. She has a proven track record of driving business growth and social impact through innovative marketing, advocacy, and strong partnerships. Her work fosters meaningful connections that turn bold ideas into successful, community-focused ventures.
Catherine Ribeiro
Director of Storytelling
As a native Connecticutian, Catherine McKenna Ribeiro always adds a little extra nutmeg in her Banana Bread recipe. Catherine cut her Communications teeth on Capitol Hill, working in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate for former Vice Presidential Nominee Joseph I. Lieberman (I/D-CT). Always a fan of spinning plates while spinning stories, she was also the Deputy Director of the Press Information Centers for the past four Democratic National Conventions, and enjoyed the opportunity to shadow the Media Operations team at the Jacksonville Super Bowl.
Loving larger-than-life schools almost as much as she enjoys large-scale events, Catherine holds two bachelor's degrees from Penn State University and is a Master of Science in Media and Communications as awarded by the esteemed London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom. Moreover, she is an alumna of The Women's Campaign School at Yale.
McKenna-Ribeiro joined IN with IN Group Creative in 2017, and she has been lobbying for the publicity light to shine on Connecticut's burgeoning lifestyle scene ever since.
Allison Kane
Creative, Graphics, and Events
Allison Kane comes to INGroup from just north of the Mason-Dixon bringing with her the diversity of spirit synonymous with the towns she called home and the diligence of the post-industrial steel town where she attended college. From studying and working in fun places like Connecticut, Ireland, Massachusetts and Minnesota, Allison uses her conversations with clients to create fireworks of print, copy and design.
Allison holds bachelor's degrees from Lehigh University, a Masters from St. Mary's and a Juris Doctorate from UCONN School of Law. She is a full-time secondary school teacher in Norwich and an original INGroup creative.