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Summary

When it's got to be done, Now! When it's got to be done, Right! When 'Average' just Won't Cut It! When it's Complex, Difficult, Out of the Ordinary... It takes a seasoned professional who's been there, done that and can step into multiple roles .

Credits

1/17 – 1/18

Executive Producer (EP) Family Pictures USA (Pilot)

PBS — TV — Digital Diaspora Family Reunion LLC Details
1/17 – 1/18

Performed primary research & development; location scouting; character casting; crew hiring; production budgeting; managed all production logistics; managed set, catering, transportation; wrote script for pilot; co-managed the editing process; oversaw post-production; managed deliverables to funders.

11/08 – 1/14

Producer Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People

PBS — Film (Feature-length) — Chimpanzee Productions Details
11/08 – 1/14

Grant writing, contract negotiation, production crew management, script writing, multimedia production, outreach & audience engagement, festival screenings, press relations, donor and grant management

8/12 – 11/12

Producer NAACP LDF: Vigilence in the Defense of Liberty & Freedom

Corporate — Chimpanzee Productions Details
8/12 – 11/12

Production management, on-site location management, script writing, on-site shoot management, crew management, budgeting & accounting

8/11 – 10/11

Producer NAACP LDF: Bending the Arc Towards Justice

Corporate — Chimpanzee Productions Details
8/11 – 10/11

Production management, on-site location management, script writing, on-site shoot management, crew management, budgeting & accounting

8/10 – 10/10

Producer NAACP LDF @ 70: Securing Equality

Corporate — Chimpanzee Productions Details
8/10 – 10/10

Production management, on-site location management, script writing, on-site shoot management, crew management, budgeting & accounting

10/09 – 10/10

Producer Digital Diaspora Family Reunion

Live/Special Event — Digital Diaspora Family Reunion LLC Details
10/09 – 10/10

CEO, strategic planning, grant writing, proposal writing, fundraising, production management, crew management, multimedia production, social media and community engagement management, production budgeting, accounting

12/09 – 6/10

Producer Marriage Equality: Byron Rushing and the Fight for Fairness

TV — Chimpanzee Productions Details
12/09 – 6/10

Grant writing, script writing, production management, social media marketing, post production supervisor, audience engagement management

10/03 – 6/05

Producer Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela

PBS — Film (Feature-length) — Chimpanzee Productions Details
10/03 – 6/05

Grant writing, production management, fund-raising, co-writing script

Orgs

  • NAMIC
  • NATPE
  • Walter Kaitz Foundation

Media

  • Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People Sundance trailer 01/08/

  • Digital Diaspora Family Reunion Trailer (2015)

Recos

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Education

Class of '99

Claremont Graduate University - Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management

MBA/Strategic Management
Class of '79

Williams College

BA/Development Economics & International Relations

Skills

  • Editing
  • Film Production
  • Media Production
  • Social Media
  • Writing
  • Public Speaking
  • Media Relations
  • Marketing
  • Grant Writing
  • Due Diligence
  • Funding
  • Corporate Finance
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Corporate Video Producer
  • Restructuring
  • Script Writing - Documentary
  • Script Writing - Narrative
  • Structuring
  • Turn Around Management