Summary

Two-time Emmy Award-winning Content Producer with 20-plus years of experience producing reality, sports, court, talk, and news programming. Accomplished, persuasive communicator with a broadcast journalism background.

Credits

11/19 – 12/19

Supervising Producer

Staff Position — Springhill Entertainment Details
11/19 – 12/19

Supervising Producer for the documentary-style project "Turning The Tables With Robin Roberts" for Disney+.

7/19 – 11/19

Supervising Producer

Staff Position — Red Table Talk
7/19 – 11/19
8/15 – 4/19

Media/Business Consultant

Staff Position — Eli Lilly Pharmaceuticals
8/15 – 4/19
11/13 – 11/14

Producer News One Now w/Roland Martin (Season 1)

Live News/Entertainment Show — TV — TV One Details
11/13 – 11/14

News One Now with Roland Martin. Launched network's first nationally syndicated live daily news and entertainment program.

2/13 – 7/13

Field Producer Hardcore Pawn Chicago (Season 3)

TruTV — TV — Bischoff-Hervey Entertainment
2/13 – 7/13
10/12 – 2/13

Producer The Steve Harvey Show (Season 2)

WB — TV — Endemol Shine Group
10/12 – 2/13
7/08 – 4/10

Producer Judge Pirro (Season 3)

The CW — TV — Telepictures Productions Details
7/08 – 4/10

 2010/2011 Daytime Emmy Award for Daytime Entertainment.

9/07 – 6/08

Executive Producer (EP) Our World with Black Enterprise (Season 2)

The CW — TV — M2 Details
9/07 – 6/08

 2008 Nominated for NAACP Image Award for Best Television Talk Series.

Orgs

  • Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
  • Black Women in Political Communications

Recos

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Education

Class of '98

Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism

(MS) Master of Science/Journalism
Class of '91

University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana

Bachelor of Science (BS)/Broadcast Journalism

Skills

  • Broadcast
  • Entertainment
  • Social Media
  • Television Production
  • Producer
  • Media Relations
  • Public Relations
  • Crisis Communications
  • Newspapers
  • Internal Communications