Rinchen Lama is a Senior Producer within the marketing and communications team at Apple. She serves as the digital lead on audio and music product marketing launches. She has spent over three years at Apple overseeing teams and training new producers to take products to market in innovative digital ways. She comes from a background […]

Alicia transforms global brands into cultural icons by crafting marketing strategies that resonate with audiences. She has led brand, engagement, and social strategy for major brands like BMW, Roc Nation, PepsiCo, The North Face, Samsung, Pernod Ricard, and AT&T at agencies including Ogilvy, United Entertainment Group, and most recently, Translation, where she is Group Strategy […]

Currently located in the pacific northwest, Raquel is a Digital Production Designer at Hasbro most recently awarded The One Club / MAIP CreativeFellow of the Year for her time as an Art Director Intern at WongDoody. Raquel is currently a mentor for students this year applying for the MAIP program at her alma mater. If […]

With a diverse skill set and resume spanning both television and film, Jay Ellis is quickly becoming one of Hollywood’s most in-demand actors and producers. Ellis is currently in pre-production on the highly anticipated sequel Top Gun: Maverick starring Tom Cruise. The film is expected to release next Summer. On the big screen, Ellis can […]

Ms. Rice is Chairman and CEO of Johnson Publishing Company (JPC) and Fashion Fair Cosmetics, a global prestige cosmetics brand for women of color. She is also Chairman Emeritus of Ebony Media Operations and EBONY Media Holdings, the parent company for EBONY and Jet brands. Rice has extensive corporate board service experience having served on […]

Aaron is a blerd, social media enthusiast, and sneakerhead, but his most prominent title is “The T’Challa of Marketing”. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, he was first exposed to the marketing industry via the 4A’s MAIP program and eventually became a 2018 ADCOLOR FUTURE. As a Creative Strategist, Aaron has worked across several […]

James Edmund Datri is co-founder of Miller/Datri Entertainment — created with his godson, cousin, and Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree Colby Reed Miller. The next-generation studio, based in Los Angeles and New York, has 5 award-winning short films in its catalog, just completed its first full-length feature film, a horror/psychological thriller starring Lew Temple of […]

For more than 25 years, activist and advocate Tarana J. Burke has worked at the intersection of sexual violence and racial justice. Fueled by commitments to interrupt sexual violence and other systemic inequalities disproportionately impacting marginalized people, particularly Black women and girls, Tarana has created and led various campaigns focused on increasing access to resources […]

Shannon Washington is a Group Executive Creative Director at R/GA New York, Co-Founder of Toni (a social community for Black women in Advertising/Marketing) and the founder of Parlour Travel. Shannon is also a 2018 ADCOLOR/One Club Creative Award Honoree. A loud and proud graduate of Howard University, Shannon resides in New Jersey. Full-time Creative, Sometime […]

Michelle Almeida is an integrated marketer fueled by curiosity, creativity, and tenacity. Her advertising career was kickstarted by the MAIP program and has led to world-class creative agencies and premium consumer brands. Michelle is a champion of diversity and committed mentor. She is the current ADCOLOR Talent Manager, the 2018 Ms. ADCOLOR, and an ADCOLOR […]