Bozoma (“Boz”) Saint John is Chief Marketing Officer for Endeavor, a global leader in entertainment, sports and fashion. Operating in more than 30 countries, Endeavor is the parent of a number of subsidiaries with leadership positions in their respective industries, including WME, IMG and UFC. Collectively, Endeavor specializes in talent representation and management; brand strategy, […]

Talitha Watkins is President and Head of ColorCreative Management – a management and production company in partnership with Issa Rae and Deniese Davis. Formerly a Motion Picture Agent and Cultural Executive at leading entertainment and sports agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA). Watkins is based in Los Angeles and represents producers, writers, directors and actors. In […]

Linda joined Apple in 2013 to build and run the recruiting team that supports Marketing Communications. Earlier this year she transitioned into a newly created role, Manager of Emerging Talent Programs. In this role, she is responsible for designing and executing programs that help grow and develop the next generation of diverse talent. Prior to […]

Rutina Wesley portrays Nova Bordelon, a journalist, activist and herbal healer who, along with her two estranged siblings, has inherited the family’s failing sugarcane farm, in OWN’s new drama series “Queen Sugar.” Wesley is well known to television audiences for her starring role as Tara Thornton in the long-running hit series “True Blood.” Born in […]

Aaliyah Williams is the Vice President of Digital Content and Production at MACRO. Prior to MACRO, Aaliyah created and produced branded content for Fox Digital Studio, AOL, and independently produced “Buppies” which became BET’s first original web series. She also ran the content division of Russell Simmons’ YouTube channel, All Def Digital. While there, Aaliyah […]

Maya is Director of Creative Strategy at Viacom Velocity’s Culture and Creative Insights Group. This team’s insights on cultural trends and fans’ relationships to them help shape digital, social and linear content for Viacom’s advertising partners. Maya is the supervising producer of The Culture of Proximity, the first of a series of thought-leadership based documentaries.

Named to EBONY Magazine’s “Power 100” list influential African-Americans and PRWeek’s “Top 40 Under 40”, Alencia Johnson is a communications and media strategist with corporate, political and non-profit experience. As Director of Constituency Communications at Planned Parenthood’s national office, Alencia leads communication campaigns engaging African-American, Latino, youth, faith, and LGBTQ communities. She also serves as […]

Jonathan Priester is an Account Strategist at Google serving as a member of the Global Support and Performance team. At Google, Jonathan is responsible for growing advertiser’s business at scale across multiple verticals by serving as a liaison to educate,consult and provide policy solutions via the full suite of Google AdWords products. In addition to […]

Wells has been a researcher and strategic planner for the past 24 years. Throughout his career, he has been providing strategic counsel for some of the top agencies and brands in North America including TBWA, McCann, TAXI, Saatchi & Saatchi, Leo Burnett Chicago and currently David&Goliath in Los Angeles. His responsibility is to glean human […]