Leadership & Staff

Co-Founders

Danny Glover
Ja’Net DuBois
Ayuko Babu

Executive Director
Ayuko Babu

General Manager/Director of Programming
Asantewa Olatunji, Esq.

Assistant General Manager
Linda Bronson-Abbott

Director of Marketing
Marc Brogdon

Director of Compliance
Tyra Nicole

Director of Special Operations
J’Tasha St. Cyr

Director of Public Affairs
Jasmyne Cannick

Publicist
Amy Malone, Girl in Charge Public Relations

Associate Programmer/Social Media
Medea Brown

Special Programming
N. Mabasa Mathope

Research Director/Filmmaker Liaison
Miki Goral, M.L.S., M.A.

ArtFest Director
Allohn Agbenya

Co-Director / Artfest Artists’ Liaison
Shaka Camara

Volunteer Coordinators
Akili
Verneen Mincy

New Media
Oduduwa Olatunji

Social Media
Ahriell Johnson
Ashley Dawkins

Panels & Workshops
Linda Bronson-Abbott
J’Tasha St. Cyr
Tyra Nicole

Group Sales
Lorri Tarver

StudentFest/Children’s Festival Coordinator
Sherrese Moise

Senior Connections Coordinator
Lorri Tarver

Special Events
Linda Bronson-Abbott
Mia Glenn
J’Tasha St. Cyr
Indigo Dickens
Vivia Armstrong
Zion Ervin

Spokenword Fest
Paul Mabon
Kooki

Fashion Show Coordinator
Christopher Wayne Usher

Jury Coordinator
Venus Bernardo

IT Director
Solomon Tubbs-Foster

IT Assistants
Brittany Reid
Simone Cummings

Senior Programmer & Film Traffic Controller
Melissa Randle

Projection
Mark Francis

Flyer Distribution
Dante
Paul Derrick

Theater Information
Darrell Jones
Medea Brown

Graphic Artist
Kelcey Newman

Sound & Lights Engineer
Kenneth Williams

Director of Photography
Venus Bernardo

Office Manager
Louida Miller (Dr. Lou)
Winston Minor (onsite office manager)

John Singleton Competition
Sherri Sneed

In-House Catering
Veronica Shealy