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