Leadership & Staff

Director of Marketing
Marc Brogdon

Director of Compliance
Tyra Nicole

Director of Special Operations
J’Tasha St. Cyr

Director of Communications
Jasmyne Cannick

Publicist
Amy Malone, Girl in Charge Public Relations

Talent Booker
Yvette McNally

Director of Sponsorship Development

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

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

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

Film Traffic
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

Photographers
Friidom
Koi Sojer
Sarah Singer
Kristina Dixon
Venus Bernardo

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

John Singleton Competition
Sherri Sneed

In-House Catering
Veronica Shealy