Resume
Experience
CISTUS MEDIA
February 2024 to Present • Chief Executive Officer
NEVIS TOURISM
July 2024 to Present • Diversity Ambassador
KNOCKING
February 2022 – 2024 • Chief Content Officer
WE'VE GOT FRIENDS
December 2017 – Present • Founder
We've Got Friends is an organization that provides hangouts for teens with special needs.
"ABC DISNEY ENTERTAINMENT" Development
October 2021 – February 2022 • Executive Producer/Showrunner
"THE TAMRON HALL SHOW" Disney
March 2020 – October 2021 • Executive Producer/Showrunner
"THE VIEW" TALK SHOW" ABC/Disney
September 2015 – March 2020 • Executive Producer
"THE VIEW" LIVE ELECTION SPECIAL, Lifetime TV (1-hour primetime special)
November 2016 • Executive Producer
NEW CHAPTER ENTERTAINMENT
May 2012 – September 2015 • CEO/Founder
Raised $2.5M series A capital. Produced a variety of video content and consulting services for national corporate clients. Developed and produced presentations and shows for HGTV, Lifetime, Cooking Channel, Telepictures, TV One, BET, Tyler Perry Studios, PBS, and RLTV (6 development deals in 2014/2015).
"ICE T AND COCO" TALK SHOW, Telepictures/FOX (15-episode test run)
August 2015 • Executive Producer
KATRINA 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL, BET (1-hour docu-special)
August 2015 • Executive Producer
I AM FOR PEACE, PBS (30-minute documentary)
May 2015 • Executive Producer
BALTIMORE SPEAKS: LIVE TOWN HALL, BET (1-hour live show)
May 2015 • Executive Producer
JUSTICE FOR US: BET TOWN HALL LIVE, BET (1-hour live show plus ½ hour aftershow)
December 2014 • Executive Producer
JUSTICE FOR FERGUSON: A COMMUNITY REACTS, BET (1-hour special)
November 2014 • Executive Producer, on-location quick-turnaround news special
JUSTICE FOR FERGUSON: THE SHOOTING DEATH OF MICHAEL BROWN, BET (1-hour special)
August 2014 • Executive Producer, on-location quick-turnaround news special
"JUST KEKE" TALK SHOW, Telepictures/BET (20-episode test run)
July 2014 • Executive Producer
TYLER PERRY TALK SHOW, OWN Network (1-hour talk show special)
March 2014 • Producer, an hour-long late-night talk show with host Tyler Perry
ARETHA FRANKLY SPEAKING, TV One (1-hour TV special)
June 2014 • Executive Producer
SELECTED (90-minute feature documentary)
2013 – 2014 • Executive Producer
THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW
November 1995 – May 2011
Overview: Produced 233 hours of syndicated daytime talk shows airing in 149 countries (live to tape and live shows). In 2011, produced the highest-rated Oprah Show in more than 6 years, "Breaking News: Oprah Reveals a Hidden Family Secret." In 2010, produced the critically acclaimed, award-winning episode "An Oprah Show Two-Day Event: 200 Molested Men Come Forward." Produced "Debt Diet" and "The Dream Lives: A Martin Luther King Special" – two of only five shows/compilations to ever be packaged and distributed on DVD.
Supervisor 2010 – 2011 (11 hours) / Senior Producer 2007 – 2010 (43 hours)
Producer 2002, 2003 – 2006 (45 hours)
Senior Associate Producer 1998 – 2003 (95 hours)
Associate Producer 1995 – 1997 (39 hours)
WISN-TV (ABC) / Milwaukee, WI
Programming Producer
CABLE NEWS NETWORK (CNN) / Atlanta, GA
Tape Production Coordinator / Video Journalist
Education
Boston College, B.A. Broadcast Communications
Awards
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1994 Emmy Award – Outstanding Children’s Programming Special (WISN TV)
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2011 Television Academy Honors Award (The Oprah Winfrey Show)
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2015 Gold Spotlight Documentary Award (Selected)
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2016 NAMIC Vision Award – Best News/Informational Program (BET)
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2017 Gracie – Talk Show (The View)
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2018 Gracie – Talk Show (The View)
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2020 Emmy Award – Outstanding Informative Talk Show (The View)
Award Nominations
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2016 Emmy – Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show (The View)
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2017 Emmy – Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show (The View)
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2017 Image Award – Outstanding Talk Series (The View)
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2017 GLAAD Media Award – Outstanding Talk Show Episode (The View)
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2018 Emmy – Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show (The View)
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Named in Variety 2016 Power of Women's NY Impact Report
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2020 Emmy – Outstanding Informative Talk Show (Tamron Hall Show)
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2020 Image Award – Outstanding Talk Series
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2021 Emmy – Outstanding Informative Talk Show (Tamron Hall Show)
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2021 Image Award – Outstanding Talk Series
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2023 Top 50 Women Leaders in Media, Women We Admire
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2024 Top 50 Women Leaders in Media, Women We Admire
Affiliations/Boards
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Producers Guild of America
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Vice Chair, Producers Guild of America Eastern Region Steering Group
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New York Women in Film & Television
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National Association of Black Journalists
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The Links Inc.
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Jack and Jill of America
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Inc.
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"We've Got Friends" – Founder (non-profit helping teens with disabilities)
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"We've Got Friends" – Board Chair