Featured Guests & Companies for The Radio One Raleigh Media & Entertainment Convention 2010
**ANNOUNCING NEW GUESTS & COMPANIES EVERYDAY*
**TAKE YOUR CAREER TO THE NEXT LEVEL**
Amber Noble-Garland – Currently Manager for Idris Elba, former Boxer/spokesperson/singer Laila Ali, syndicated TV/radio personality – EGYPT and former – Sr. Director of Marketing/Product Manager for Def Jam Records
Arian Simone Reed– Publicist, CEO, Arian Simone Enterprises; Recognized by Ebony Magazine as one of the top 30 business leaders under 30; Credits Include: Hancock, Seven Pounds, Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins, First Sunday, This Christmas, Stomp THE YARD, and many more
Big Ced- Blogger, Interactive One
Blackspot- 4 MM Games, Co-creator of Defjam Rapstar Video Games
Brian Dawson– On-air personality, WQOK K 97.5
Cori Murray- Editor, Essence Magazine
Courtney Lowery- Top Music Publicist
Chyna Layne- Actress, Recently Named as Hollywood’s Rising Talents and has had supporting Roles in movies such as the Oscar Nominated 2009 Hit Precious, Cadillac Records and more
Chuck Creekmur– CEO/Co-founder of Allhiphop.com
Corey Llewellyn– CEO, Diggiwaxx
Dalia Davies– TV Producer, Credits Include, – “Love & Hip Hop” for VH1 (airing March 2011) / Reebok Commerical / “Jersey Couture” for Oxygen / “Let’s Talk About Pep” for VH1 / “It’s On With Alexa Chung” for MTV just to name a few
Dana Dane– Old School Artist
Deborah Bennett– Senior Editor, Hello Beautiful.com
Derek ‘Big D’ Pearson– Universal Motown Republic Group
Denver Wright– Top Gospel Producer
Eric Parker- National Mix Show Director, Def Jam Records
Freekey Zekey– Rapper, Member of Dipset
Ian Holder- BMI Associate Director, Writer/Publisher Relations BMI
James Fortune– Award Winning Gospel Recording Artist
James “JB” Brown- Vice President, Special Ops, Atlantic Records
Jason Wiley– Director of Urban Marketing, Jive Records
Jeanette McDuffie- Writer/Producer/Director, Co-Founder Brown Paper Dolls; Credits Include: Miami Vice, Memoirs of a Geisha, Tyler Perry’s Daddy’s Little Girls and the 77th Annual Academy Awards
Jeff Grant- Vice President, Promotions/Artist Relations Verity Gospel Music Group
Jeff Sledge- Jive Records, Vice President of A&R, Jive Records
Jerry Barrow- Senior Editor, The Urban Daily.com
Jill Hamburgo– Hollywood Casting Assistant for movies such Tyler Perry’s For Colored Girls and John Singleton’s Abduction
Kerry Douglas- CEO of Black Smoke Music Worldwide
Khari “Needlz” Cain- Top Music Producer, Currently with the #1 record in the nation 4 weeks straight with Bruno Mars Just The Way You Are and has produced hits with Drake, Young Jeezy, Lupe Fiasco, Swizz Beats & more
Kim Coles– Actress
Kim Cooper- Strategic Marketing, BET
Kristian Buchanan- Event Sponsorship Manager, Black Enterprise Magazine
Leo Clyburn– Senior Creative Director of EMI Publishing
Malcolm Lee– Top Movie Director; Credits Include Hit Movies such as The Best Man and Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Marquita Bradley– Hollywood Casting Assistant
Matthew Knowles- Founder, President and C.E.O. of Music World Entertainment
Monique S. Myles- Marketing Manager, Black Enterprise Magazine
Nate Bell- Programming Director, Radio One
Necole Bitchie- CEO, NecoleBitchie.com (popular blogging site)
Omar Tyree– Best-Selling Author; Fly Girl, A Do Right Man, The Equation and More
Omari Hardwick– Actor; Credits Include Upcoming Tyler Perry movie For Colored Girls, The A-Team, Beauty Shop and more
Reggie Saunders- Global Director of Influencer Marketing, Jordan Brand a division of Nike
Russ Jones– RCA/Zomba Music Group; Vice President, Lifestyle Marketing/Northeast Regional
Sam Stiers– Director of Content, Radio One Digital
Smokey Fontaine– Chief Content Office, Interactive One
Stanley Walker- Director of A&R, Jive Records
Steven Tejada- Actor, Writer, Speaker and Educator
Tracy Artist– CEO of I Hear Music, Manager for Byron Cage and other top Gospel Artists
Tiffany Green- Source Magazine
Vida Nash- Founder and CEO of Record Hit Makers
Winsome Sinclair- Top Hollywood Casting Director
Yves Solomon- Writer/ Producer