Packaging and managing entertainment projects; negotiation and drafting of film and music production, publishing, distribution, marketing, sponsorship, endorsement and license agreements, founder of record companies and producer of fashion shows, music videos, and concerts with internationally known artists at venues including the United Nations General Assembly Hall and the New Jersey Convention Center.
Founder, Rhythms of the Globe, an entertainment company reaching beyond geographical boundaries and cultural identities, developing a wide-range of consumer-related products and services and to serve as the foundation of a 21st century global entertainment company (www.rhythmsoftheglobe.com/).
9 1/2x16 Records was the first record company, producing the local Washington D.C. “art bands” Tiny Desk Unit and Egoslavia. Tiny Desk Unit has evolved into Tiny Desk, a hugely popular series of live concerts hosted by NPR Music.
After moving to New York City in 1994 to found the record companyu Global Beat – The Pulse of the Earth. Working out of the legendary Power Station recording studios, established Global Beat’s international operations, releasing albums featuring African, Native American, Caribbean, Chinese and Indian artists, winning music video awards and receiving accolades from the press and critics. (www.rhythmsoftheglobe.com/global-beat/)
Purpose Earth, a global grant and mentorship program: Executive Producer of the Production Team, sharing information and producing events comprising interactive live and pre-recorded programming to showcase the activities of grant recipients, leaders who are activating change in their local community.
Executive Producer, UNITY EARTH, producing innovative programming at the intersection of science, technology, transformative practices, and the arts, showcasing and connecting remarkable individuals and organization from around the world. UNITY EARTH is inspired by the world’s wisdom traditions and born out of the desire to meet global-sized challenges with global-sized solutions, built to amplify the reach and impact of peace-aligned organizations and individuals.
Created, produce and direct the Poetry Slam for Peace. Over the past eight years the Poetry Slam for Peace has been giving voice to authentic, grassroots perspectives that are timely and current, emerging directly from lived experience, offered in unique and powerful ways through the eloquence of performance art: “If you don’t learn to write your own story, someone else will write it for you”.
Traveling to Ghana for over 40 years, currently producing a feature film to show Africa in ways people haven’t seen or heard. "Akwaaba" is a romantic comedy set-in present-day Ghana to show Africa in a way many do not know Africa, no violence, no corruption, no disease and no elephants.
Partnering with the galleries and artists at Gallery Row Labadi Beach, the local beach in Accra.
Co-produced the Radford Graduate Fashion Show for the first class to graduate with an accredited degree in Fashion Design in Ghana. With major sponsors like Ecobank, Vodafone and Google, the Fashion Show was attended by more than 400 people, including the Minister of Education, members of the National Accreditation Board, and corporate and fashion industry leaders.