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Professionalism, honesty and integrity have been a part of Miatta David’s motto since her early days as a financial reporter for media giant and The Wall Street Journal owner, Dow Jones.   Although she was on the fast track in the world of financial journalism, Miatta couldn’t ignore her passion for the business of entertainment. After two years at Dow Jones and five years of reporting under her belt, Miatta left the security of a corporate position and didn’t look back. Today as president and CEO of MVD Inc, Miatta is quickly becoming a powerful force in the world of publicity and event production. Having founded MVD Inc in 2002, Miatta is building the company into what is regarded as one of the premier public relations and event planning firms in the business. Her multi-faceted experiences in strategic/tactical/creative marketing; public relations; events management have consistently exceeded expectations and built a loyal client base. Within five years, Miatta has already ...

Zina Age , a native of New Orleans is the President/ CEO /Founder of Aniz, Inc. a 501(c)(3)non-profit community-based agency established in the state of Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi to provide comprehensive health and awareness education and prevention services for disadvantaged minority youth, young adults and families, and to provide skills training for organizations that implement disease prevention and health promotion programs. Between 1994-1996, Zina Age, a graduate student of Clark Atlanta University School of Social Work, was fulfilling her internship at Outreach, Inc. a community-based HIV/AIDS service agency located in Southwest Atlanta. Her major duties were to administer psychosocial assessments and to conduct family support groups with clients on a regular basis, not realizing that her heart was concerning the children of these clients. During this period, Zina began to observe the children playing in the corner of the room while their parents were involved in-gr...

If ‘maverick’ defines a person who is able to blaze trails, change industry practices and establish new standards of excellence, Sheri Riley is definitely befitting of the title. As the Founder, President and Chief Partnership Strategist of GLUE Inc, Riley has spent the last twelve years establishing the GLUE brand as the premiere agency for creating ‘partnerships that stick’ by utilizing the company’s access, relationships, resources and intellectual capital to develop and implement partnerships for companies and individuals. Riley’s impressive client list has included a host of blue chip businesses, professional athletes, non-profit organizations and celebrities like: BMW, Crown Royal/Diageo, TMobile, The Atlanta Hawks/Atlanta Thrashers, NBA Entertainment, Usher’s New Look Foundation, Alonzo Mourning Charities and many more. Riley received her start in the entertainment industry over twenty years ago at Trevel Productions, a management and production company owned by the late, gr...