Developing the strategic direction for What’s The 411 Networks, a media/news, marketing, and events company, which produces an award-winning weekly news and information television show and a sports news and commentary television show.

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Always looking for ways to provide value to others, I created the Brooklyn International Trade Development Center (BITDC) to assist small businesses with developing an additional customer channel by selling their products and services to foreign markets. BITDC was New York City’s first and only small business development center whose sole mission was to focus on international trade, primarily exporting. As BITDC’s first Executive Director, in order to build capacity I sought to develop strategic partnerships with a number of organizations and government agencies: the US Commercial Service; the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC); and the International Trade Administration’s Western Hemisphere Unit. I also signed Memoranda of Understandings with the Export Import Bank of the United States and the U.S. Minority Business Development Agency and I helped to launch the Allied African Nations Chamber of Commerce. Meeting potential buyers, distributors, and partners face-to-face is extremely important. Consequently, I promoted and recruited companies to participate in business opportunity missions to many countries around the world, most notably Dubai, Abu Dhabi, the Canary Islands, the UK, and Haiti following the earthquake. She also created the Emerging Market Seminar Series.

Developed integrated marketing and public relations campaigns; developed, planned and provided oversight for media events; Legislation Management; and Constituent Relations.

Developed and launched from conception the City of New York’s multi-channel cable television network.