CAREERS FOR CREATIVE AND EXPRESSIVE TYPES

Marlene Braga TITLE: Writer, Producer CREDENTIALS: MA Journalism, Columbia University. BA Political Science, George Washington University. EMPLOYMENT: Woman on the Verge Productions

Marlene Braga is chief executive of WOMAN ON THE VERGE PRODUCTIONS. Marlene has supervised TV development, programming and production across multiple languages. She is former head of programming for Mexican broadcaster, TV AZTECA, and was a programmer THE HISTORY CHANNEL and HISTORY EN ESPAÑOL. Before this, Marlene was a journalist with ABC NEWS and Bill Moyers’ PUBLIC AFFAIRS TELEVISION. Before her career in televi-sion, she worked in print production at VOGUE, VANITY FAIR, and PIXAR ANIMATION STU-DIOS. Marlene recently completed development of the dramatic scripted series, THE RIVER, and is presenting it now to several Hollywood studios.

Shelby Larkin-Reid TITLE: Senior Manager, Branded Content and Partnerships CREDENTIALS: MBA Media & Entertainment Management, Columbia Business School, BA Economics, Spelman College EMPLOYMENT: Warner Bros./Telepictures

Shelby Larkin-Reid is an Emmy-nominated Television Producer with over 20 years of production experience. Shelby’s production credits are in non-scripted content including syndicated programming, entertainment, lifestyle, red carpet events and digital. Recently, Shelby transitioned to a new role on the business side of television. Currently she oversees branded content opportunities within nationally-syndicated programming produced by Telepictures, which is a Warner Bros. company. Shelby is a native of Nashville, TN and resides in Pasadena, CA with her husband and their 1 year old daughter Sophie. CAREERS FOR CREATIVE AND EXPRESSIVE TYPES

Deondray and Quincy LeNear Gossfield

TITLE: Producers/Directors/Writers

Artist, Activist, Deondray and Quincy LeNear Gossfield are the creators of the award-winning film anthology series, The DL Chronicles, The Chadwick Journals, and The DL Chronicles RETURNS; recipient of the 2008 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Television Anthology. Noted in 2013 by BET as one of the leading Black gay power couples, the creative team have also developed and produced TV series such as Bring Your Own Talent (Lifetime), Kocktails with Khloé (FYI) with Khloe Kardashian, The Zane Chronicles (HBO/ Cinemax), Face Off (Syfy), Family Dance Off (ABC), Randy Jackson’s America’s Best Dance Crew (MTV), The Sing Off (NBC), Make Your Mark Shake It Up Dance Off (The Disney Channel), and The Laugh Factor (CW). They made history when they were married at 56th Annual Grammy Awards during Macklemore’s performance of Same Love, featuring Madonna and Mary Lambert, officiated by Queen Latifah.

Zachariah T. Owens TITLE: Game Designer (Quests) CREDENTIALS: AS Radio, Television, Visual Arts from Moorpark Community College EMPLOYMENT: Blizzard Entertainment

Over the last 10 years, Zach has launched 8 AAA video game titles, each with a strong global reach such as STARCRAFT II, DIABLO 3, and HEARTHSTONE. He is currently working as a game designer which involves building quests, writing content, spawning and programming for the recently launched WORLD OF WARCRAFT: LEGION and an unannounced project. Prior to joining the entertainment industry, Zach worked for a variety of tech startup companies as IT support while also going to college for writing, directing and acting. Zach wrote, directed, and produced a variety of one act plays, mono- logue shows, and student films as ellw as self-published a small pen & paper role playing game called Y-MODUS.