This week’s line up

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Tuesday, November 10th - Courtney Carter, Founder/Manager, Carter Media Group

Courtney Carter is the founder of Carter Media Group (CMG). CMG represents and partners with people and ideas; building inclusive, innovative, disruptive, and story-driven businesses and brands. Carter serves as manager and production partner to creator sensation Liza Koshy; culinary creative collective Ghetto Gastro; strategist, producer, and former Obama White House advisor Carri Twigg; commentator, journalist, and musician Selema Masekela; and comedian and writer Matt Bellassai. Carter has multiple scripted and non-scripted projects in development with her clients; including serving as an active Executive Producer for all seasons of LIZA ON DEMAND, YouTube Original's most successful show to date.

Previously, Carter served as an Agent in Digital Talent/Packaging and Brand Partnerships at Creative Artists Agency (CAA). There, she worked to package and sell multiple shows across television and digital. Prior to CAA, Courtney worked as the Director of Sports Management and Branded Content at ESPN, garnering multiple awards for her precedent ideation and execution of integrated marketing solutions and creative work in the advertising and branded content spaces for ESPN. She began her career in partnership and media sales, working for Madison Square Garden and Major League Soccer before joining CAA.

Carter is currently an active board member of multiple organizations, including Friends of the Children LA, Los Angeles Galaxy Foundation, and Women In Sports and Events. This year, she also founded non-profit Ally2Action; the organization aims to stimulate a world where deep compassion drives collective action. Its current mission at hand is to accelerate racial reconciliation through creating and building opportunities and experiences that enlighten and transform fear of participation into courageous engagement and conversation.

THROWBACK THURSDAY SERIES

Our third conversation as part of our Throwback Thursday Series featuring those women who helped launched this series back in April.

Thursday, November 12th - Connie Frances Avila, Marketing, Partnerships and Brand Experience Executive | Entertainment, Media & Sports

Connie’s two-decade career includes the marketing and management of complex, high-level accounts and iconic brands across entertainment, media and sports, including Madison Square Garden, American Express, Coca-Cola, Samsung, and Nike, coupled with extensive training and certifications in executive coaching and professional development. She also teaches entrepreneurs and established business owners how create thriving businesses through brand transformation and growth advisory.

Connie has earned both a B.A. in Organizational Behavior and Communication and a Professional Certificate in Coaching from New York University. She pays it forward as a mentor via the NYU’s Career Development Mentor Network and is a founding member of TEDxEast conferences in NYC.

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Until the next,

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