Evaluate ways to identify and overcome imposter syndrome, while also considering how performance reviews can result in professional growth. The course will also examine the importance of networking for career development.

Guest Speaker(s)

Vice President of Impact & Engagement Strategy at DCI

Asad Muhammad

Asad Muhammad, VP of Impact & Engagement Strategy leads the POV Engage team which encompasses the community engagement, education, and station relations arm of PBS’s AmDoc. Asad brings over fifteen years of experience in education and community development with a primary focus on the advancement of court-involved, queer-identified and incarcerated youth. Asad started his teaching career as fourth-grade teacher in Atlanta, and transitioned into school turnaround work building new schools from the ground up in the cities of Detroit, Atlanta, New Orleans and Brooklyn. .

Executive Producer & Production Executive at Peloton Interactive

Jacqui Moore

Jacqui Moore is a versatile Executive Producer and Production Executive of content (documentaries, music and award shows, entertainment series, live daily talk shows and competition reality series) for leading TV and digital networks and consumer brands in the USA and UK. She has produced high profile award winning (or nominated) programs including the Most Watched Factual Program in the World (Top Gear) and the most distributed telethon in history (Hope for Haiti Now). In her spare time Jacqui loves to travel and run marathons - and was the fastest Jamaican at the Berlin Marathon in 2019!

Filmmaker at The Black TV

Lauren Fielder

Laura Fielder is an award winning independent filmmaker. She is a founding member of The Black TV & Film Collective Inc., a non-profit organization whose purpose is to create equity and inclusion in the film and television industry.

Guest Speaker(s)

Tourism Account Manager at DCI

Kayla Clough

Kayla Clough is a tourism account manager for Development Counsellors International (DCI). Prior to her work at DCI, she spent many years working within news and entertainment. Kayla’s work has been featured in the New York Post, and CBS news.

Manager, Production at Story Syndicate

Guatam Singhani

Gautam Singhani is a Manager, Production at Story Syndicate with extensive knowledge of film production resources and talent. He has worked on feature length films, TV mini-series, short fiction films, documentaries, and more.

Partnerships Manager & Social Impact at LinkedIn

Kavell Brown

Kavell Brown has more than 4+ years experience in the social impact industry. He is knowledgeable in advocacy, stakeholder engagement, event management, and pro-social activations. Kavell works as a Partnerships Manager, Social Impact at LinkedIn. Prior to that, he worked at ViacomCBS and HBO.

Guest Speaker(s)

Digital Journalist at CBS

Nia Stevens

Nia Stevens is a Digital Journalist at CBS News. She travels across the country to cover breaking news for stories airing on national broadcasts.