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MARCIA A. COLE is a publishing veteran with over 18 years of magazine editorial and management experience. Twice bitten by the Internet bug, Cole, the former founding Deputy Editor, Lifestyle + Features of the now defunct fashion and beauty magazine Suede, and former Executive Editor of Heart & Soul magazine, first entered the online beauty space in 1998 when she founded insidesalon.com, an online beauty destinations for women of color. Cole has over 14 years in top editorial management positions including Editor in Chief, Executive Editor, Editor, Managing Editor and Deputy Editor for women and teen consumer publications.
Her career started in 1988 at teen entertainment publications, Word Up publications, where she interviewed and wrote articles about celebrities such as Mary J. Blige, Janet Jackson, the Beastie Boys, Heavy D., LL Cool J, Run DMC, Will Smith, Queen Latifah at the beginning of their careers, as well as covered reggae and dance music artists. After three years, at the age of 26, she became Editor in Chief of 2 Hype, a spin-off title with more style, then six months later, she was appointed Editor in Chief of Hype Hair and Try It Yourself Hair, two hair and beauty publications targeting young, African-American women. After two successful years she was promoted to Editorial Director and launched two spin-off hair titles: Braids & Beauty and Black Hair Digest. Revered for her beauty and entertainment expertise, in 1996 Cole was hired by Fairchild Publications to launch Creative Designer, a celebrity-based multicultural beauty trade magazine. CD was a sister publication of Salon News, and a co-venture with Sally Beauty Supply.
Over the next three years, she co-founded and launched Insidesalon.com; consulted with Revlon Cosmetics, and served as the Executive Editor for Girl, a teen fashion and beauty magazine for African-American girls. She was also an adjunct professor at New York University, where she created and taught the course: "How to Create A Magazine Online." Her articles about beauty and entertainment have appeared in Elle, Essence, Essence Beauty Basics & Beyond, Day Spa, InStyle Weddings, Vibe, Mode, Honey, The New York Times, Savoy and on Launch.com. She earned a BFA from Parsons School of Design, a Certificate in Communications from New York University and a MS in Publishing from Pace University.
Cole has served on the executive board of New York Association of Black Journalists as its vice-president, print, and is currently on the executive board of New York Women in Communications, Inc., as vice-president, career development. A native of the Caribbean island of Jamaica, Cole, a self-professed spa junkie, is working on AfroScene, a Celebration of Big, Beautiful Hair, with photographer Hosea Johnson. She is a member of CEW and ASME and resides in Brooklyn, NY.
DUANE R. FELIX has worked in finance for 13 years. As a Director at UBS Investment Bank, where he has worked for the past nine years, Duane manages deal teams, executes transactions, generates cash flow models, prepares quarterly business reports and develops optimization models for capital and cash flow restructurings. Previous positions include Senior Financial Analyst at The New York City Office of the Comptroller and Financial Analyst at Lehman Brothers. He attended Renssealaer Polytechnic Institute and graduated from Barnard Baruch College where he earned his BA in Accounting and Finance. He sits on the board of directors of Building Blocks Local Development Corporation and is amember of the National Association of Securities Professionals, One Hundred Black Men, Inc. and the New York Urban League.
JUDITH BASS, ESQ is an attorney whose practice is dedicated to addressing the needs of clients in the creative community throughout the United States. She concentrates on intellectual property matters and on rights licensing for a variety of companies and individuals in the media and entertainment industries. She has a special focus on emerging artists as well as seasoned professionals looking for both knowledgeable representation and business savvy. Judy Bass works with production companies, independent producers, directors and others in structuring, negotiating and drafting a wide range of development, production, distribution, sales, syndication, and licensing deals on a domestic and international basis. Her expertise includes all forms of television, documentary and other film projects, video and DVD licensing, and music. Judy Bass also serves magazine and book publishers and writers and other members of the literary community in negotiating authors’ agreements, subsidiary rights deals, options and other co-publishing arrangements and the like. She represents photographers and artists as well. She has extensive experience vetting manuscripts and other literary works pre-publication and in advising on copyright questions. Judy Bass handles many kinds of licensing and merchandising deals including books, calendars, videogames, computer software, clothing, toys, dolls and soundtrack licenses. She also assists with advertising and promotional matters. As a solo practitioner with both big firm and in-house experience in premier media and entertainment companies, Judy provides timely, practical and cost-effective services and advice to all her clients.
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