What's Goin' On!

A Queen who lives in the “Queen City” of Charlotte, NC… Jessica Macks is a powerhouse entertainment consultant, and is the CEO of her company, J Macks Entertainment. Her firm brings your visions to life and creates everlasting experiences. Jessica has performed as an indie label's  A&R Director, she has sang background vocals for gospel artists like Patrick Love, Jason Nelson and countless others. In addition to her musical pursuits, Jessica brings an extensive background in planning and executing large scale events to the table. Whether it is a major concert, grand opening, fashion show, or even a festival… Jessica never disappoints and always delivers.

BREAKING NEWS: A change in leadership has also brought a change in focus and a change in our Network's name! NABFEME DMV is now known as NABFEME DC Metro. With growth potential and development in mind, our focus shifted to our strongest area... Washington, DC. As we move forward, development attention will be placed on the Maryland/Virginia scope of the DMV.  The new branding moniker will support our operations in the DC area.

More details to follow... in the meantime, please join us in welcoming our NABFEME DC Metro Director, Thomasina Perkins-Washington. Thomasina is CEO/Principal Publicist of Capitol Public Relations where she handles the publicity of many well-known athletes, artists, and entertainers, etc.  She is Majority Team Owner at Women's Football League Association (WFLA) and Chief Communications Officer (COO) at WinknDrink which recently partnered with Snoop Dogg. 

Deneen Womack and Gwendolyn Kingsberry are two long time members of NABFEME.  Both have entrenched their marketing fingerprints on WBLS in New York, and recently they created their own marketing/branding firm called Brand Elevation Marketing. With a desire to further develop NABFEME in the "Big Apple" while increasing our activities and brand presence ... a meeting in the ladies room became necessary and the partnership ensued! Our first joint venture with Brand Elevation Marketing was the very successful New York Women in Radio virtual session that was presented during Women’s History Month. 

As the partnership develops, Deneen & Gwen will keep us abreast of New York opportunities and also bring development potential to the table. Look forward to membership drives, seminars, events and more as we develop. 

NABFEME is excited to announce and welcome Cheryl Foster to our management team in the role of Corporate Development Director!  In this capacity, Cheryl will oversee, develop and implement business strategies and partnerships with a focus on the organization's growth, sustainability and financial health.  In her new role, Cheryl will explore business opportunities, keep us abreast of any "irons in the fire" that might create stronger growth and awareness potential for the NABFEME brand. She will continue to serve in her role as Co-Director of NABFEME LA.  Congratulations Cheryl!

Addressing a long time need, Shayla Faustin has accepted the role of National Membership Director for NABFEME. Joining us from our Houston network, Shayla will focus on growing and maintaining the membership. Some of her duties will include marketing our programs, converting friends and associates to paying members, collecting feedback from the membership body and developing the role as we grow.

Brief Bio

Shayla Faustin is the CEO of Shayla Faustin Services LLC, a self- Published author, freelancer and life coach... Shayla manages a small business network on Facebook called The CRU. Focused and dedicated in all she does, Shayla has helped hundreds of small businesses, authors and families to achieve their goals via her solution-oriented services.  Her love for Health & Wellness was the stimulant that drove her to create Earth Scents, a startup that focuses on spiritual health and wellness. In the Heart of Deception, her first novel, is a touching romance that was published in May of 2021. 

We look forward to our membership growth and development under Shayla's tutelage...  stop by the Member Directory and say hi!

Making more progress... we have changed the name of the NABFEME Job Bank to "The Career Center."  We also added a new partner for job notices, Univision. Our most recent posting includes some of their current job availabilities. If you are looking for your next opportunity, click over to the MEMBERS ONLY section and select "Career Center" and see what's new! 

if you are hiring and/or have available positions... please let us know via email (nabfeme@gmail.com), or DM us here on FB.

From Covid to a myriad of lifestyle challenges, we had to put some activities on hold.  We're back up and running... Here are some of the programs/activities that you can expect in the New Year:

• Ask The Coach... set to launch mid-January 2022 this was to be our Mentor/Mentee online coaching series.  We feel having a coach while traveling on your career journey is not only important... it is necessary! Stay tuned... more to come; if you're interested in participating as a coach, or you need a coach, just let us know!
  
• Members' Empowerment Circle... Sisterhood is no fun without sisters, that's why we created a program to enlarge our circle! When you join, renew or return... this program allows you to bring a sister-friend along with you! You'll receive a FREE membership for your friend or colleague that may benefit from the work that we do! It's like buy one and get one free!
• Member Spotlight... Each week we will spotlight a NABFEME member on our website and various social media accounts.  The purpose of the spotlight is to share the career and business achievements of our members. This also enables you to view, share and support others. Feel free to make spotlight suggestions at any time.   

Join our Facebook Group: Friends & Supporters of NABFEME
and encourage your friends and colleagues to join the page/group... hopefully our mission will incentivize them to become active members of the organization! 

Just like the rest of the world… COVID-19 has changed the way NABFEME does business and basically, how the organization operates. Regardless, we must maintain connectivity and engagement with you… our members, associates and business clientele. To assist us, we have added the Calendly meeting scheduler that you can use to set up a conversation, short chat or online meeting… at your convenience.

Member Meeting Scheduler

We realize time is money and your time is precious… therefore for your convenience and our efficiency, the Calendly scheduler is set up for one-on-one inquiries, meetings or chats in 30-minute increments, phone or video; if you need more time, just let us know. If you prefer a video chat, or a group chat… again, just let us know.

If there is something on your mind, something you need to share, talk about, ask a question or voice a concern… use the link below to schedule a meeting/chat on any open date at any available time.  We will promptly reply and should a conflict arise, we will immediately reschedule or connect you with another leadership team member.

CALENDLY LINK: https://calendly.com/mzwalker/30min

The most important person in the NABFEME organization is the NABFEME Member. While one woman can make a difference, it’s a lot easier when we work together as a group. The Member's Empowerment Circle is a concept that gives members the opportunity to be a blessing to someone else. Members who renew, join or return to the organization at the Executive Level, get to "pay it forward" by receiving a FREE Executive Level Membership to share with another sister or colleague! We encourage support and synergy through the organization’s membership structure, and we believe this feature will increase opportunities and the pool of successful women in our group.

Beginning January 2022, NABFEME is excited to open the doors of NABFEME University and introduce “Ask The Coach” … a quasi mentoring and networking program. Presented as a series of online networking and mentoring sessions, the program is set up exclusively for NABFEME Members! Sessions are private, online, presented in themed rooms. The Coaches are experienced professionals from a variety of fields who will be available to answer questions and discuss your career goals while offering expert tips and/or career advice.