At over 20 years of media & entertainment marketing experience, Denise is a seasoned professional. She currently serves as a marketing consultant with DLB Solutions, LLC. She was most recently the Head of Integrated Marketing for EBONY Media and is also an adjunct professor at Fordham University Gabelli School of Business and previously New York University.
Denise has held marketing roles at iHeartMedia, WarnerMedia, TV One, NBCUniversal, the NBA and Paramount (Viacom) including VH1 Save The Music, Noggin/The N, Comedy Central, and MTV/MTV2.
Denise has a BS in Music Business from Indiana State University and an MBA with a dual concentration in Marketing and Media & Communications from Fordham University Gabelli School of Business. She was in the 1st class of the Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) MBA Prep and has served as the President of the Fordham Black & Hispanic MBA Association, VP of the Fordham Media & Entertainment Alliance, and the Fordham Gabelli Alumni DEI Council.
She has served as the NY Chapter President of NAMIC (National Association of Multi-ethnicity in Communications) and in 2019, she completed the NAMIC Executive Leadership Development Program (ELDP) at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.
Her many accolades include:
- 2019: The Network Journal’s 40 Under 40 Achievement Award
- 2020: Council of Urban Professionals (CUP) Technology Catalyst
- 2021: Advertising Club of NY Rockstar Award and Black Women in Media Trailblazer Honoree
- 2022: NAMIC Luminary Award
- 2023: Cynopsis Top Women in Media Award and Fordham Gabelli School of Business Faculty Excellence Award
- 2024: Recognized as a Radio Ink African American Future Leader
Outside of her professional responsibilities, Denise is a classically trained pianist, an avid world traveler, and an active Silver Star Life member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.