Black Business Spotlight

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John Casmon, Founder of Casmon Capital Group based in Cincinnati, OH. John Casmon is a real estate entrepreneur, coach, and podcaster. Through his firm Casmon Capital Group, he has partnered with busy professionals to invest in over $100 million worth of apartments.
John also consults active multifamily investors to help them start or grow their business. He is the host of the “Multifamily Insights” podcast (formerly Target Market Insights). Prior to becoming a full-time investor, John worked in corporate America, overseeing marketing campaigns for General Motors, Nike, and Coors Light. He has been recognized as one of the “Top Executives in Advertising and Marketing” by Black Enterprise Magazine.
In addition, John sits on the Advisory Board for Surge for Water, a non-profit that invests in global communities with safe water, sanitation, and hygiene solutions to help end the cycle of poverty. To learn more, visit: Casmon Capital Group.

D'Angela Proctor, Founder of Undaunted Content based in Los Angeles, CA. D’Angela Proctor is a rare executive capable of easily transitioning between the creative and business sides of media as well as between the board room and production sets. Her carefully crafted career spans from being an attorney, entrepreneur, and content creator to a network and studio executive. Through her production banner, Undaunted Content, Proctor is currently in post production on "Line Sisters", a film she recently produced for Lifetime and is developing multiple projects with various buyers while also providing consulting services to Hulu. Before launching Undaunted Content, Proctor served as the CEO of Justin Baldoni’s Wayfarer Entertainment, a social impact production company focused on branded content. Proctor led Wayfarer to procuring a groundbreaking ideation and sponsorship agreement with a P&G and the sale of a television series to the CW. Under Proctor’s leadership, Wayfarer won over 25 awards and honors for its branded content campaigns, including five Telly Awards. Prior to joining Wayfarer, Proctor served as a consultant for clients such as Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Filmworks. And before launching her consulting practice, Proctor served as the Head of Production & Business Development of Codeblack Films, a Lionsgate Company, and Head of Original Programming & Production at TV One. Proctor’s foundation in media derives from her co-owning and operating Strange Fruit Media for over 15 years preceding her transition into the executive ranks. She created, developed, and produced music videos, documentaries, feature films, television series, and live music and comedy recordings. On the film side, she raised millions of dollars for independent productions that sold to Lionsgate, Universal, Screen Gems, Magnolia Pictures and others. In the television arena, Proctor served as an executive producer and creative consultant for Black Entertainment Television (BET), where she developed and/or executive produced multiple film and television projects, including Sunday Best, which earned the 43rd Annual NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Reality Series. She later created OWN’s first female-centric docu-reality series, Love in the City. To learn more, visit the website: Undaunted Content.

Charles Dion Springfield, Founder of The Life Stylings of Charles Springfield based in New York, New York. Charles is a certified sommelier, wine educator, entrepreneur and author based in New York City. In 2017, Charles was featured as one of the Top 40 Black/African American Sommeliers in the country by LinkedIn. He is the Founder of the nationally recognized lifestyle company — “The Life Stylings of Charles Springfield” — focusing on his approach to wine, events and joie de vivre (joy of life). His mission is to help promote wine appreciation through education in the form of classes, events and various forms of media. Charles has worked with a wide range of brands and companies in NYC over the last 10 years, including New York Vintners, Veuve Clicquot, The House of Burgundy, Wine.com, Adega Wines and Spirits, The Wine Riot and Corkbuzz Wine Studio. In early 2018, he launched a YouTube channel focused on all-things wine and wine-related called, “Maneuvering Wine with Style.” Charles has also authored two books: “The Less is More Approach to Wine,” which works to deliver wine education in easy to understand and manageable servings and “Maneuvering Rosé Wine with Style” focused on educating consumers about the rosé wine category and rosé styles from around the world. To learn more about Charles, visit his website at: Charles Springfield or @thewinestylings on Instagram.