Ashley Blaine Featherson is an actress, public speaker and content creator from Gaithersburg, Maryland. She currently stars as Joelle Brooks on the Netflix Original Series 'Dear White People.' Season Three is now streaming!

Prior to joining Epic in 2015, Ms. Victor spent six years at Universal Music starting in 2009, first as Senior Director, Media and Artist Relations at the former Island Def Jam Music Group.  In 2012, she was promoted to Vice President, Media and Artist Relations, Def Jam Recordings, where she was in charge of campaigns for Justin Bieber, the Wanted, Ludacris, Jeremih, Chrisette Michelle, and others. 

Ms. Victor began her career in music in 2001, as a Publicity Assistant for Interscope Records.  After two years, she moved to Arista Records in the same capacity.  With the change at Arista in 2004, she was appointed Publicity Coordinator for the former J Records/Jive Records division of Sony Music.  In 2005, she began a four year chapter at Virgin Records as Director, Publicity and Artist Relations, handling campaigns on behalf of Lenny Kravitz, Joss Stone, Big Boi (of OutKast), Janet Jackson, and others.  Ms. Victor attended Spelman College in Atlanta, where she graduated in 2001, with a major in Political Science and a minor in English Literature.

Kamie Crawford is a Multi-Media Journalist, Television Host, Producer, Model, Entrepreneur and Former Miss Teen USA with a love for all things beauty, fashion and pop culture. Kamie currently resides in Los Angeles working as a special guest co-host alongside Nev Schulman on MTV’s hit show, Catfish and E!’s Daily Pop.

When she's not in front of the camera, Kamie is collaborating and creating social content with major brands like Elizabeth Arden, Laura Mercier, SoulCycle, Rent The Runway, Bobbi Brown and so many more.

Working as a model in a fashion world that deems anything over a size 4 as “plus sized” and in a digital space that often lacks inclusion has sparked Kamie to use her influence to spread the importance of body positivity and diversity in the digital sphere and beyond.

As a native New Yorker, FIT graduate and renowned celebrity stylist, Ade Samuel has amassed an impressive resume of fashion industry experience. From working in the editorial departments of W Magazine and Teen Vogue, to helping spearhead the first issue of CR Fashion Book with founder Carine Roitfeld and editor Shiona Turini, Ade is an expert in her field. Inspired by the strong women she has worked alongside in the fashion industry Ade gained the entrepreneurial spirit and motivation to bring her footwear collection to life.

Currently based in Los Angeles, Ade spends her time fully immersed in her passion for style, detail, and design as she cultivates signature looks for her A-list clientele. From the red carpet and editorial to everyday street style looks, Ade Samuel's inspiration is endless, which is a key element of the success of her brand.

Samira started her career in London at a boutique PR firm producing London Fashion Week shows and managing the communications and brand strategies for a number of global fashion clients including Mango, Oliver Peoples, John Rocha and more. It was here that she developed her love for luxury and she soon moved on to become the Senior Press and Marketing officer at Browns London. Browns is an institution that launched the careers of John Galliano and Manolo Blahnik, as well as being the first retailer to bring Calvin Klein and DVF to the UK amongst many other accolades. At Browns, Samira honed her fashion expertise producing fashion week events with seasoned publications like GQ, leading global communications and developing strategic direction for emerging designers as well as finding ways to hold relevance in an ever-evolving retail landscape.

When Farfetch acquired Browns, Samira took this opportunity to move to Los Angeles where she managed the fashion media strategies and brand partnerships for Disney Consumer Products. Some highlights during her tenure include leading the Black Panther New York Fashion Week event, global content partnerships with vogue.com and Harper’s Bazaar, editorial takeovers with GARAGE and CHAOS magazine and product collaborations with brands from Christopher Kane and Coach to rag & bone, The Hundreds and Wu-Tang.

After further developing an elevated knowledge of commercialization, licensing and executing partnerships Samira decided to launch BASE Communications and Consulting. BASE was created from a passion of connecting the dots. By developing unique strategies, producing brand collaborations and content partnerships, BASE can create holistic campaigns that connect back to the culture.

Samira’s start-up mentality allows  her to recognize potential and drive strategic support from the BASE, up.

Sarissa Thrower is a seasoned digital and entertainment communications executive with 13+ years of experience building, implementing, and executing on strategic messaging campaigns of all types. During the course of her career, Sarissa has worked on communications and PR efforts for dozens of major companies and brands, including Disney, Nintendo, Warner Bros., L'Oreal, Viacom, Electronic Arts, and many more. Currently, she manages entertainment communications out of Los Angeles for Instagram. 

Sarissa graduated from Cal Poly Pomona with a bachelor’s degree in Communications, with additional coursework completed at UCLA; she resides in Los Angeles with her husband, Willis, and their dog, a terrier mix named Linus. Outside of work, her interests include going to live events of all types, trying new restaurants and wine bars, and the Internet.