BIO A highly-decorated United States Navy Veteran, and proud graduate of Prairie View A&M University, Meredith Hicks-Capleton has established over 18 years of urban marketing, media communications, and event management experience. Meredith’s widespread marketing and management background expands to partnerships with many high level clients in areas ranging from events, staffing, sports, music, TV and radio. Meredith manages key projects and events for her high-level clients including the NBA, VH1, Procter & Gamble, Johnson Publishing (Ebony) and UniWorld Group. Over the past 14 years, she has led large scale productions such as the "Pantene Total You Tour," "Ebony Black Family Reunion Tour," “Ebony Sisterspeak Luncheon,” “Ebony Escape Tour,” “Lincoln Reach Higher Red Carpet Event,” “Alize Live Tour,” “UNCF Empower Me Tour,” “Radio-One Dallas Fashion Extravaganza,” “VH1 Hip Hop Honors Celebrity Basketball Game,” “Teach Personal Freedoms Tour,” “State Farm 50 Million Pound Challenge Tour” and most recently Procter & Gamble’s “My Black Is Beautiful Tour,” and the DeSoto SolJazz Festival. Meredith has also worked multiple years with the “NBA All-Star Game,” "Essence Festival," “Tom Joyner Foundation Fantastic Voyage Cruise,” "Bayou Classic," "State Fair Classic," "Capital City Classic" and the "Magic City Classic." Also a graduate of the 1996 PGA Tour Internship Program, she was the first woman sent on tour with the NIKE Golf Tour. Her notable accomplishments have been recognized multiple times in Rolling Out Magazine, MIA Magazine, Success South Florida, and the Texas circulated Eclipse Magazine where she was featured for her outstanding progress and work as a CEO. Fittingly, Ebony events managed have appeared in Ebony Magazine many times. Meredith is committed to serving the community through countless national and local groups and charities like the Congressional Black Caucus, National Urban League, 100 Black Men, 100 Black Women and Inroads. She is a proud recipient of Success South Florida’s Magazine’s Top 40 under 40 Award, the City of Dallas Partnership Award and has managed memberships with the Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce, Dallas Conventions and Visitors Bureau, Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce and the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce. Meredith is currently CEO/President of Gemstone Management & Consulting, LLC, and Glitterazzi Unlimited, LLC. She has dual residences in Dallas, Texas and Miami, Florida.

1. Meredith Hicks-Capleton
Marketing Executive & Consultant
Career Highlights Portfolio
- 2010

2. Career Highlights
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INDEX
Resume & Bio
2 ~ Index
3 ~ Career Path
4 ~ Clients/Business Affiliations
5 ~ Event Management
6 ~ Media Buying
7 ~ Event Staffing
8 ~ Entertainment Management
9 ~ Public Relations
10 ~ Community Outreach
11 ~ Marketing & Consulting
12 ~ Awards & Features
13 ~ References
14 ~ Contact

3. Career Highlights
In 1989, I began my career by serving proudly in the United States Portfolio 3
Navy. I continued my path in life as a college graduate, PGA Tour
CAREER
Intern and then a Project Manager working 80+ hours a week to PATH
CEO of my own company. I have been a very productive asset in
every position I have held.
My Career Path is progressively ESTABLISHED…

4. Career Highlights
I have had the opportunity to work with some of the best Portfolio 4
Fortune 500 companies in the world. Top-level client
CLIENTS &
servicing, product promotion and brand management have BUSINESS
been a steady focus. Relationships that I have fostered are AFFILIATIONS
solid, invaluable and long-lasting.
My Clients and Business Affiliations are EXCEPTIONAL…

5. Career Highlights
I began managing events at the age of 19 and I have managed
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events with over 100,000 spectators, and been responsible for
the distribution of over 35,000 P&G samples to over 60,000 EVENT
consumers…in 2 hours! Events are the core of my experience MANAGEMENT
and I have held a supervisory role in over 1,000 events.
My Event Management experience is VAST…

6. Career Highlights
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MEDIA
BUYING
With a value of over $250 Million
Dollars and over 13 years of Media
Buying and Planning, I have scoured the
country negotiating the best deal for my
clients. The radio stations really know
my name…
My Media Buying expertise is
INCOMPARABLE…

7. Career Highlights
Representation and support at events is crucial to the success Portfolio 7
of the event. Consumers will remember their experiences and
the people who host, greet and seat them. The 15 years I have EVENT
spent managing staff for tours, concerts and sporting events STAFFING
has been very diverse, exciting and rewarding.
My Event Staffing rosters have been EXTRAORDINARY…

8. Career Highlights
Entertainment has been a very popular form of business during my Portfolio 8
career. I have coordinated and managed the booking of artists,
ENTERTAINMENT
groups, comedians, authors, actors, politicians and other faces of the MANAGEMENT
public for over 12 years. From Bill Clinton to LL Cool J, I have
encountered many. Working with VH1, BET and the Tom Joyner
Morning Show have been my favorite highlights thus far.
My Entertainment Management experiences are ASTONISHING…

9. Career Highlights
Public Relations campaigns have been swift, targeted and tactful.
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Lincoln/Mercury Red Carpet, Alize Live! Wendy Williams
Experience, the Outre World Hair Battle and the 9th Annual Natural PUBLIC
Trend Setters Hair Events have all been prominently featured on RELATIONS
FOX, CBS, NBC and the CW Television Networks nationally.
My Public Relations and Publicity work has been SUCCESSFUL….

10. Career Highlights
Industry associations, brand familiarity and social groups are vital for a
growing venture as I have been a part of it all. Outreach is the basis Portfolio 10
for support and mandatory for any grassroots level event success. COMMUNITY
From the inception of a 501(c)3 to working directly for one, I know OUTREACH
the processes to keep the public interested and involved.
My Community Outreach efforts continue to be IMPACTFUL…

11. Career Highlights
“Strategic marketing is implemented with the understanding
that the localized culture of any market is very different and Portfolio 11
intrinsically definitive to a specific group or area generally MARKETING &
separated by demographics.” This statement defines the CONSULTING
foundation of my marketing platform and the basis of the
over 1,000 events I have worked on.
My Marketing & Consulting knowledge is PROFOUND…

12. Career Highlights
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AWARDS &
FEATURES
My notable accomplishments have been recognized multiple times in Rolling Out
Magazine, PGA Tour Magazine, NMJFS Newsletter, MIA Magazine, Success South
Florida and the Texas circulated Eclipse Magazine where I was featured for my
outstanding accomplishments, and dedication to excellence. Fittingly, Gemstone
has been featured in Ebony Magazine many times.
I am also a proud recipient of the 2007 Success South Florida’s Magazine’s Top 40
Under 40 Award and the 2006 City Of Dallas Partnership Award. I also received a
prestigious 2006 Community Public Service Award from Texas Congresswoman
Sheila Jackson-Lee for multi-year community participation work with Houston
youth, among many other accolades.

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REFERENCES

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CONTACT
Meredith Hicks-Capleton
Marketing Executive & Consultant
P.O. Box 784
Addison, Texas 75001
Phone: 469-223-2141
E-Mail: mmhic1@gmail.com