BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

A native Charlottean and graduate of Furman University, Mimi Sabates has been involved with the NASCAR community since the 1980s when her father, Felix Sabates, formed Team SABCO.  Ms. Sabates became a NASCAR team owner when she co-founded HighLine Performance, which fielded a car in the Busch Series and had a successful season.  HighLine Performance partnered with NFL legend Terry Bradshaw to become FitzBradshaw Racing.  FBR fielded several teams in the Nationwide Series, Camping World Truck Series, and the Camping World East Series, remained successful through 2009, and was a featured team on the Speed Channel reality show  NBS 24-7.

Prior to her NASCAR career, Ms. Sabates worked for the Charlotte Hornets as the local Marketing Director and for the Charlotte Checkers as the Promotions and Merchandising Manager.  Ms. Sabates is well-known for her civic work in and around Charlotte and serves on the Board of Directors of a number of charitable organizations, including Foundation for the Carolinas, the Duke Cancer Institute Board of Overseers, St. Jude, Chair of the Ambassador’s Ball for Allegro, and Victory Junction.

Ms. Sabates may be contacted at mimisabates@legacytalentllc.com

SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER, MEDIA LIAISON & BOOKING ASSISTANT

Samantha has been involved in the entertainment industry since her graduation from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a degree in Public Relations.  Prior to joining Legacy Talent and Entertainment, Samantha was a Producer and on-air talent for FOX Charlotte and FOX News Rising, where she was responsible for booking in-studio guests, including music artists, authors, and athletes.  Samantha also handled guest relations, event planning, content sourcing, scripts and promo writing, promotion of FOX and viewer interaction through social networking websites.  Samantha was an on-air personality at FOX where she hosted a weekly social networking segment focused on keeping up with sports as well as fill in hosting for FOX News Edge.

Samantha has helped organize celebrity appearances and guest relations for radio personalities, TV hosts, and professional athletes for “Karaoke for Charity” and celebrity appearance by various Carolina Panthers for “Take a Slice Out of Cancer” events, as well as golf tournaments. She was the Keynote Speaker at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte’s Emerging Leaders ceremony in 2010 and was featured in a four-page cover story in Charlotte STYLE Magazine (Summer 2009).

Samantha may be contacted at samantha@legacytalentllc.com

MARKETING MANAGER

Courtney graduated from the College of Charleston.  Courtney is the Marketing Manager for Legacy Talent and Entertainment, LLC where she is responsible for the marketing of our celebrity clients, organizing of appearances and events, maintenance of talent calendars, head shots and reels, e-commerce fulfillment, and all other marketing related matters for the company.

Courtney may be contacted at charris@legacytalentllc.com

PUBLICIST

Kristen is a Publicist for Legacy Talent and Entertainment.  Prior to joining Legacy in 2009, Kristen lived in Los Angeles where she worked with the Lifestyle Marketing and Public Relations teams at UPP Entertainment Marketing.  Prior to UPP Entertainment, she headed up the Publicity department at Feudal Records in Burbank, California.   Kristen graduated from Campbell University with her Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication, concentrating in Public Relations and Broadcasting.

Kristen has worked on PR accounts such as Propel Fitness Water, St. Regis Hotel and Resort, and events such as the Critics’ Choice Awards, Sundance Film Festival and fashion shows. With her public relations experience, she has landed numerous clients in various newspapers and on magazine covers nationwide.