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TALENT MANAGER
Melinda is a Talent Manager and the CEO of Legacy Talent and Entertainment where she represents some of the highest profile celebrities and athletes. Melinda has an extensive network of relationships with TV networks, sponsors, and Fortune 500 companies, with whom she has closed many high profile and lucrative corporate endorsements. Melinda is also the Managing Member of The Law Firm of Melinda Morris Zanoni, PLLC. Prior to founding Legacy Talent in 2005, Melinda was an attorney with Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP concentrating in entertainment, and corporate law representing celebrities, Internet companies, satellite television providers, radio station consolidators, as well as entertainment- related clients. Melinda has participated in a variety of transactions valued in excess of $21 billion. Prior to Nelson Mullins, she was an attorney with Fagel & Haber in Chicago, IL. Melinda earned her B.S. with Honors in Economics and Business from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and her law degree Cum Laude from the University of Illinois College of Law. Melinda is a member of both the Illinois State Bar and the North Carolina State Bar. Melinda speaks on the topics of "Motorsports and Entertainment", most recently at The Racing Conference in 2010 and "Film Finance", at "Behind the Scenes: Film & Music Law". Melinda is a Director of Bouncing Brain Holdings, LLC, which produces the television show "Everyday Edisons" and is a member of the Film Board of the Charlotte Regional Partnership.
Melinda may be found on Twitter @LegacyTalentCEO
She can be contacted through her assistant at assistant@legacytalentllc.com |
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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. Mimi 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, Mimi worked for the Charlotte Hornets as the local
Marketing Director and for the Charlotte Checkers as the Promotions and
Merchandising Manager. Mimi 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. Mimi may be contacted at mimisabates@legacytalentllc.com
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BOOKING DIRECTOR & SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER
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
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ACCOUNTING MANAGER
Mary earned her joint MBA/JD from Quinnipiac University in Connecticut with honors in 2010. Prior to MBA and Law school, Mary graduated from Clemson University with a BA in 2006, cum laude and was on the Dean's List for all four years. Mary handles all the accounting, finance, and tax matters for Legacy Talent. She also oversees the e-commerce department. Before joining the Legacy Talent team Mary worked in the trademark/intellectual property department for the parent company for Subway® and for Subway International, B.V. in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She has also worked at the General Counsel's Office for the Executive Office for United States Attorneys. |
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PUBLICITY AND MARKETING
Becky graduated from UNC Chapel Hill 2008 with a degree in Media Production. Prior to joining Legacy Talent, Becky spent four years working in the entertainment industry in Los Angeles for talent management companies Mosaic Film Production and Benderspink Productions. She has also been a part of the production teams for The Bachelorette and Homeland. Becky runs client ecommerce stores, heads up script coverage, prepares pitch presentations, serves as intern supervisor, assists with media, and handles publicity and marketing.
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