Audrey Adams

She has been described as witty, charismatic, and charming as well as wise, energetic, focused and driven: and everyone who has worked with Audrey Adams or knows her well would add . . . creative. Perhaps you recognize her from THE ADAMS REPORT©, the syndicated column that gets rave reviews. Or maybe you have seen her electrify an audience while on stage hosting a celebrity event or moderating a panel. Could you be that you are among the fans that enjoy her social commentary on television. If you marvel at her corporate successes, that’s understandable too.

Throughout her career, she has successfully launched and guided numerous media projects. As the former Director of Corporate Public Relations for Essence Communications, Inc. for seven years, Adams was also the principal spokesperson to Essence magazine’s seven million readers. Her arrival at ECI coincided with two major start-ups: Latina magazine was introduced and the Essence Music Festival debuted in New Orleans. Latina magazine expanded ECP into the multicultural market. The Festival, which has become the largest African-American cultural event in the world, has been called a defining moment for tourism, awakening the travel and hospitality industry to the collective power of the African-American tourist dollar. From 1995 through 2000, the combined number of Festival patrons has exceeded one million and the event has had an economic impact of more than $515 million. She left Essence in 2001 and has enjoyed entrepreneurial success through her weekly newspaper column, THE ADAMS REPORT, co-hosting a television program and select public relations projects.

Adams is certainly no stranger to fashion. Having aspired as a teenager to become a fashion model, she entered the business with the Ebony Fashion Fair, a world renowned extravaganza featuring original designs created by the biggest names in the fashion industry. Her ingenuity and charisma contributed to her swift rise to the position of assistant commentator for the Ebony Fashion Fair. Later as a model and actress she was under exclusive contract to the Wilhelmina Agency. While at Wilhelmina, Adams amassed an impressive portfolio that includes magazine and catalogue layouts and nationally televised programs and commercials for such products as Vicks Cough Drops, Bali Bras, General Motors and Keri Lotion.

Adams has her own production company, BAP Productions, Inc. She created, wrote, hosted and marketed a television magazine pilot program called The Adams Report: Faces & Fashion, which featured the latest trends in fitness, beauty, fashion and lifestyles in a magazine format. That program became the model for her syndicated column which is a humorous, thought provoking commentary that takes a look at real-life fashion, beauty and lifestyle issues. Adams also wrote and produced fashion segments for a nationally syndicated program that aired on ABC.

Later, as public relations director and spokesperson for Seventh Avenue designer Andrea Jovine, Adams created innovative marketing tools to increase Jovine's visibility and to heighten consumer awareness through such vehicles as promotional videos and catalogs, which she produced. Adams also wrote, produced and hosted Jovine's satellite teleconferences.

She enjoys working with young people to encourage them to pursue their dreams, and has developed job-skills workshops for at-risk teenage girls, founded a mentoring program and been honored for her outstanding service in the fight against teen drug and alcohol abuse. Professionally she has served on the executive public relations committee for the Magazine Publishers of America, an associate member of the Cosmetics, Toiletries and Fragrances Association and The Fashion Group. Whether you know her as a public relations executive, spokesperson, actress, model or executive producer; there is one thread that runs continuously throughout her journey—Empowerment.

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