User:Jewell sparks

Jewell Sparks (born October 27) is a business strategist who is the CEO of Strategic Diversity Group Inc (www.strategicdiversitygroup.com). Strategic Diversity Group provides business development, marketing, and promotional services for film production, emerging talent, film, and music. Jewell has served as the Development Director for entertainment entities, community non- profits, and film festivals during monumental phases of their growth and development. Jewell is dedicated to the arts and the impact art has on the empowerment of individuals and communities in which people live.

Film has always been a passion of Jewell Sparks. She was the brainchild behind Location:SF, an initiative intended to showcase San Franciscan prestigious brands, businesses, and institutions while presenting San Francisco as a city that has a growing and vibrant film community. She has organized various gifting suites, and film release mixers at Sundance Film Festival and other film and entertainment showcases throughout the United States and Europe.

Currently, Jewell resides in Munich, Berlin, and San Francisco. Her passion for travel and skills of adaptability, have enabled her to live and work in Ibaraki Japan, New York City, and prior to Los Angeles, San Francisco. Jewell obtained her Executive MBA from USF McLaren School of Business in Strategic Planning, Global Markets, and Corporate Communications. Following graduation from business school, Jewell started an entertainment and fashion events promotions company (Sparkie Brown) in 2000, and formed Strategic Diversity Group Inc, a strategic business consulting and marketing company in 2007.

Strategic Diversity Group is a boutique consulting firm committed to supporting and providing Out Of The Box strategic business solutions to IT, science, art, film, and entertainment industries. Strategic Diversity Group has provided business development solutions for small businesses, artists, writers, actors, and non-profit organizations in SF Bay Area, New York City, Los Angeles, and Europe.