Alicia Joy Scarborough

Alicia Joy Scarborough is a rare breed, a hybrid thinker straddling the fence as an MBA strategist and relationship broker with an artistic, creative flare as a songwriter and television/film entrepreneur. By fusing her creative knack within the entertainment industry with past Fortune 500 advertisement and brand management experience, she provides a unique perspective to help clients realize, actualize and then maximize their brand’s vision within the parameters of any given project.

Born April 27, 1983 in Columbia, South Carolina, Scarborough is the middle child and only girl of two brothers. Raised in Atlanta, Georgia and having graduated from Westlake High School in 2001, Alicia was courted by The College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio where she acquired full academic funding, mainly from the prestigious Clarence Beecher Allen scholarship. The selection criterion was based on outstanding intellectual achievement, extra-curricular involvement & leadership, and personal merit.

Majoring in Communication Studies, Scarborough was also the recipient of The College of Wooster’s highest leadership honor, The Campus Council Leadership Award, acknowledging talented and gifted seniors who have offered consistent dedication to education, service and leadership. In addition to holding several student organization leadership positions, Scarborough still found time to participate in her first love: the arts. She starred in theatre productions, co-wrote a play and solidified her love for music and media via her participation both in front of and behind the scenes of musical, drama and dance productions.

Upon graduating in May 2005, Alicia transitioned into human resources at Emory University. Shortly thereafter, in 2006 Scarborough founded H.A.N.D.S. Linked (which stands for Help. Aspire. Networking. Development. Success.) where she annually returns to her alma mater to host workshops, symposiums and networking events geared to inspire both students and alumni to pursue their dreams. Next, she became a Client Associate with employer brand consultant, Bernard Hodes Group. Having the privilege to manage the employer brand of Fortune 500 companies like Bank of America, Lowes and Duke University, Scarborough fused her client and agency experience and transitioned into the media industry in 2008 as a human resources agent with the southeast’s most prestigious public broadcasting entity, Georgia Public Broadcasting.

While at GPB Scarborough launched her songwriting career and began pursuing a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Georgia’s, Terry College of Business, which she will complete in December 2010. Since then, Scarborough has worked as a television and film consultant, including roles as the Membership Director of The Black Women Film Network and Operations Manager of the newly launch BronzeLens Film Festival, showcasing Atlanta as the new mecca of film for people of color.

Scarborough’s latest entrepreneurial venture as President and CEO of StrataVision Management and Consulting, LLC, will allow her to use creative strategy to maximize and propel others’ visions, be it in business or entertainment. One of Scarborough’s main goals is for StrataVision to infuse the entertainment industry with inspirational and Godly messages via her representation of faith based artists, speakers and entertainment entities while ultimately managing her own portfolio as a songwriter, television producer and speaker.

Scarborough currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia, and is a member of Word of Faith Family Worship Cathedral in Austell, Georgia where she serves on the leadership team of the Singles Ministry.