Sonya Denyse, Founder and Creative Strategist, DreamDevelopment.com

Where some see problems, Sonya Denyse sees possibilities. Her quirky brilliance puts dreams into action. She is the Founder and Creative Strategist of DreamDevelopment.com, a certified MWBE company. While primarily a consultant, Sonya Denyse also works within corporations and social enterprises. From concept to execution to measurement, she offers top-of-class solutions to resolve organizational and individual challenges. She currently, manages the marketing team with UTA’s Speakers division serving agents who manage a world-class talent roster.

Her career spans the public and private sectors serving clients across the entertainment, social venture, financial and legal industries. DreamDevelopment serves a base of entertainment professionals and notable clients supporting their execution and delivery of creative projects. Clients have had central roles in Queen of the South, Jane the Virgin, Queen Sugar, and others. Clients have also premiered films on HBO and received notable nominations.

As a strategist, Sonya Denyse builds on her deep knowledge of business modeling and strategic planning to turn angst, procrastination, and frustration into opportunities for growth. As a relationship manager, she has raised close to $1M to help clients realize their dreams through sponsorship, online campaigns, individual contributions, stakeholder engagement & grants. Clients include MoreThanAMeal (mobile pantry), Life’s Essentials with Ruby Dee (award-winning documentary), and Ossie Davis Endowment (endowed scholarship). Legacy clients have included The Donny Hathaway Foundation, Byron E. Lewis Tribute and “What Would Martin Say” by Dr. Martin Luther King’s Attorney, and Clarence B. Jones (book and speaker).

Impassioned and innovative, Sonya curates connections and aligns resources. She speaks creative, chews on strategy, thinks in campaigns, & dreams in digital. The fusion of culture and strategy in the context of creativity is the staple of the Dream Development experience. Part artist, part visioneer, part futurist, she is always the creative. Sonya lives what she loves and helps others to do the same.

Dream Development fun facts:

• Secured a letter from President Barack Obama for Ruby Dee’s 90th Birthday Celebration
• Successfully co-produced, Life Essentials with Ruby Dee starring Angela Bassett, Phylicia Rashād, Samuel Jackson, Hill Harper, Alan Alda and others.
• Produced a national play reading series starring, Alan Alda, Danny Glover, Louis Gossett Jr., Lynn Whitfield, and others
• Worked with Clarence B. Jones, Attorney for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and helped bring to fruition his book, “What Would Martin Say?”

For more than 15 years as the Creative Strategist and Founder of DreamDevelopment.com, Sonya has propelled her business by instituting creative, innovative, “thinking beyond the box” strategies to help her clients achieve their goals. She works at both strategic and tactical levels creating engaging, custom programming that brings a company’s or individual’s “big-picture” needs to fruition. For the small business owner and the solopreneur, she’s the right brain when they need a left brain and vice versa. For individuals in transition, Sonya is that trusted guide and advisor, bringing clarity to decision-making.

Empathy is Sonya’s superpower.