2010-02-25 23:50:20 -

For Immediate Release
Contact: Diane Winston
(203) 247-7015

Lidj Lewis, Visceral Media, LLC President, Wins
Local NBMBAA “Entrepreneur of the Year” Award

White Plains, NY - Visceral Media, LLC President, Lidj Lewis, has been named 2010 Entrepreneur of the Year by the Westchester/Greater Connecticut chapter of the National Black MBA Association (WGC). Lewis and other corporate and community leaders were recognized at the WGC’s 4th Annual Scholarship Awards Gala, Saturday, February 20, 2010 at the Westchester Marriott, 670 White Plains Road in Tarrytown, NY.

Susan L. Taylor, Editor Emerita of Essence magazine and founder of National Cares Mentoring, delivered the keynote address.

The Entrepreneur of the Year award is presented to a minority-owned business leader who has demonstrated a commitment to supplier development

and has fostered relationships with the NBMBAA, the local community and with corporations. The award honors a leader who has inspired others with his or her vision, leadership, and achievement.

“I am truly honored to receive this award,” said Lewis. “The WGC does outstanding work in the community through its various social and professional development programs, and I am exceedingly proud to be a part of that.”

Lewis joined the WGC in 2007, and served two years as the Chapter’s Vice President of Communications. During his tenure, he enhanced the WGC’s internal and external communications practices; standardized the WGC brand across all media; revamped the quarterly MBA Insider newsletter; generated regional news coverage for major Chapter events, activities, and initiatives; and created new video applications for promotional purposes. He continues to support the mission of the Chapter by volunteering his time in a number of other activities.

Lewis launched Visceral Media, a White Plains, NY-based public relations services firm, in 2006.

About Visceral Media, LLC
Visceral Media (www.visceral-media.com) provides production, distribution, and media relations services to corporations and non-profit organizations that want to communicate their news to the public.

Services include video and audio news releases distributed to traditional and online media, including social destinations such as Facebook. In addition Visceral Media arranges live interviews for clients on national and local television and radio outlets. (The accompanying video was produced by Visceral Media for the WGC's 2009 awards ceremony).

Content is written and produced by former television and radio news anchors and producers with decades of experience in broadcasting. They have worked at such esteemed organizations as ABC News, CBS News, CNBC, and Bloomberg. The features are placed within the programming environment of demographically appropriate cable television and radio networks, Internet sites, and in other media--allowing clients to target consumers in a variety of venues: at home, away from home, in-store, or on the road.

Clients for whom Visceral Media has either directly or indirectly produced or distributed content represent a variety of sectors, including pharmaceuticals, autos, hospitality, and healthcare. The content—placed directly on national radio networks, for example—delivers an audience of more than 7 million listeners.

Visceral Media is certified as a Minority Business Enterprise by the National Minority Supplier Development Council, the New York State Department of Economic Development, and by the New York City Department of Small Business Services.

About the National Black MBA Association

The National Black MBA Association, Inc. (NBMBAA) is a non-profit organization of minority MBAs, business professionals, entrepreneurs and MBA students. With thousands of members world-wide working in both private and public sectors, it shares a commitment to education and business—the two principal keys to the economic development of the Black community.

The NBMBAA’s geographical diversity is strong, encompassing 44 chapters in the United States and members at-large in Africa, Europe, Asia/Pacific and Latin America.

The NBMBAA represents the most powerful network of individuals and partners dedicated to increasing corporate diversity, access to capital and intellectual advancement. It provides access to knowledge and success through its five channels of engagement: education, career, leadership, entrepreneurship and lifestyle.

As a local Chapter of the organization, The Westchester/Greater Connecticut Chapter’s mission is to help increase in number as well as in diversity, successful Blacks in the business community, locally and then nationally, by providing innovative programs primarily to stimulate intellectual and economic growth.


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