Retired Oakland Opera's mezzo soprano Jacalyn McGee, Paramount Theater, Oakland, CA

Two of my former bosses, Willie L. Brown, Jr. and Ed Emerson, Sacramento, CA

Charity Golf Tournament at San Juan Oaks with Michael Merriweather (Retired NFL Pittsburgh Steelers) Harold Pressley (Retired NBA Sacramento Kings), Petri Hawkins Byrd, Judge Judy Show, Hollister, CA

Late filmmaker John Singleton, Oakland, CA

Renowned Dr. Marian Wright Edelman of the National Children's Defense Fund, Washington, DC

City of Oakland's Assistant Police Chief Paul Figueroa, Oakland, CA

Dr. Angelo Williams, California Assembly Chief of Staff and Debra Watkins of A Black Educators Network, Sacramento, CA

Comedy great Sinbad, House of Blues on Sunset

Actress and Model Zendaya, Sacramento, CA

City of Davis, Human Relations Council, MLK Day, Davis, CA

California's Roderick Wright at the El Debarge and Jazz Crusaders Concert, Sacramento, CA

Jazz legend Joe Sample, San Francisco, CA

Screenwriter and Film Director Gary Hardwick, writer, producer and director of The Brothers, Deliver Us From Eva, and In The House, Sacramento, CA

Screenwriter Michael Tse, on the set of Sucker Free City, San Francisco CA

Actors Terence J and Naya Rivera, Los Angeles, CA

Public Safety Appreciation Day with the San Diego Chargers, Qualcom Stadium, CA

With Kem in San Francisco

State of Black California with Futurist Phil Goings and Academician Dr. Melvin Oliver, State Capitol, CA

California Assembly Speaker Willie L. Brown, Jr. and the Ambassador of Ghana, State Capitol, CA

Legendary singer Lenny Williams of Tower of Power fame, Oakland, CA

Citizens of Courage Awards with late Sheriff Bill Kolender, and current Sheriff Bill Gore, San Diego, CA

With Jay Leno at the Tonight Show

Charity Golf Tournament for the Crime Victims Fund, with the Charger Girls, Eastlake Golf and Country Club

Supreme Court Qualified Attorney Sarah Weddington, 20th Anniversary of Roe vs Wade, Sacramento, CA

Crime Victims Fund Gala, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

Actor and Activist Malik Yoba of New York Undercover fame, Los Angeles, CA

Retired NFL star Michael Merriweather of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Minnesota Vikings, New York Jets, and Green Bay Packers, Omega Boys Club, San Francisco

With Darrell Steinberg at the California State Capitol

California Governor Jerry Brown, then Mayor of Oakland

Los Angeles Airports Chief of Police, Cecil Rambo and Senator Isadore Hall, California State Capitol

With Actor Petri Hawkins-Byrd at the California State Capitol

Omarion of B2K fame, Los Angeles Forum, CA

Thank you California Governor Gavin Newsom at the Governor’s Mansion, Sacramento, CA

Late Congressman Juanita MacDonald, Washington, DC

With American Idol’s Ruben Studdard in San Francisco.

Philanthropist Elizabeth Grossman's Brookfield Farms, Thousand Oaks, CA

Award-winning Filmmaker and Director Ashley James staging the Street Soldiers live television show, Oakland, CA

My students @ Cosmumnes River College, Sacramento, CA

Actor and Activist Danny Glover, San Francisco, CA

South African Jazz great Jonathan Butler, House of Blues on Sunset

Screenwiter Gregory Allen Howard, writer of Ali, Remember the Titans, and Harriett, Vallejo, CA

California First Lady Sharon Davis, Truman Club, Sacramento, CA

Chaka Khan and the late James Ingram, House of Blues on Sunset

Recovery & Beyond, Media Relations Training, Pasadena, CA

Filmmaker Spike Lee, on the set of Sucker Free City, San Francisco, CA

Photo Credit: Ed Nightengale

Executive Producer Preston Holmes, on the set of Sucker Free City, San Francisco, CA

California's Phil Isenberg, Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, CA

Platinum Singer Johnny Mathis, San Francisco, CA

Latin Jazz great musician Pete Escovedo, Alameda, CA