She is a MAIP alum and Challenge Detroit alum, who is passionate about using her talents to address racial relations and cultural interconnectivity among advertisers in Detroit. After learning that there were no initiatives in place to foster multiculturally-based relationships, she sought to create a professional network that would make it possible.  

I am an Art Director with a passion for narrative creativity. Through my drawings and writing, I create unique stories that motivate and inspire. I was born in Raleigh, NC and I grew up in Detroit, MI. Growing in Detroit taught me how to multitask and to become self-motivated. I love Detroit because it is a city of creative, diverse, and inspirational people. I hope to carry that same passion through my career.

Born and raised in Detroit, MI, Tia is a proud graduate of both Cass Technical High School and Howard University, where she received an undergraduate degree in Telecommunications Management and an M.B.A in Marketing. She is currently employed as Awards Curator at Team Detroit, and actively serves her community through work as a Challenge Detroit Alumnus, Triumph Church member, and through various other civic organizations.

Brandi's personal mission is to enhance the way people enjoy, experience and understand themselves and the world around them. She uses her gifts for creative thinking, envisioning and connecting people to help individuals and communities solve problems related to growth, attitude, perception and humanitarianism. She currently does this for brands, social causes and non-profits by creating visual and strategic solutions as a freelance graphic designer and aspires to do the same as a personal growth innovator, visionary and change agent with her company, Expånd.

I'm a curious strategist at heart. I've always been interested in figuring out to how do things differently, and not just to be different but to get results in the best way possible. I look at situations and map them out from start to finish. As the managing partner at ROOT 4, I'm using my strategist mindset mixed with creative direction to help clients to position their business as something more than just the norm in their category. 

Challenge Detroit is a leadership and professional development program that invites approximately 30 of tomorrow's leaders to live, work, play, give, and lead in and around the greater Detroit area for one year.

MAIP connects aspiring, diverse, entry-level advertising professionals with leading advertising agencies across the country through its 10-week professional development program.

McCann Worldgroup is a leading global marketing firm providing today's marketers with best-in-class strategic and creative services that meet their brand-building needs across all communications channels.