Careers

Executive Producer & Owner | Kenan Thompson is an American actor and comedian. He has been a cast member of the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live since 2003, making him the longest-tenured cast member in the show's history. He was also the first regular cast member born after the show's premiere in 1975.

Executive Producer & Owner | Cherie Chiles-Buchanan was our head correspondent, and the next generation, YoungStars360 was in the works. 

Operations Manager | Graduate of North Carolina A&T State University

Producer | After more than three decades in the industry, Mary Lindsey is internationally revered as a comedy aficionado. Pioneering the comedy scene on the Southside of Chicago with Jokes and Notes Comedy Club and All Jokes Aside, she provided a stage for great talents like Russell Peters, Cedric the Entertainer, Sherry Shepard,  Steve Harvey, MoNique, Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock and many more. She prides herself on creating a nationally recognized platform for rising stars such as Deon Cole, Lil Rel Howery and SNL's Chris Redd, just to name a few. Mary Lindsey's contribution to the comedy circuit is most recently highlighted in the Showtime documentary “Phunny Business: A Black Comedy”

Producer | Executive Director Communications, Nexstar Media Group, Inc./Networks

Production Editor | Atlanta native, Yusuf Pridgen studied communications - Broadcast Production at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Also graduated from Fullsail University for Film.

Producer | Twenty-five years of production and development specializing in overseeing shows in development and current series television. Working with a production team to identify specific show ideas for talk and reality based television series. Overseeing all aspects of production existing shows as Executive in Charge of Production and Current Series, liaison between outside production companies and the network.

Director of Photography | Marquis (MQ) Powell studied at College of Staten Island of the City University of New York

Communications Coordinator | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign alum with a diversified background in advertising and engagement marketing. After years of building positive consumer/brand interaction for multiple advertising agencies, she transitioned to the entertainment industry in 2009 as the operations manager of one of Chicago's most prominent comedy clubs, Jokes and Notes.

Social Media Manager | Amelia is a proud graduate of Kennesaw State University with a degree in Communication and Media Studies. She loves sharing positive and funny content on 360_Comedy's Social media accounts.