Featured Authors at YHP
The author of Singing God’s Work: The Inspirational Music, People and Stories of the Harlem Gospel Choir, Allen Bailey, pictured here with Bono, has worked in the entertainment industry for more than 40 years, beginning as a promotional director and advance man for film stars and recording artists, such as Lionel Richie & The Commodores, Michael Jackson, Prince and Isaac Hayes. Don King appointed Bailey entertainment coordinator for Rumble in The Jungle, the heavy-weight championship match between Mohammed Ali and George Foreman in Zaire. With extensive experience combining talent management, theatrical production and fundraising, Allen assisted in production of 1985’s We Are The World and USA for Africa in 1986. It was during his work as Chairman for The Dr. Martin Luther King Holiday Campaign in 1986 that his idea to form The Harlem Gospel Choir was born. Always active in Harlem, he coordinated the concert for Nelson Mandela in Yankee Stadium and codirected The Harlem Jazz Festival. He now spends most of his time touring with The Harlem Gospel Choir.
Shelly Palmer, author of Television Disrupted, The Transition from Network to Networked TV, is Managing Director of Advanced Media Ventures Goup, LLC. He is an award-winning inventor, technologist, composer and television producer and the host of Media 3.0 with Shelly Palmer. He invented Enhanced Television (Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Friday Night Football), the most popular form of interactive television in the United States. Mr. Palmer is the President of the National Academy of Television Arts & Science, NY (the organization that bestows the coveted Emmy Awards®). He is the Vice-Chairman of the National Academy of Media Arts & Sciences and he oversees the Advanced Media Technology Emmy Awards® , which honor outstanding achievements in the science of Technology of advanced media.
Robert Hardcastle is the author of Money Minutes: How to Grow and Manage Your Money One Easy Idea at a Time. Named to America’s top 100 Investment Advisor List, Bob Hardcastle has been helping investors and businesses quickly and simply solve their money concerns for over 40 years with individual consultations, as well as through weekly syndicated radio programs, TV segments and books, including Bod Hardcastle’s Money Talk (Amacom Books), Wealth Enhancement (The Institute), and 21st Century Wealth (Quantum Press). He also writes weekly investment columns for St. Louis newspapers.
Is U.S. Business Overregulated? How Government Destroys Our Ability to Compete Globally. A Rockefeller Fellow with an MBA from Wharton and a PhD from American University, Dr. James S. Sagner is an internationally recognized expert in financial management and economic analysis. He has taught undergraduate and MBA management, finance and statistics, is a frequent speaker at seminars and meetings throughout the country on bank and cash management topics, and has chaired numerous finance-related conferences internationally. He is also a best-selling business author of five key business finance books and more than 50 papers and articles. Read the blog www.sagner.wordpress.com
Richard Contino, Esq. is an internationally recognized equipment-leasing expert and advisor with an extensive legal, business, marketing, tax, transaction structuring, finance and management background. Mr. Contino conducts equipment-leasing and business seminars throughout the United States. He is the author of numerous business and management books, including The Complete Equipment-Leasing Handbook (Amacom Books); Legal and Financial Aspects of Equipment-Leasing Transactions (Prentice Hall); Complete Book of Equipment Leasing Agreements, Forms, Worksheets & Checklists, (Amacom Books); Handbook of Equipment Leasing: A Deal-Maker’s Guide (Amacom Books); The Franchising Handbook (Amacom Books); Trust Your Gut (Amacom Books); Business Emotions (Wordware Publishing). Read the blog www.contino.wordpress.com 
Penelope Holt is President of Concise Marketing & Communications, a New York marketing consultancy and creative services agency. Born and educated in England, she has spent her career teaching professionals and companies better ways to tell their story, build their brand and get their message out. She has co-authored and contributed to a number of books and publications. Her plays have been produced in England at York Arts Center, in Scotland at the prestigious Edinburgh Fringe Festival and in New York City at The America Folk Theater. Her first novel The Painter’s Gift is being embraced by spiritual seekers and lovers of good storytelling. Visit www.penelopeholt.com
