The Industry Cosign Spotlight: Sheila Eldridge
Title: CEO
Company: Miles Ahead Entertainment & Broadcasting
Location: Maryland
Miles Ahead Entertainment & Broadcasting CEO Sheila Eldridge has acquired more than 25 years of experience in the fields of broadcasting, corporate communications, entertainment, integrated marketing and public relations. She is a graduate of Howard University’s School of Communications in Washington, D.C. where she began her professional career in communications at WHUR-FM. She later completed an advance program at UCLA specializing in Crisis Management and New Communications Technology.
After spending several years in corporate America, Eldridge knew she was destined for entrepreneurship and founded Orchid Communications, a full-service communications firm. With offices in Los Angeles, Atlanta and New Jersey Orchid’s roster of clients included such entertainers as Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, the O’Jays, Ice T, En Vogue, and Yolanda Adams to name a few. Drawing on her knowledge from UCLA along with her astute business savvy, Orchid Communications expanded its services to target corporate brands and integrated event activation thus rebranding the firm today as Miles Ahead Entertainment & Broadcasting www.milesaheadentertainment.com.
Miles Ahead Entertainment & Broadcasting (MAEB) is now a Maryland based multicultural multimedia marketing and experiential firm that provides consumer lifestyle marketing, event management, sponsor engagement as well as broadcast media campaigns for a diverse client base that includes Sprint 4G, Boost Mobile, Coca-Cola, Wells Fargo Company, Essence Communications, AARP, Burrell Communications, Hyundai Motor America, McDonald’s, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture (NMAAHC) and United Healthcare to name a few. Miles Ahead first nationally syndicated multimedia broadcast production is the highly successful Café Mocha radio show, heard in over 35+ markets and on SiriusXM Channel 141 weekly. Additional programs include AfroZons (a cultural fusion of Afro Beats and Hip Hop music) and B Lifted Up (a faith-based financial empowerment show).
