Alana Mayo-Part 1

Jul 16

Alana Mayo is a name you should know. She’s kind. She’s real. She's head of production & development at Michael B. Jordan’s production company, Outlier Society.

Born in NY and raised in Chicago, Alana's journey began as an intern for Lee Daniels. She eventually made the jump to LA, where she worked with Warner Bros. based producer Andrew Lazar on the development and production of films such as GET SMART and I LOVE YOU PHILIP MORRIS.

A hard worker, she quickly climbed the Hollywood ranks and became VP of Production at Paramount Pictures, where she worked on films such as:

A QUIET PLACE
ANNIHILATION
FENCES
THE BIG SHORT
SELMA

She's been a part of bringing some of the best films of recent years to life.

Our chat was juicy because, despite her young age, she’s got rare insight to share into the life of both a studio executive and a producer.

Part 1 of 2 tackles being authentic on social media, not deriving your worth from your professional identity, and how she differs from her fiancé, Lena Waithe.

Michelle LeClerc

Michelle strives to add context and meaning to the exponentially growing world of design. Recently served as the Creative Director at Beutler Ink, a strategic creative agency specializing in research, writing, and design. Michelle has developed design and data visualization for social justice organizations like Campaign Zero, Be a Hero, and Yale’s The Justice Collaboratory and Freedom Reads. In 2017, she created the data visualization for Elizabeth Warren’s book, This Fight is Our Fight, a #1 New York Times bestseller. In 2019, on behalf of Campaign Zero, she led the data visualization for the first police scorecard in the US, which sought to identify urgent issues surrounding police accountability and propose best-practice solutions. Michelle’s commitment to quality design extends from the office to the classroom—she teaches Infographic Design at Temple’s Tyler School of Art.

Alana Mayo-Part 1

Alana Mayo-Part 2

Eva Longoria