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Suzanne de Passe
Suzanne de Passe Chief Executive Officer of de Passe Entertainment Group, LLC began her career at Motown Records as Creative Assistant to company founder Berry Gordy, and subsequently rose to the position of President of Motown Productions. She later formed Gordy/de Passe Productions with Mr. Gordy prior to establishing her own company in 1992.
Ms. de Passe is the recipient of many professional awards including two Emmy Awards, six NAACP Image Awards, three Peabody Awards and a Golden Globe for her productions. She received an Academy Award nomination for co-writing, LADY SINGS the BLUES. Suzanne de Passe, the subject of two Harvard Business School cases, also held the Time Warner Endowed Chair as Visiting Professor to the John H. Johnson School of Communications at Howard University. In March of 2006 she received an honorary Doctorate of Humanities during Howard University's 138th Charter Day celebration. She currently serves as Visiting Professor at Emerson College in Boston. Ms. de Passe resides in both Los Angeles and New York City.
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