Meet The Team
Jason Miccolo Johnson
Photography
OUR
SENIOR TEAM
A distinguished trio of storytellers bringing decades of expertise across photography, journalism, and film to guide The Obsidian Collection's creative vision.
Sheila Solomon
Journalism
Pemon Rami
Film
Interested in Joining our Global Team?
With our goals of bringing Black images, writers and stories from around the world to our platforms, your skills and resources may work well with ours. CONTACT US and lets start a conversation! It takes a global village to reclaim our narrative.
Founder & Executive Director
Angela Ford
With 30 years experience as an entrepreneur, she brought this organization to fruition. Angela is an real estate broker, and community philanthropist.
Director of Operations
Steven Ballard
Steven is part of the C-Suite team and also posts meaningful Black history stories on our Facebook pages.
Creative Director
Sam Thousand
Sam is a celebrated musician who brings his gifted artistry and sales experience to welcoming new collections to our global platform.
Director of A.I.
Antwoyne Gray
Antwoyne designs modern business solutions powered by artificial intelligence and automation. He heads our "Obsidian AI wing."
Director of Social Media
Amy Caggiano
Amy is a student at Indiana University majoring in Journalism with a minor in Social Media. She has designed and manages our social media accounts.
Director of Images Sales & Licensing
Lonyea Ellis
Lonyea has over 11 years experience licensing stock photos to individuals and institutions. She designed our go-to-market strategy and execution.
Communication Coordinator
Camille Lynn Wright
Camille has extensive marketing and communications experience extending from Broadway to Chicago.
Archival Advisor
Aaisha Haykal
Aaisha has 10+ years in archives and consults on archival best practices. Her research areas include Black history, intellectual freedom and more.
Podcast Host - Obsidian Stories
Joi Weathers
Joi is a professional PR and marketing specialist with her own podcast series. She is also the hostess of our version of this storytelling medium.
Obsidian Fellow
Endiya Griffin
Endiya is our Archival Alchemist. She is onboarding new collections, designing our Archival Kit strategy and taking an important role in a new collaboration.