JANINE DAVIS

National Speaker

&

Awarding-Winning Radio & TV Personality

Named among

51 Most Powerful Women

• JANINE DAVIS is a motivational speaker for teen girls and Founder and Executive Director of Girl Talk Foundation, Inc. Janine is an award-winning 21-year veteran of the professional broadcasting industry having served as Producer/Co Host of Charlotte’s #1 rated urban radio morning show NO LIMIT LARRY AND THE MORNING MADDHOUSE for the past 16 years. Janine is also a journalist often times providing special reports and serving as guest host for various television affiliates including ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC.

Active in the community, Janine started Girl Talk Foundation, Inc. in 2003 after visiting several middle and high schools, where girls opened up to her with their issues. Janine organized an all-girls rap session later that year to focus on the needs of teen girls—nearly 200 girls attended. Janine took the rap sessions a bit further to start an organization targeted specifically at building self-esteem and teaching leadership skills in young girls. Since starting Girl Talk, the program has served nearly 4200 girls. In addition, Janine’s start of Girl Talk’s Annual Prom Project has collected over 3500 prom gowns for girls in need. Janine is the recipient of the prestigious Pride Magazine Youth Empowerment Award for her work with young girls in the Girl Talk program and has been featured on WSOC.com as one of those ‘Making A Difference’ in her community.

Janine is also the creator and founder of For Teens Only Expo, launched in Charlotte in 2009, in which over 2000 teens gathered for self-empowerment.

Television credits:

• Host, ABC-affiliate WSOC-TV’s “Gimme The Mike” entertainment television show
• Co-host for FOX TV’s “News Edge”
• Celebrity guest for FOX TV’s “FOX News Rising”
• Host, UPN Video Magazine “City Heat”

Radio credits:

• Nominee for Charlotte Vibe.com BEST FEMALE RADIO PERSONALITY 2010
• Recognized by Charlotte’s “Eye” magazine as “ONE TO WATCH IN 2008”
• Charlotte Observer’s BEST RADIO PERSONALITY
• Consultant for nationally syndicated TOM JOYNER MORNING SHOW
• Award recipient for BEST NEWS FEATURE, BEST NEWS SERIES, BEST AFFILIATE OF THE YEAR, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK JOURNALIST (NABJ) BEST NEWS DIRECTOR

Community Works:

• Founder and Executive Director of Girl Talk Foundation, Inc.
• Member, WBTV Community Advisory Board
• Member, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc
• Former Board member & Secretary, Florence Crittenton Services
• Former Member, HAAT (HIV/AIDS Awareness Team)
• Former Member, CM3A (Charlotte-Mecklenburg African-American Agenda)

Awards:

• Named “Woman of the Week” by Women in Entertainment Empowerment Network 2010
• Named among “51 Most Powerful Women” by Pride Magazine 2010
• WSOC-TV “Nine Who Care” Award
• Deltas of Charlotte Community Service Award
• Jack and Jill of America, Inc. Community Service Award
• Who’s Who In Black Charlotte
• Pride Magazine Youth Empowerment Award 2007
• WSOC-TV Golden Giver Award
• THE ROSA K. BILLIE TEEN EMBRACE AWARD 2006
• The Body Chronicles BODY HERO AWARD
• SIGMA GAMMA RHO ODYSSEY WOMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD
• BLACK POLITICAL CAUCUS
• NAACP
• CHARLOTTE URBAN LEAGUE
• GUARDIAN AD LITEM
• CMS (Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools)

Publication Features:

• Pride Magazine
• The Charlotte Observer
• Greensboro News & Record
• The Charlotte Post
• Charlotte City Magazine
• Deep Magazine
• Skirt Magazine
• Today’s Charlotte Woman