Stephanie Abdullah
A Rising Young Executive in the music and entertainment business,
Stephanie Abdullah is climbing the ladder of success!! Most
recently she served as a public relations account executive
at Pacific Communications Group, a PR firm in Los Angeles.
A native of St. Louis, MO by way of Oakland, CA… Stephanie
graduated with a BA in Mass Communications with an emphasis
in Public Relations from California State University, Hayward
in June 1995.
Prior to graduation, she served as an intern
for Gwen Priestley at Motown Records where she worked with
artists like Boyz II Men, Shanice, and Queen Latifah. Later,
Stephanie moved over to Arista records where she got her PR
feet even wetter working with big names like TLC, Notorious
B.I.G. and Craig Mack.
With these gigs under her belt, Stephanie
Abdullah landed a position as the promotions coordinator at
Bass Tickets, where she managed the production process of
several of the company’s marketing vehicles including
a monthly entertainment insert in Ticketmaster’s LIVE!
Magazine; she also participated in numerous event promotions
for clients such as Bill Graham Presents, WWF, Harlem Globetrotters,
Oakland A’s, and more.
A Public Affairs Specialist and Journalist
who holds the rank of Sergeant in the U.S. Army Reserve, Stephanie
has always had a passion for the entertainment industry. A
huge fan of 80s groups like New Edition and Debarge, she often
wondered how she could translate what she loved into a career.
“I couldn’t sing, I couldn’t dance, or act.
But, I was a good talker, a good writer and very resourceful,
she said.” After a brainstorming session with a friend
about what transferable skills she did have, a major change
took place and an aspiring publicist was born! The former
nursing major then began to focus her energy on becoming a
top entertainment publicist.
In 1999 Stephanie decided to move full steam
ahead to achieve her goals and relocated from the Bay Area
to Hollywood. She then landed a publicity assistant gig at
Levine Communications and worked on projects involving Suzanne
Somers, Lisa Raye, and Walter Latham of Kings of Comedy fame.
Stephanie also worked as the publicity coordinator at the
famous Oh! My Nappy Hair Salon, which boast clients such as
Larenz and Lamar Tate, Sommore, Nia Long, Halle Berry, Eric
Benet, Sonya Norwood and even rocker Tommy Lee. She also works
on publicity projects for the Punany Poets who were featured
on HBO’s Real Sex and most recently BET’s Lifetraks.
The newly married-aspiring entertainment
publicity extraordinaire says she hasn’t reached her
dream job yet, but is currently praying the Prayer of Jabez
and says that God is good and she has faith that her prayers
will be answered. Stephanie Abdullah, this month’s Rising
Young Executive can be reached at
and welcomes your emails.
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