Leshelle Sargent

Leshelle V. Sargent is currently Executive Director, Publicity, for Warner Bros. Television in Burbank, Calif., where she directs publicity for shows such as the upcoming Pivoting on FOX, TNT’s Claws, ABC’s Abbott Elementary, Queen Sugar on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), and more. Prior to joining Warner Bros., she was a publicist with MSNBC, Hay House/SmileyBooks, PBS and The Smiley Group, Inc. (TSG). Leshelle began her professional career in the fashion/music industry, working for the parents of Beyoncé and Solange Knowles respectively at Tina Knowles Productions and Music World Entertainment. She currently sits on the board of directors for the Public Relations Society of America-Los Angeles (PRSA-LA) as Vice President, and is a member of the Television Academy, ColorComm, Chief and the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ). She was honored with the PR Pro Award in 2018 by Black Public Relations Society of America-Los Angeles (BPRS-LA). Leshelle attended Texas Southern University, an #HBCU located in Houston, TX, where she was profiled in EBONY magazine as Miss Texas Southern University 2005. Follow her on Twitter @Publicist_LVS.