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StaffExecutive Producer Johnnie Burrell Assistant Producer Marcus Lorenzo Penn, M.D. Executive Producer Johnnie Burrell
From 2007 to 2010, he hosted Johnnie Burrell Presents, which aired twice a month on cable television stations Channel 29 in San Francisco, California (now BAVC-Bay Area Video Coalition) and the Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN) in New York. Johnnie's previous show was titled Enterviews and sought to expose San Francisco viewers to a wide variety of cultures and viewpoints. He has also produced films of numerous public and private events for a variety of clients. Johnnie's 30-plus years of experience practicing and teaching martial arts, self-protection, and self-defense led him to develop the concept of Selfprotectiontaishe, which he teaches in seminars and on a DVD that he filmed and produced. To learn more, please visit his Selfprotectiontaishe website.
Johnnie's other activities include volunteering for the nonprofit Access Adventure, which provides wilderness and open space access for people with disabilities using innovative, wheelchair-accessible horsedrawn carriages. Last but not least, Johnnie is also an accomplished disk-jockey and party-planner whose corporate and other clients have included People Magazine, American Express, Yahoo, Intel, KCBS radio (San Francisco), the international touring company of A Chorus Line, Stanford University, the Screen Actors Guild, Sun Microsystems, Pepsi-Cola, Prudential-Bache Securities, Genentech, San Francisco's historic John's Grill (home of the Maltese Falcon), Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, Standard Oil, Macy's, Goodby Silverstein & Partners, Sheraton Hotel Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, General Electric, Autodesk, CBS5 San Francisco, and more. Click to read letters of appreciation from the Chorus Line touring company and People magazine. The link that draws together all these paths he has taken is his passion for teaching self-empowerment and making connections between people and cultures.
Senior Producer Carla Thomas
She has served as a public relations director, event manager, and consultant for the San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau, served Neptune Orient Lines as a marketing coordinator, and provided public relations services for acclaimed economist, journalist, and now President of Bennett College, Dr. Julianne Malveaux during her first book tour and radio show. Carla can be reached by phone at 510-816-7493.
Marcus Lorenzo Penn, M.D., Assistant Producer
I am a public health physician by training, but I am a self-taught photographer by passion. Medically, I have been trained to diagnose and treat through medication. Artistically, I have evolved to share and discover through photography. I have been passionately taking photographs since 1987 and professionally exhibiting my photographs since 2007. I traveled much of the world taking many photos of my experiences. A strong desire to experience and encounter diverse cultures and environments has taken me to six of the seven continents. I continuously strive to inform, to empower and to heal through all my photography. Ultimately, the primary purpose behind my art involves healing and sharing the world with the world, one photo and one face at a time. Dr. Penn can be reached by phone at 510-473-6861
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Johnnie Burrell is an independent internet television producer in San Francisco, California.
You can see Johnnie on both the big and the small screen. After winning a Gold Medal at the Pan American Karate Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as a member of the United States Karate 'A' Team, he played James Caan's karate teacher in the feature film The Killer Elite, also starring Robert Duvall and directed by Sam Peckinpah. He also had a prominent role in Ralph Ellison's King of The Bingo Game (PBS). He is a long-time member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA). 
Senior Producer Carla Thomas is an independent television broadcaster and writer based in Oakland, California. She currently writes for 
As an African-American born and raised in the Bay Area and a current resident of Oakland, I have been fortunate to be constantly surrounded by a myriad of beautiful cultures.