From presidential inaugurals to cultural events on the National Mall, VeTalle has unparalleled senior level experience in producing high-visibility gatherings with attendees numbering in the hundreds — or the hundreds of thousands.

As a former Managing Director for the international public relations firm, Qorvis Communications, he is also dedicated to the realization of the clients’ vision across traditional and digital media platforms.

+ High-Visibility Events

VeTalle’s impressive senior management roles on high-visibility events within the U.S. include:

• National Site Manager for the Black Family Reunion from 1988-1990

• Production Manager for the 1996 Washington, DC Olympic Torch Ceremony

• Event Producer for the 100th Anniversary Celebration of the Girl Scouts of America in 2012

• Event Manager for the Smithsonian’s “Look to the Future” program, in connection with the America’s Millennium on the Mall celebration

• Production Manager for America’s Reunion on the Mall in connection with President Clinton’s 1993 inauguration

• Consultation on President Obama’s 2009 inaugural

• Senior Producer for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference from 2007 to 2019

• Producer of the National Association of Black-Owned Broadcaster Awards from 2003 to 2011

• Producer of inaugural editions of the John Hope Franklin Awards and the Duke Ellington Jazz Festival

• Director of Production, and later, Festival Director, for Taste of DC, Washington’s premiere food, music, and tourism festival

+ Broadcast & International Production

VeTalle’s broadcast and international production experience includes:

• Senior management roles on the USO’s 2005 Hope & Freedom Holiday Tour in Afghanistan, Iraq & Kuwait

• Concert Producer for the 12th Festival Internacional Del Nuevo Cine in Havana, Cuba

• Producer for the 2009 St. Lucia Jazz Festival

• Location management for ESPN Goes to Washington, a 4-night broadcast of SportsCenter from atop the DC skyline

• Producer for a live, tri-continental broadcast from the Apollo Theater in Harlem

+ Academic

VeTalle received an MFA in Creative Writing from Cornell University and a prestigious publishing fellowship from Harvard. He was a columnist for EbonyJet.com. He has taught at Cornell, the University of the District of Columbia, and The George Washington University’s School of Business in the Master’s of Tourism Administration (MTA) program and in the Event Management Certificate program — the world’s first post-graduate event management certificate — which recognized VeTalle as Instructor of the Year in 2003. In 2010, VeTalle established the Event Management Certificate Program at Montgomery College (MC). In 2018, he was recognized by MC for excellence in teaching.