PRESIDENT/CEO

Gil L. Robertson IV is one of America’s foremost authorities on African American pop culture. As a journalist, author, lecturer and media consultant, he is responsible for literary works and intellectual properties that create dialogues for social change and personal growth.

 
Robertson is the editor of the best-selling book book, Not in My Family: AIDS in the African American Community. The NAACP Image Award nominate  anthology features thoughts and solutions from a wide cross section of African Americans on the HIV/AIDS crisis. He is also the author of Writing as a Tool of Empowerment, a resource book for media professionals. Additionally, he is a frequent contributor to The African American Almanac (Gale Press) and also contributed to the anthology Souls of My Brothers (Plume).  Currently he’s working on his next book, Family Affair: The Black Community on Race in America, which will be released in January ’09.

On television, Robertson has shared his expertise on topical issues for numerous shows that includes: CNN, BET, E Entertainment, National Public Radio and the Tavis Smiley Show. He is also a popular national lecturer who speaks on issues that impact professional growth strategies and personal development. 

Robertson is a co-founder and president of the African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA), the largest body of the nation’s leading African American film critics. He is also the founder of the Robertson Treatment’s Media Workshop, an annual journalism initiative presented at the Auburn Avenue Research Library in Atlanta, GA and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York, NY.   

Robertson earned a B.A. degree in Political Science from Cal State Los Angeles. He is the founder and editor of the nationally syndicated Arts & Lifestyle column, the Robertson Treatment. Now in its 12^th year, the column appears in 30 newspapers across the country boasting a readership in excess of 2 million. As a journalist Robertson’s byline has frequently appeared in Essence, Black Enterprise, Vibe, the Source, the Los Angeles Times and the Atlanta Journal Constitution. He is a professional member of the National Press Club, The National Association of Black Journalists, The National Academy of Recording Arts & Science, The National Academy of Television Arts and Science and The Motion Picture Academy.