Bio

As a sales and marketing professional, since 1979, Henry worked principally in the media and entertainment industries. While with SFX Entertainment, a division of Clear Channel Communications, and the largest live entertainment company in the country, he had considerable bottom-line responsibilities with the SFX Radio Network from 1998 into 2001. He accounted for over 40% and 15% of 2000 and 1999 national radio billings, respectively, from major New York account and agency assignments. His efforts included selling sponsorships for concert and world premiere syndicated music programming, as well as, live concert, tour packages and webcasting via the SFX Media Marketing initiative. From 1995-98, Henry was responsible for building new business within the Eastern region, among national advertisers, and their agencies for SJS Entertainment, a radio network, syndicator and program provider. [SFX Entertainment acquired SJS in June ’98; Clear Channel acquired SFX in Aug. 2000]

Further, prior to his work with SJS Entertainment, Henry operated two companies, including The RightRoc Group, and The BlackROCK Group, Ltd., where he consulted small businesses within the following sectors: publishing, radio broadcasting, apparel, and sales training. He has written numerous business, sales and marketing, and acquisition plans. While his focus has been marketing and media sales, with an emphasis on addressing the urban consumer market, he also advised companies about operations, financing and strategic planning.

During the 1970’s Henry worked in the television industry starting in the proverbial “mailroom” at WABC-TV, Channel 7 in New York City, from there he went to WNET-TV, Channel 13, as a production assistant on the ground-breaking and Emmy Award winning news magazine program, “The 51^st State”. From there he worked at New Jersey Public Broadcasting (NJN) – Channel 52 in Trenton, NJ for the program “Express Yourself” in addition to station news and documentaries, as a sound recordist and transferring technician, and assistant cameraman. Later in the decade, Henry worked with National Broadcasting Corp., WNBC-TV as a projectionist and video technician, and was a member of NABET.

Following his work in television, Henry started his tenure in media sales, working in the print, outdoor and national radio industries. This included sales and management positions with Black Media Inc., Triangle Outdoor, Johnson Publishing, National Black Network, The National Leader and Interep.

Henry started a real estate career in Hudson County, NJ, in 2002, with Liberty Realty, a residential boutique brokerage with offices in Hoboken and Jersey City. After working in all phases of residential sales and leasing, he switched to commercial sales, with Coldwell Banker Commercial – Feist & Feist Realty, and Marcus & Millichap, where his emphasis was investment properties, specifically multi-family buildings.

Henry has attended NYU’s School of Continuing & Professional Studies – Real Estate Institute. He attended Rutgers University, as an Economics major, and marketing major at The Keller School of Business Management, Chicago, Il.

He has been a member of The National Business Education Association (NBEA), and President/CTM(Competent Toastmaster) - Knickerbocker Toastmasters, NYC, NY; an Executive Committee member of Concerned Black Men, NY, NY; member of Toastmasters of Essex County, NJ; member City of Orange Planning Board, Orange, NJ; Director of the Newark, NJ Hands Across America project; Founder/member of the Board of Directors - Forum for the Evolution of Progressive Arts (FEPA), Chicago, IL; member of the Board of Directors - The Jazz Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL; member of the Newark Jaycees. He has also authored numerous published articles about jazz.