Our Team
JEVON BOLDEN
Founder and CEO
With two decades of experience in the publishing industry, Jevon leads Embolden Media Group, a literary agency and publishing consulting firm that helps authors and publishers reach diverse and global audiences with quality content. Jevon has authored eight books, ghostwritten and edited hundreds of titles, and helped build culture-shifting author brands.
Advocating for inclusion and equity for diverse voices in publishing, Jevon serves as a consultant to the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) and a member of the organization's diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) subcommittee. She also provides community and education for aspiring writers, especially those from underrepresented backgrounds, and founded a group called Christian Publishing Professionals of Color, which offers support, career opportunities, and community for BIPOC in Christian publishing. As a conference speaker, workshop facilitator, writing coach, and mentor, she shares the best of what she knows with passionate, creative, and influential people who desire to publish great books that make a difference.
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REBEKAH
VON LINTEL
Literary Agent
Rebekah Von Lintel is a respected and influential leader in the publishing industry, with over twenty years of experience. With a passion for fostering emerging voices and an unwavering dedication to excellence, her contributions have played a significant role in the success of numerous best-selling titles across various genres.
She recently served as editorial director for Baker Books for ten years, where she had the privilege of developing many award-winning authors, including NYT-bestselling author Mo Isom, Sheila Walsh, Sheri Hunter, Ruth Graham, Greg Laurie’s Jesus Revolution, and Wendy Speake’s The 40-Day Sugar Fast.
Her love of books, passion for storytelling, and commitment to supporting talented authors continue to be a driving force in her work. Rebekah lives with her family in Colorado.
ELODIE LEROY
Literary Agent Assistant
Elodie Leroy was born in St. Martin to Haitian parents and grew up in South Florida. She is a writer and editor who finished her professional writing degree at York University (Toronto). She took her talents to the Miami area where she lives with her husband and a seven-year-old who is a handful and a heartful. She is the former managing editor for The Witness: A Black Christian Collective. She will also never forgive Kevin Durant for leaving the Oklahoma City Thunder. Follow her on Twitter: @elodie_q.
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KATHERINE HUTCHINSON-HAYES
Production Editor
Author, speaker, educational consultant, and editor–Katherine Hutchinson-Hayes, EdD has had her hand in leadership for many years. She loves speaking to groups and delivering messages with a quick wit and real-life stories. Katherine is a freelance writer/content editor, who has served as a content editor/writing coach for Iron Stream Media, and a sensitivity reader for Sensitivity Between the Lines. She is a review board member and contributor to Inkspirations (an online magazine for Christian writers), and her writing has been published in Guideposts.
Collaborative Writer
E. Danielle Butler is a purpose-driven ghostwriter, creative strategist, and social justice warrior. She embraces a mission to produce content that provokes change and inspires action. As a believer in the power of words and the magic of imagination, Danielle is an independently published author with several nonfiction and children’s title credits. Her award-winning children’s series, The Adventures of Zoe & Zachary, has landed her amid industry and corporate conversations on diversity in publishing. Danielle’s ghostwriting has supported the goals of individuals, organizations, and brands.
Collaborative Writer, Editorial Consultant
Delina Pryce McPhaull has more than 25 years of experience helping authors write, edit, publish, and market their books. Continuously amazed by the power of story, Delina leans in to help her clients translate their passion and life message into books that add value to readers. She harnesses skills learned in journalism to ask the right questions and craft compelling and concise stories. Her experience in various aspects of the book publishing industry has helped her serve both independent and traditionally published authors.
She thrives in the behind-the-scenes work of brainstorming, outlining, strategizing, and wordsmithing. Writers need to know, “You don’t have to do this alone.”
Advisory
MICHELLE J. MILLER, ESQ, LLM
Legal and Contracts
Michelle is the go-to attorney for trademark, copyright, trade secret, and contract issues. After twelve years as in-house counsel at a large Chicago corporation, Michelle established The M. J. MILLER Law Firm. She has extensive experience handling local, national, and international business issues and has studied and spoken about legal issues around the world including China, South Africa, Singapore, and Dubai. On a mission to help creative geniuses, entrepreneurs, entertainers, small business owners and ministries, Michelle takes up her charge from her offices in Downtown Chicago.
KENN ROBERTS
HR, DEI, and Leadership
Principal and lead consultant of Discover Leadership LLC, with more than three decades in both corporate America and the US military, Kenn has developed a deep understanding of team development and an extensive expertise in advising leaders on how to leverage human resources.
As a leader, he has held critical HR roles during major business mergers and acquisitions in industries experiencing uncertainty and turmoil. He has coached leaders on how to assess and strengthen their skills at eliciting peak performance from team members without sacrificing the company’s culture, its values or its mission. Unleashing the power generated when individuals understand their purpose and worth leads to more personal satisfaction, consistent achievement and a commitment to excellence. Kenn has converted these experiences into game-changing insights and transformations for individuals, small businesses and nonprofit organizations.
Embolden Media Group also employs the professional services of more than a dozen freelance writers, editors, designers, and typesetters. We also seek the counsel of a team of legal, financial, management, and marketing experts to assist us in providing our clients with consistent, high-quality literary services.