Raymond Lambert

RAYMOND LAMBERT resides at the intersection of social entrepreneurship, entertainment, and advocacy. He recently launched the Mic And A Stool Collective, a nonprofit whose mission is to leverage the power of the performance arts to affect social change. A Peabody Award-winning filmmaker, his credits include Punch 9 For Harold Washington (PBS), Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise (PBS), and Phunny Business: A Black Comedy (Showtime). The founder of All Jokes Aside Comedy Clubs, which provided an early platform to many of today’s top comics, he has served as a consultant on comedy and talent to producers at NBC, B.E.T, Comedy Central, HBO, Just For Laughs Comedy Festival, and The Second City. Before launching his entrepreneurial ventures, Raymond served as a senior level executive in sales, marketing, and business development at Starz Entertainment Group, Shearson Lehman Hutton, and the Coca-Cola Company. Raymond earned his B.A. from Morehouse College and his MBA from the University of Virginia.