Liani Greaves is an independent producer, strategic consultant and personal coach who has

enjoyed a colorful and exciting career in the media and non-profit industries. Her work in film

began as an intern on Columbia Pictures, I Like it Like That and as the Assistant to Director Jeff

Pollack on New Line Cinema’s Above The Rim.

She went on to manage and coordinate production on several music videos, eventually joining

Big Dog Films as Director’s Representative to Hype Williams and brokering music videos for

artists including Notorious B.I.G and Brandy. Liani formally entered the non-profit world in the

late 90’s as the Manager of Entertainment for the AIDS Walks and AIDS Dance-a-thons around

the country. Her work identifying and soliciting participation from key celebrities, including

Madonna, Whitney Houston, Susan Sarandon and Queen Latifah, helped to raise the profile

and impact of the AIDS Walk brand around the country.

Liani went on to build a respected practice as a producer, fundraiser and special projects

manager for high-profile individuals and non-profit organizations. Select clients and projects

include the Aestrea Lesbian Foundation, former Newark Mayor Cory Booker's Inaugural

Community Event at Essex County College, African Services Committee and GMHC. She has

conceived and produced several successful fundraising campaigns and events including Art,

Rhymes & Life: Draw the Line on HIV, A Woman’s Work - a fundraising benefit for the Women’s

Prison Association and You Rock My Soul - a fundraising benefit concert at Carnegie Hall for

GMHC. In 2005, she had the honor of working alongside her grandfather, documentarian

William Greaves and actor Steve Buscemi on the feature film, Symbiopyschotaxiplasm: Take 2,

the follow-up to Greaves’s critically-acclaimed film Symbiopyschotaxiplasm: Take 1.