Meet The Team

Betty Jo Butler was born in Portland, Oregon from a military family of entrepreneurs and entertainers. After her father died, her Mother moved the family to California where she excelled in the Arts. Ms. Butler completed her B.A. Degree with honors in foreign language (Spanish & Portuguese),and Fine Art from California State University, Sacramento. She received her Commercial Design Certification from the University of California, Davis before beginning her MA courses in Spanish at CSU,Sacramento. She is the recipient of numerous awards including: The Luella M Goff Fellowship (Fine Art), The Bank of America Rising Star Award (Fine Art), The Lamplighter Award (4.0 GPA), The CA Governor's Scholar Award, Selena Ottum Nomination (Life dedicated to the Arts), Palo Alto Entrepreneur of the Month (Bookmark Publications)and others. She is a seasoned entertainment professional, having represented both local musicians, as well as accomplished known bands such as Kool & The Gang, The Gap Band,Stevie Wonder, Stevie B, and more! She booked artists internationally for nearly 20 years in California before moving to Alabama for: festivals, conventions such as Midem in Cannes, France, and major city music productions from California to Johannesburg, museum performances throughout the SF Bay area, and was appointed the head of the Outreach and Entertainment Committees for FIFA World Cup Soccer in 1994 Palo Alto Stadium match Brazil vs USA under the banner of her own agency, Bookmark Productions of Los Altos. Additionally she used her language skills working as an interpreter /translator for Pacific Bell Telephone in Sacramento, CA straight out of college, and later CEO of Bookmark Publications, Inc.in San Jose CA (a multilingual math and science supplemental publisher). She was a member of President George H. W. Bush's Imagination Team for Education; Owner of Bookmark Productions (Major event production and music booking agency), as well as a partner and President of music label and indie film production company Opinionated Music & Film in Los Angeles, CA. More recently Owner of BJB Presents Talent Agency and Founding Partner of Resilient Film Studios production company. Ms. Butler has been a donor and champion for many causes, as well as worked for various non-profits throughout the years, both as a fundraiser as well as a producer of benefit concerts which she produced herself for many SF Bay Area city offices, as well as producer of beauty pageants in Alabama. Her professional ability as an event planner and booking agent included clients such as: The City of San Ramon, The City of San Jose, The City of Palo Alto, The Jewish Bulletin of San Francisco, Mi Familia of Palo Alto, The US Fundraiser for the Black African Hall of Fame for Film and Music Johannesburg, SA, The Special Event Coordinator for the Contemporary Museum of Art in San Jose, The fundraiser and coordinator for Marriott Foundation in Los Angeles, The Alzheimer Outreach Group of Selma, Alabama fundraiser, and Meadowview Christian School teacher and Beauty Pageant Producer just to name a few. She also founded her own Non Governmental Organization in 2009, Aqua Angels NGO to assist with disaster relief efforts globally which is currently being restructured. Ms. Butler has always been a proponent of sustainability and living as green as possible. She joined T. Boone Pickens' Green Army decades ago, and still looks for ways to get involved today to save the Earth for the next generations. Ms. Butler is currently Founding Partner of Resilient Film Studios, and Owner of Bjb Presents Talent Agency.

Mr. Rodriguez hails from Senegal and currently resides in Northern California. Fluent in French and English as well as Wolof, Mr. Rodriguez earned an MBA in Business Administration from the University of the Americas in Paris, France. He is a seasoned world traveler and has worked both as an entrepreneur having owned his own African export/import business ,as well as various jobs for other entities. He is our specialist for the Ivory Coast region of Africa.