Sheila Harris is a publicity strategist and communications leader with more than 25 years of experience shaping high-visibility media campaigns, cultural storytelling, and brand authority.

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Recognized as an engaging and results-driven leader, she is also the President of Harris Brand

Management (HBM), a certified Minority/Women-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) boutique public relations agency specializing in publicity and content marketing campaigns. 

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Before launching HBM, Sheila served for 25 years in the Public Relations Department at

ESSENCE Magazine, where she led national publicity initiatives and red-carpet platforms that amplified cultural voices and celebrated Black excellence in entertainment, leadership, and community influence. 

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Today, Sheila partners with brands and organizations across entertainment, lifestyle, beauty, corporate, and faith-centered spaces — providing strategic media visibility, brand storytelling, and leadership communications support. She also engages as an Senior Public Relations & Visibility Strategist for KTA Media Group on select, project-based communications engagements.

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She is the host of "Starts and Stops with Sheila Harris," an audio and YouTube podcast where

purpose meets wellness, faith, resilience, mental wellness, and personal growth through

meaningful conversations with inspiring guests. She is a SAG-AFTRA voice actor with

broadcast-announcing range, a John Maxwell Certified Life Coach, and the author of Calling

Revealed: Seven Spiritual Lessons to Uncover Your Purpose.

 

She holds a B.A. in Media Studies and Political Science from Fordham University and an M.A.

in Public Relations from Kent State University. She has also served faithfully for many years at

the historic Greater Refuge Temple Church in Harlem.

 

Sheila resides in Westchester County, N.Y., and continues to blend media strategy, storytelling,

and faith-centered leadership to help others amplify their voice with clarity, credibility, and

purpose.