Wanda Whitmore and Valerie F. Whitmore
Founders/Producers, LEGACY, INC.
(credit Lolita Parker, Jr.)
Wanda Whitmore
Wanda Whitmore, Co-Founder/Principal of Legacy, Inc., is a graduate of Harvard & Radcliffe Colleges and holds a Master’s degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Her training began at CBS Network and at WBZ-TV, Boston, where she was a news writer.
Ms. Whitmore focuses on current affairs, politics, strategic messaging and stories where personal profiles drive narrative. Assignments include: NAACP editorials; Harvard Business School book synopses; B.E.T. on-air news reporting; and Black Enterprise finance articles. "Kenya: Cradle of Champions," a National Geographic EXPLORER film, and "a nanny’s life" a Boston Film Festival premier, broadened her reach as a Writer/Producer. Opinion leading ideas are her trademark.
Valerie F. Whitmore
In Memoriam
Valerie Whitmore, Co-Founder of Legacy Inc., served as President and managed the company’s broadcast operations. Ms. Whitmore earned a B.A. from the University of Maryland; worked for network affiliates in Washington, D.C. and Boston; and had a previous television production startup. She was Show Producer for "Coming Together" (local) and Segment Producer for "Evening Magazine" (national primetime).
Ms. Whitmore won multiple Emmy, and International Film & Television Festival of New York and Unity awards. She produced the B.E.T documentary on slavery, "Dark Passages"; "Bahia, Africa of the Americas," a PBS feature; and "Kenya: Cradle of Champions" for National Geographic Television. International programs, entertainment specials and multi-camera live events defined her professional reputation and zeal.
