Enjoy as we celebrate our prestigious panelists, Marilyn Holifield Esq., Antonia Williams-Gary, Denise Weisberg, Sharron Lynn, and Brook Logan, as “sheros” in our community, and present their thoughts on the essence of Women’s History Month and equity for women globally.

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“With the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, the Cultural Affairs Council, the Mayor, and the Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners.”

Marilyn Holifield

Marilyn Holifield, Esq. obtained a Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School, her Bachelor of Arts in economics and a Concentration in Black Studies from Swarthmore College. She is a senior partner in Holland & Knight LLP, an international law firm that traces its Florida history to the 1890s. She joined Holland & Knight in 1981 and named a partner in the firm in 1986 – becoming the first black woman partner of a major law firm in Florida. Ms. Holifield serves on the Executive Committees of the Harvard Board of Overseers and Swarthmore College Board of Managers; and Board of Trustees of the University of Miami. She has received numerous awards for civic and professional contributions. She is a co-founder of the planned Miami Museum of Contemporary Art of the African Diaspora, Miami MoCAAD.

Antonia Williams-Gary

Antonia is an accomplished columnist, entrepreneur, and now, author.  Antonia’s latest project, her Memoir titled ‘Reclaimed,’ tells the true story of how she behaved harmfully to herself in reaction to sustained emotional abuse. Through several direct accounts of her past, Antonia helps readers understand the look of emotional abuse, the effects it can have on an individual, and her journey of towards strength and healing.  

Antonia has a rich scholarly background and is the recipient of several degrees including: Non-Profit Executive Management Graduate Certificate, Columbia University; Master of City and Regional Planning, Rutgers University; Bachelor of Arts (Psychology), Marymount College.

Antonia’s professional achievements include: Executive Director of several non-profit organizations throughout South Florida; Associate Dean, Miami-Dade College, Entrepreneurial Education Center; publisher of ICABA, a directory of accomplished Blacks in South Florida; opinion columnist (South Florida Times); and owner/operator of several businesses, including her own consulting business.

In 1991, she was recognized as the National Minority Business Advocate of the Year by the US Minority Business Development Agency, in Washington, D.C.

Most recently, in 2004, Antonia was inducted into her High School Hall of Fame at its inaugural; the first student to be honored.

Antonia enjoys serving in leadership positions on community service boards.  Some of her past and current roles include The Links, Inc., Greater Miami Chapter and the Trinity Chapter; The Miami Junior League; as a Trustee, Perez Art Museum Miami; The Orange Bowl Committee; Board of Directors, The Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau; and The 24 Hour Club Board of Directors

Antonia moved to Dallas, Texas in 2014 to complete her Memoir. She has also started a new venture sharing her lifestyle of out-loud living as the Top Tweenior ®, 

Antonia’s hobbies include collecting fine art, fitness training/yoga, reading, contract bridge and entertaining.

As a grandmother of seven, Antonia celebrates a full life and is proud to make Reclaimed a pivotal part of her legacy.

Denise Weisberg

Denise Courshon’s career spans four decades.  For the first twenty years, Ms. Courshon performed public relations and marketing services for several international fashion houses and other major high-end retailers in the fashion and beauty industries.  The second half of her career, focused on professional fundraising for two significant South Florida performing arts organizations:  Miami City Ballet and Florida Grand Opera.  Today, Denise Courshon is President and CEO of Denise Courshon Consulting in Miami-Dade, Florida.

Sharron Lynn

Sharron Lynn is a proud native of Miami, FL, and high school graduate of New World School of the Arts where she trained in all forms of dance. During her time at New World, she received a number of scholarships to attend the Alvin Ailey summer intensive and was eventually asked to join the 2nd company, Ailey II. She then went on to attend Florida State University and finished with two Bachelor’s degrees, one in Applied Economics and the other in Interdisciplinary Social Science.

Realizing her talents, abilities, and artistic appetite encompassed the world of dance and more, she went on to study acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre under James Brill. She has worked in Film and Television on projects such as HBO's Lovecraft Country, Genius: Aretha, Vinyl, the Netflix Original Series The Get Down, and Scary Movie 5 and has also played the role of Cinderella at Lincoln Center in the Little Orchestra Society's production of Cinderella. She had the pleasure of touring the US and Canada with Disney’s The Lion King and was most recently performing with the Broadway company.

Sharron continues to work extensively as an artist and wellness entrepreneur providing tons of wellness resources via her company, Breathe Flow Be. She serves as a mentor to a number of young women and is always looking to inspire, grow, and expand.

Brooke Logan

Marion-Skye Brooke Logan is currently an educator, performer, and rehearsal director/assistant to the Dance world. As a native to Miami, FL, Brooke grew up dancing at the Dance Empire of Miami where she studied jazz and hip hop under Angel Fraser-Logan and Tawanna Hall-Charlton. As a former graduate of New World School of the Arts College, Ms. Logan holds a BFA in Dance and has learned various repertoires such as works from, Peter London, Robert Battle, Paul Taylor, and Ohad Naharin. Along with those repertoires came learning ballet techniques, and traditional modern techniques such as, Graham and Horton. While obtaining her BFA in Dance, Ms. Logan became fascinated with learning more about technique, improvisation, and relaxation. During her college summers she traveled to San Francisco, New York, and Israel on several occasions to study Gaga (Naharin), Ballet (Rhatigan) and more at the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance and The Batsheva Studios.

Ms.Logan was also accepted to the Jacobs Pillow program which was a one time in American History “Gaga” oriented study. Ms. Logan has assisted Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s house choreographer Jamar Roberts on his first creations. These commissions have included Alvin Ailey and Juilliard. Ms. Logan has danced with Peter London Global Dance Company since 2019 where she was given the opportunity to perform with Dance Theater of Harlem and perform at the Perez Art Museum for the women of the United Nations. Ms. Logan has received recognition from Dance Magazine on her first solo with PLGDC "Eomeoni" 2019. In 2020, Ms. Logan has taken the position as Dance Director at Doral Academy Preparatory School for middle and highschool dance as well as a coach for the Rubies Dance Team. Most recently, Logan has been selected to premiere her film “Mortal Stain” at the 2020-2021 Miami Screen Dance Festival! Logan dreams of using videography and social media to reach the community of Miami. Marion-Skye’s favorite passion hobby is to use dance films to share stories and lessons with her community from love, to human rights.