Full Name
Mona Scott-Young
Job Title
Executive Producer, VH1’s “Love & Hip Hop”
Speaker Bio
Mona Scott-Young has proven that with integrity, hard work and dedication, anything is possible.

She is CEO and Founder of multi-media company Monami Entertainment
(www.monamient.com), home to Grammy Award-winning artist Missy Elliott, direct-to-consumer platform Monami Direct, and television and film production company Monami Productions. As a successful talent manager, television personality, executive producer and coauthor of the novel Blurred Lines, Scott-Young is one of the most recognizable and sought after executives in the entertainment industry.

In television, Scott-Young is the creator and executive producer of VH1’s highly popular Love & Hip Hop franchise, as well as its spinoffs and derivatives. She is also executive producer of numerous reunion shows and specials for VH1, where she has served as on-camera host and narrator. In 2018, Scott-Young was instrumental in orchestrating the reunion of successful ’90’s girl group, XSCAPE, which resulted in a BRAVO docu-series, Xscape Still Kickin’ It, a sold-out 30-city arena tour, and is currently in the final stages of development on a biopic based on the group.

Scott-Young’s business and philanthropic achievements have garnered recognition from a variety of organizations and publications. She has been recognized in the Realscreen Global 100, The Hollywood Reporter’s Reality Power List, Variety’s Power of Women, Variety’s Reality Television Impact Report, Billboard’s TV’s Top Music Power Players and Multichannel News’ list of Women to Watch. Multichannel News also named her “VH1’s Reality Superstar.” In addition, Mona Scott-Young has been honored by The Toast to Urban Entertainment Executives, was named one of the Top 40 Music Industry Social Media Influencers by Synchblog, and was named a Women of Influence by the New York Business Journal. Most recently, she was featured in New York Magazine’s Persons of Interest section as well as Variety’s New Power of NY List.

Scott-Young’s previous accolades include being honored with awards from the National Association of Black Female Executives in Music Entertainment, ASCAP’s “Woman Behind the Music” Award, “Marketer of the Year” by Ad Age, and she was recognized by the National Congress and Convention of Haitian Americans for her philanthropic work. Essence magazine named her a “21st Century Renaissance Sister.”

While television and film production, talent management, and publishing are at the core of Monami Entertainment, Mona Scott-Young is also part owner and Chief Marketing Officer of Myx Fusions (www.myxfusions.com) – a premium, ready-to-drink wine beverage company currently in over 60 markets worldwide, which boasts a line of fruit infused moscatos and sangrias. She has also ventured into creating mobile content, as the creative force behind the release of Love & Hip Hop: The Game – a lifestyle gaming app.

When not in the office, Scott-Young enjoys time with her family and serves on the board of The Haitian Roundtable and The GrassROOTS Community Foundation.

ABOUT MONAMI ENTERTAINMENT
Monami Entertainment is a leading lifestyle and entertainment company with a specialty in talent management and cross-platform brand development. Founded by Mona Scott-Young, Monami Entertainment was created on the premise of expanding upon Scott-Young’s remarkable track record for success in all areas of the entertainment business.

ABOUT MONAMI PRODUCTIONS
Monami Productions is a full-service content provider that creates and delivers entertaining, expertly produced, creatively diverse, top rated programming across all formats and platforms. Driven by the “WHY,” Monami content seeks to explore and “pull the curtain back” on exciting worlds, people and stories.
Speaker Brand/Department
VH1
Internal/External
External
Mona Scott-Young