TY STIKLORIUS

Activist, Artist, Business leader, Concerned citizen, Connector, Entrepreneur, Filmmaker, Idea generator, Investor, Life mentor, Musician, Parent, Philanthropist, Potential employer, Social entrepreneur, World traveler

Ty Stiklorius is the founder and CEO of Friends At Work, a management, media and social impact company. Founded in 2015, FAW partners with artists and impacters to realize their creative, business and social impact goals. Ty has been John Legend’s manager and business partner for 17 years. Her company, Friends At Work, manages a robust musical roster including some of the world’s most respected and beloved artists; John Legend, Charlie Puth, The National, Lindsey Stirling, Raphael Saadiq, VOILÁ, Frawley, Katell Keineg and Speelburg. Ty also works with preeminent leaders in various fields to amplify their work and expand their reach, including impacters such as Obama Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal. Friends At Work also partners with corporations and individuals on social impact strategy, business development, and creative storytelling and production. Ty’s work with John Legend began in 2006 with JL Ventures, where she created and developed artist-focused strategies for content innovation and social impact. Ty is a principal alongside John Legend in the Get Lifted Film Co. production company. She served as Executive Producer on the Oscar-winning film La La Land, WGN’s hit series Underground, NBC’s A Legendary Christmas with John and Chrissy and the hit Netflix hip-hop competition show Rhythm & Flow starring Cardi B, T.I and Chance the Rapper. She won an Emmy for Outstanding Variety Special (Live) for Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert on NBC. Ty and Legend have multiple non-profit partnerships including the Show Me Campaign and FREEAMERICA to influence the national conversation regarding mass incarceration and prosecutor integrity. Their work strives to tackle many issues within the criminal justice system, specifically advocating to end the practice of life without parole for children, amplifying the voices of those impacted by the criminal justice system and breaking down stereotypes to end the era of mass incarceration in America. Billboard has named Ty as one of the most powerful women in music and Fast Company included her on their Most Creative People list in 2017. Ty earned an MBA from The Wharton School and a BA from The University of Pennsylvania. She serves on various non-profit and private company boards, including Penn Law's Advisory Board for the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice, LIFT-Los Angeles, and Americans for the Arts.

Music, art, film, social justice, equality, ending mass incarceration, women's rights.

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Helping artists and leaders leverage their platform for positive change via Friends At Work