Who We Are
Painting it Red, is a 100% Black Owned Live and Virtual Event Production firm. We mainly service clientele in the nonprofit, sports and entertainment sectors. Since our launch in 2002, Painting It Red has produced various special events. We have designed and executed travel packages and complimentary events for conferences, corporate outings during NBA All-Star, Super Bowl and Grammy Weekends. We have worked with a growing network of celebrities and athletes to promote and develop their brands and philanthropic interests.
Since our inauguration, we have produced experiential marketing events, fundraising galas, record releases, sports tournaments, benefit concerts and live and virtual charity auctions for clients. Our client list includes, Proctor and Gamble, Ronald McDonald House, Earl "The Pearl" Monroe, Hoop Magic Celebrity All-Star Charity Basketball Game, The National Basketball Retired Players’ Association, Harlem Eagle Academy Foundation, Harlem United, The United Negro College Fund, Campaign for Black Male Achievement, NAMIC and the ASPCA to name a few.
OUR TEAM
Kim Harris has spent her life transforming the urban settings that raised and propelled her successfully. She is a viscerally astute ambassador of multi-dimensional African American aesthetics and traditions. As a cultural architect, her personal experience and business acumen--made global through her extensive world travels--is woven into her authentic, interpersonal coaching style. Kim acknowledges, observes and studies the relationships and vibes among the constituents of a company. Breaking the chains of traditional approaches to leadership, Kim’s approach is more concentric as it focuses on leaders as influencers, motivators and creative thought engagers. Besides helping leaders to create models that ensure relatability and consistent escalation in profit, Kim teaches the centering of trust building. It is that same unwavering culture of authenticity and commitment to intentional design that has allowed Kim consistently to move her needle of engagement and make strides in impactful entrepreneurship.
Kim’s penchant for deep learning and passion for explorative collaboration has allowed her to navigate positions in myriad industries. She has worked in extensive Project Management in “Big Pharma”. Her event planning expertise has landed her placements with Sports Giants: USTA, NBA, NFL. She flipped these same skills to Artist Promotion and Talent Management gaining a keen understanding of marketing through Mass Media, Web Design and Social Platforms. Kim’s nimble positioning of these varied expertise became the foundation that propelled her to become CEO of her event company: Painting It Red-- a New York based Event Strategy and Marketing firm that conceptualizes, plans and produces world-class, multi- million-dollar corporate, entertainment and marketing events.
The latest extension of her company’s services strung with a collection of hospitality experiences while consulting on restaurant openings in various cities throughout the United States, inspired her vision for Harlem Hops-- an award winning beer bar and casual dining restaurant-- centered around Kim’s multi-prong hospitality concept and including her partners’ expertise. The Central Harlem enterprise is designed around the cultural legacy of African Americans within a global context.
From NBA All Star, Super Bowl and Grammy Award weekends, to high profile record releases, sports tournaments, benefit concerts, charity auctions, to customized group travel packages, branded product launches, and private culinary experiences, Kim is adept at creating the right combination of atmospherics and value based indicators to help clients burnish their image, brand and impact the bottom line.
Kim’s personal bottom line is centered around purpose. She values formal and skill- based pragmatic education as her own path has been a winding road to her success. Consistently in motion, her keen vision continues to expand spurring a new branch dedicated to reimagining education through and beyond the elementary years.
Painting it Red Partner, DéRecco Lynch’s assertive approach and naturally tailored presence complement his proven record of professional stewardship within leadership teams, his strategic niche mapping skills, and his creative wisdom in crisis management and prevention. A bold but calculated risk-taker, DéRecco has garnered the tools to function efficiently, particularly in high-stress situations, by identifying dissociating areas between organizational behavior and strategic systems implementation.
His current appointment as the Director of Enrollment Management of Pre-College Programs at Brown University is preceded by a decade of experiences in higher education, college access, and event planning that fill a menu of rich professional roles coupling his natural talent with practical tactics for maximized performance. If understanding organizational behavior includes the consideration of people, structure, technology, environmental and external elements, then DéRecco approaches his work by immersing himself in comprehensive studies of departments, related special events, and other spaces in his care. He has garnered a lauded track record of noteworthy performances at universities and community-based organizations. His purpose-driven accolades highlight his thoughtful direction in institution-wide strategic planning; targeted event execution; training high-performance teams; result-driven branding and marketing campaigns; increasing recruitment and focused retention--all of these he has executed from a culturally-responsive lens and with regard to responsible fiscal oversight.
A native of Charleston, WV, DéRecco earned his B.A. in Psychology and M.A. in Educational Leadership from Marshall University. He is currently pursuing a Doctorate of Education as a candidate in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Missouri. Besides his formal academic training, DéRecco is intentional about the consistent elevation of his skill set as an activator and systems enterprise arranger, who is well trained in strategic command steeped in community engagement. DéRecco centers the experiences of people--whether stakeholders, participants, or the clients he serves--people remain the ultimate focus of his output. His current multi-faceted appointments reflect diverse testimonies of his capacity: he is a university department leader, a co-partner for Painting it Red, Director of the Harlem Hopes Scholarship Foundation and proud lifelong member of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. In all of these spaces, DéRecco’s vision remains at the cutting-edge of innovative improvements resonating his personal commitment to effective and efficient designs of equitable education access, rich personalized experiences, and positive global impact.
