Susheel Bibbs is a former EMMY-award winning TV executive producer and is currently sponsored by the Film Arts Foundation, San Francisco. An accomplished actress and acclaimed classical singer, Dr. Bibbs has won both international notice for her singing and touring grants from the California Arts Council’s Touring and Presenting Program and others.

She holds a Ph.D. in Communications with emphasis in the Mass Communication of African-American and Diaspora history as well as advanced degrees in philosophy and music. Currently she lectures at the University of California at Berkeley. In addition to the title “world’s foremost authority on Pleasant” given by the Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco, Susheel has also been given grants from the African American Museum and Library at Oakland and the National Parks Service as well as commendations for her contribution to women’s history from the L.A. Afro-American Museum and the City Museum of St. Louis.