About Damon Brooks Associates

Damon Brooks Associates has a 25-year history of building successful business relationships. In 1985, DBA founder and owner Marc Goldman, began his successful career of matching Hollywood and sports celebrities with non-profit organizations. It was at a Hollywood fundraiser that a well-known personality brought an unknown comedian to Marc’s attention. He had the audience rolling in the aisles and yet had a powerful message. Within moments, his wheelchair seemed to disappear.

Many people who use wheelchairs or have other disabilities have come to our attention since then and we are extremely pleased and honored to have become such a highly-recognized international resource. Our network seems now to have come full circle, with new members of the Hollywood community seeking us out. Many may have a disability, but others just want to be a part of our successful program. (See PSA Production)

Every organization has a unique method of raising public awareness of people with disabilities and engaging their audience through their diversity programming:

Human Resources Seminars
Conventions and Meeting Programs with Featured Entertainment
Disability Awareness and Diversity Training
Advertising and Public Relations Campaigns
Campus Disability Awareness Celebrations
Outreach to Veterans and Veterans groups as they re-enter civilian life

With his firm recognized internationally as a very special resource to the disability communities, Marc has received appointments to the California Governor’s Committee on Employment of People With Disabilities, Co-Chairmanship of the Media Access Committee and as a regional representative to the City College of Los Angeles’ Disability Advisory Committee. Damon Brooks Associates has also been repeatedly recognized in national publications such as The Los Angeles Times, Ability Magazine, Meetings and Conventions, Successful Meetings, Association Management, Exhibitor Times.

Marc and DBA have been applauded for their ability to work with events of all sizes. Groups with as few as twenty-five people to large group audiences with as many as six thousand in attendance all receive special, individualized attention to craft the program that suits their needs.

Of course, organizational budgets vary greatly and DBA can be flexible concerning the presenter’s schedule and travel needs. Although some speakers or performers have been able to accept engagements in the neighborhood of $1,000, most of our clients average between $2,500 and $5,000 per performance. Celebrity speakers can have a higher fee, and travel expenses are always additional.

Please get in touch and find out about us and our clients. We are sure we have a program that’s right for you and your organization.

I have worked in the entertainment industry for twenty-five years and Marc has been one of the most professional, attentive and honest people I have ever met in this industry.
	Geri Jewell Actress/Speaker Burbank, CA

A sampling of some of our clients:

Corporate
American Express	Boeing	Frito Lay
Gente Nueva	IBM	Lockheed Martin
Medtronics	NHRA	Nike
Northop Grumman	Pepsi	Southern California Edison
Government
The White House Environmental Protection Agency Commerce International Trade Office of Personnel	U.S. State Department USDA Coast Guard Social Security Architect of the Capitol	Justice Treasury Homeland Security Energy National Security Council
Associations and Advocacy Organizations
Am. Academy of CP Medicine CA Assn of Re-Employment APSE Challenge Center DBTAC Environmental Ind. Assn. Fairbanks Resource Agency Granite State ILC The Iris Network NAPSE SHRM (10 Affiliates) UCP NASA	AACN CA CASA Ability Centre-Vancouver, BC Coalition of Independence Disability Connection Epilepsy Foundation Family Support of New Jersey IAPES Korea, Dept. on Disability Ohio Providers Society’s Assets U.S. Olympic Committee White Plains Missile Range	American Amputee Coalition CP of New York State Cal Trans CRSA ECVC Envision Families Together Independence First Footloose of Japan Prairie View Tennessee STEP Youth Leadership Forums (10) ARC’s of the US (14)
Colleges and Universities
Adrian College U of Michigan U of California- Berkeley Washington State University Northwestern U Colorado State Florida Atlantic Kent State U Princeton Temple U of Aregon Yale	Eastern Kentucky U. The Ohio State University U of Idaho U of Notre Dame U of Wisconsin- Lacrosse Eastern Carolina U Indiana U of PA Middlebury Rice U of Dayton U of Texas U of San Francisco	Michigan State U U of Southern California U of Washington St. Mary’s of Notre Dame Bowling Green Eastern New Mexico Gustavus Adolphus Oklahoma State San Diego State U U of Minnesota Wichita State U of North Carolina
State governments within 41 of the 50 states

My experiences with securing speakers as well as our PSA productions have been productive, exciting and cost-effect experiences with a great return on our investment.
	Don Brandon Manager, Northwest DBTAC