FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The Stacie Selise Group Joins Champagne Reign as Official Leadership Partner

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WASHINGTON, DC — MelaninCon is proud to announce The Stacie Selise Group as the official Leadership Partner of Champagne Reign, taking place Sunday, June 28, 2026 at Realm Rooftop Bar and Lounge in the heart of Shaw.

The Stacie Selise Group is a leadership and business consulting firm built to equip professionals, entrepreneurs, and organizations to lead with excellence and scale with purpose. Founded by Stacie Selise Shannon, a National Vice President, Executive Leadership Strategist, and leadership development expert with more than 15 years of executive leadership experience, the firm delivers strategic, people-centered solutions through leadership development, business strategy, and organizational consulting. Built on the signature 4S Framework of Support, Strive, Standards, and Success, The Stacie Selise Group helps leaders command respect, build confidence, and create lasting leadership presence in every room they enter.

As Leadership Partner, The Stacie Selise Group brings a standard of excellence that aligns directly with what Champagne Reign represents: a community investing in its own leadership, capital, and future.

“Leadership is the throughline of everything we are building at Champagne Reign,” said Donovan Woodberry, Founder of MelaninCon. “Having The Stacie Selise Group as our Leadership Partner reflects exactly the kind of excellence and intention we want in the room. They do not just talk about leadership. They build it.”

Champagne Reign brings together over 500 Black entrepreneurs, creatives, and community leaders for an afternoon that includes a live pitch competition where three DC-based Black tech founders compete for funding awarded on the spot, a panel on the state of Black America, and a rooftop celebration. The event operates under the tagline “We built the table. Now we toast at it.”

ABOUT THE STACIE SELISE GROUP

The Stacie Selise Group is a leadership and business consulting firm founded by Stacie Selise Shannon, a National Vice President at a Fortune 500 company and Executive Leadership Strategist. The firm partners with professionals and organizations to deliver leadership development, business strategy, and organizational consulting grounded in its signature 4S Framework: Support, Strive, Standards, and Success. Learn more at stacieselise.com.

ABOUT MELANINCON: MelaninCon is a Black professional development and entrepreneurship summit based in Washington, DC, produced by A Celebration of Us, Inc. since 2017. MelaninCon has grown from 200 to over 800 attendees and delivers year-round programming through live events, digital content, and the ECHO Amplified virtual workshop series.