Shelli Margheritis
Encourage, Inspire, and Educate
Shelli has an extensive background spanning over 35 years within the entertainment industry as a professional dancer, keynote speaker, business entrepreneur, and three-time author of Making The Move, Brain Snacks, and Making It Werk. She brings a vast range of experience to her work in representing producers, directors, choreographers, musicians, educators, and dancers; and is the first agent in history to develop a teaching division within a talent agency. Shelli currently is a partner with Independent Artist Entertainment (IAE) where she oversees the departments for Creatives, Literary, and Development. IAE represents Directors, Writers, Actors, Choreographers, Musicians, Dancers, and Educators from their bi-coastal offices and international partnerships. The world-renowned talent that IAE represents creates for feature film, television, music videos, tours, Broadway shows, corporate events, Las Vegas spectaculars, commercials, animation, and educational events.
Shelli co-wrote the Commercial Dance BFA curriculum for Hussian College - In Studio LA (formerly Studio School), which is the first college in history to have a campus on a working film lot. She taught as academic adjunct faculty for Hussian College for the entirety of the school’s existence and is currently academic adjunct faculty for The American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA). Shelli holds a Master of Science in Management and Leadership from Western Governors University and a Bachelor of Arts from Saint Mary’s College of California.
Shelli is a true advocate for the Arts, a proud member of the Television Academy, a judge for the Emmy’s and College Television Emmy’s, a guild member of the Princess Grace Foundation, an Advisory Board member for Saint Mary’s College of California LEAP program, the International Documentary Association, a prior Advisory Board member for the World Choreography Awards, a member of The National Society of Leadership and Success, quoted within numerous published industry periodicals and featured by the Americans for the Arts.