Primary Job Title Co Founder Primary Organization Arreo
Location Los Angeles, California, United States Regions Greater Los Angeles Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Male
Investor Type Investor Stage
David Byrd's unique combination of creative, entrepreneurial, and managerial experience accounts for his varied interest and pursuits. As an entrepreneur, David divides his time between ventures in entertainment, technology, insurance, real estate, media consulting, and the political space. David spent many years as a political professional.
He's managed campaigns as well as written, directed, and produced hundreds of radio, television, and web spots for significant international, statewide and citywide candidates and ballot initiatives. He remains one of the few African-Americans to serve as the sole media consultant for a citywide or statewide race in the United States. David served as the campaign manager for the first African-American woman elected the mayor of a major U.S. City and was the sole media consultant and strategist on the recent Dream Act referendum in Maryland in 2012. David has also consulted on media, marketing, television and film production (Film Noir's overall deal with CBS and Paramount), and retreat facilitation for brands such as Sodexo, National Harbor, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, as well as local government agencies, nonprofits, and specialty firms in medical, hospitality, technology, and real estate. As a creative, David has written for the stage and screen and serves as the current Board Chair of the Organization of Black Screenwriters. David's business interest includes board and ownership positions in several firms mostly in the Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. metro areas. He is the secretary of the Adams-Normandie historic planning overlay zone and an active member of the Pacific Residents Theater's writers group.
