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Toni Braxton's Mother to Attend Wednesday ATL C.E.O. Mixer

Evelyn Braxton and southwest Atlanta-raised Andre Carter of TV's hit "Braxton Family Values" among celebrity guests at Kim Tumey's July 27th event.

Toni Braxton's mother Evelyn Braxton and her Cascade native book author son-in-law Andre Carter—both stars of the WE TV reality show "Braxton Family Values"—have now been added to the growing list of featured guests for Kim Tumey'sl  ATL C.E.O. Mixer 6 to 10:30 p.m. Wed., July 27, at Aurum Lounge in downtown Atlanta.

After a successful book signing at Greenbriar Mall, which was attended by Evelyn Braxton and her daugthers Towanda Braxton (Andre's wife) and Trina Braxton, Carter will be signing copies of his book "69 Ways" at this event. His mother-in-law Evelyn Braxton will accompany him.

ATL C.E.O. Mixer has also confirmed the attendance of featured guest JL King, the New York Times best-selling authored twice featured on Oprah, as well as Inside Edition and CNN. 

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King is also the producer of "The DL Exposed," an award-winning documentsary that was the number one watched program on Black Entertainment Television ("BET") in 2006. 

Other confirmed featured guests include: singer Cherrelle ("Saturday Love"), comedian Jemmerio Jemmerio (BET's "Comic View"), freelance screenwriter and script analyst Adrian Dukes (has worked for Rainforest Films), and music executive Ian Burke (Outkast, TLC) who now co-owns Launchpad Records and Icon Studios.

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ATL C.EO. Mixer debuted last month with great turnout at Atlanta's Park Tavern which included a performance by the R&B group Rude Boys ("Written All Over Your Face), as well as appearances by actor Quinton Aaron ("The Blind Side"), actor Michael Jai White ("Tyson"), comedian Cocoa Brown (Tyler Perry's "For Better or For Worse"), and industry executives Denise Hendricks (Producer of the "Mo'Nique Show") and Freddy Cameron (CEO- & President of the Georgia Entertainment Association).

Tumey's co-sponsors for ATL C.E.O. Mixer are Attorney Brian Poe of Brian Poe & Associates, Attorneys, PC, and Mr. John Williams of J Entertainment.  Last month's event was bolstered by the participation of several vendors, including Cascade vendor reps Norman B. Smith, Jr., Ogee Walker (Nissan's Internet Sales Manager), and James Witherspoon (Organo Gold). Tumey expects their participation in the event again.

Carter states that this event provides the "perfect platform" for promotion of his book. At the previous ATL C.E.O. Mixer, Carlton Reed, Founder-CEO of Great Expectations Seminars, author of the book "Weapons of Mass Production", and brother of Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, was the featured book author and had a successful night promoting and selling his book.

The price of the event is $15.00.  Guests should RSVP through various "ATL C.E.O." event pages on Facebook.  Walk ups may attend.


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