President, D.R.Lynes, LLC

Dean Radcliffe-Lynes is an award-winning producer, storyteller, and community advocate who brings over 30 years of experience in filmmaking, nonprofit video production, awards show production, media relations, stage management, and community engagement campaigns.

She has collaborated with both local and national organizations, including the 400 Years of African American History Commission, Hearst Broadcasting, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Mayo Clinic, the National Returning Citizens Conference, My Brother’s Keeper Irvington, Healing City Baltimore, Baltimore Outreach Services, Out for Justice, the Job Opportunities Task Force, and Baltimore Center Stage.

Dean is known for building authentic partnerships with diverse community stakeholders. In collaboration with Conceptual Geniuses™, she has supported a range of initiatives—from conferences and events to campaigns and websites—helping to amplify messages that educate, inspire, and empower. Deeply committed to equity and representation, she works closely with underrepresented and underserved communities, empowering individuals to share their stories authentically and with pride.

From producing award-winning documentaries for Hearst Broadcasting to event videos for the National Black Caucus of State Legislators, and uplifting projects for nonprofits like Baltimore Outreach Services, Dean brings an unmatched ability to transform ideas into high-quality, high-impact productions tailored to each client’s vision and goals.

Her notable projects include producing a video chronicling the Black Male Identity Project for Art on Purpose in Baltimore—part of a national campaign supported by the Open Society Foundation to celebrate positive and authentic narratives of Black male identity. She also produced several videos for Outreach Extensions, including Outside the Walls: A National Snapshot of Community-Based Reentry Programs and To Serve This Present Age: Reentering Through Faith.

Dean’s work with the Baltimore City Public Schools Board of Education included creating original programming for the district’s public access education channel (Comcast Ch. 77) and mentoring high school media interns through hands-on production experience.

Earlier in her career, Dean was part of the production team for Images and Realities, a four-part series for the Gene Davis Group, nationally syndicated on NBC Owned & Operated stations with funding from AT&T. She has been recognized for her outstanding work as producer of Martin Luther King, Jr.: The March to Freedom for the Hearst Broadcast Group, The Bottom Line hosted by Kweisi Mfume, and A Celebration of Life: Rising Above Breast Cancer hosted by Nancy Wilson.

In addition to producing and directing, Dean has lent her voice to numerous projects as a voiceover artist and narrator, both for her own productions and for external clients.

She is a graduate of the Yale University School of Drama and lives in Baltimore, MD, with her husband. They have a daughter who lives in Los Angeles, CA. Another daughter, an engineer, lives in Aberdeen, MD, and a granddaughter lives in Huntsville, AL.