Keri Smith Esguia is a co-founder of Whitesmith Entertainment, a comedy and music management firm based in Los Angeles and New York. As head of the comedy department at Whitesmith Entertainment, she manages the careers of some of the nation’s brightest up-and-coming comedians, including Kevin Avery, W. Kamau Bell, Sara Benincasa, Janine Brito, and the political comedy group, Laughter Against the Machine. Her production credits include the films Margaret Cho: Beautiful, Cho Dependent, Thugs, The Musical and the forthcoming Laughter Against the Machine tour documentary. She is also an executive producer of the new FX series, Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, premiering this August. Keri is a member of the advisory board of WAM! (Women, Action and the Media).