The emPower Team

Richard Mekdeci – Owner

As a founder of emPower Music & Arts Richard is at the epi-center of the budding “Posi” (Positive) Music industry.Richard’s experience as speaker, singer and award winning songwriter spans a wide range, from performing ...

Sue Riley – Owner

As music director for Unity Church of Clearwater, FL for the past 18 years, Sue sees the power of positive music on a weekly basis. Sue also served as the Music Team Leader for Unity Worldwide Ministries' Music Team, helping to ...

Russ Hammock – Owner

Russ is a veteran of the independent music industry and currently serves as the lead audio engineer at Unity Church of Clearwater, FL. Working with emPower M&A, Russ brings with him his experience at marketing bands around the globe and a ...

Deb Frisch

Deb Frisch is a computer geek with a wide variety of computer knowledge. She is also a musician who started playing the church organ when she was 8 years old. She learned the saxophone in high school. She has continued to play saxophone and ...

James Alborough – Web Developer

James helps the emPower team keep the website running and is the go-to guy for times when something is broken or a new feature needs to be developed. James is originally from South Africa, but now lives in Alaska with his family and is an avid ...

Advisory Board

Sloan Wainwright-Advisory Board Member

Sloan Wainwright is a songwriter, singer, performer, teacher, mentor, and collaborator. A unique hybrid of pop, folk, jazz and blues, Wainwright’s music is unified by her melodious tone and rich, powerful contralto. Over the course of a 30-year ...

Daniel Nahmod-Advisory Board Member

Daniel is the composer of some of the most popular contemporary songs in the Unity movement.Singer-songwriter and producer Daniel Nahmod (pronounced Nay-mod) is one of the most beloved and successful independent singer-songwriters in the ...

David Roth-Advisory Board Member

David Roth is a singer, songwriter, recording artist, and enthusiastic instructor who has taken his songs, experience, and expertise to a wide variety of venues in this and other countries full-time for more than three decades. His work has ...

Debbie Ball-Advisory Board Member

Deb Ball has over 30 years of experience in planning special events, conferences, and meetings. She has chosen site selections; negotiated contracts with hotels, airlines & ground transportation; keynote speakers, performers and seminar ...

Melinda Wood Allen – Advisory Board Member

Rev. Melinda Wood Allen is Senior Minister at Church of One Love—an independent New Thought center in Dallas, TX, “Teaching Only Love.” An award-winning singer/songwriter/ actress and choral conductor/arranger with a 4-octave range, Melinda ...

Glen Roethel – Advisory Board Member

Glen Roethel proudly brings his deep musical, energetic and artistic connection with all things emPower to the Advisory Board. He is an award-winning singer-songwriter, a versatile performer in many musical styles (on vocals, bass, percussion, ...

Carole Tomhave – Advisory Board Member

Carole Tomhave is a 1982 summa cum laude graduate of the University of Southern California, with a bachelor degree in Music Education. Her conducting and teaching experience is wide and varied, including 33 years of music ministry in Unity, ...