Billups has officially acquired Cequel Media. Michael Palatnek, founder of Cequel Media, expressed gratitude to Melissa and Blake for their efforts in launching and growing the company. He announced his new contact at [email protected]. Cequel Media was established in 2007 and reinvented in 2024.

PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- World Champion gymnast and youth advocate Simone Biles is turning the spotlight on her title of 'most decorated gymnast of all time' to another title equally close to her heart: a champion for children. As the national ambassador for the nonprofit organization Friends of the Children , Biles has used her platform to shine a light on the transformative impact of the long-term professional mentoring model.Biles, who Sports Illustrated recently recognized as the 2024 Sportsperson of the Year, has credited much of her success to the support she received from caring adults—her parents, coaches and mentors—both as a young child in foster care and as an adult competing on the biggest stages in gymnastics.Simone Biles shares spotlight with Friends of the Children to celebrate National Mentoring Month. Post thisBiles uses every opportunity to share how she could have benefitted from support provided by Friends of the Children and why the model is widely regarded as the gold standard in youth mentoring programs. The program's innovative model has tremendously impacted youth across the country, including in Biles' hometown of Houston. In 2023, she played a pivotal role in establishing a Friends of the Children chapter there."One of the reasons I'm so excited to be named Sportsperson of the Year by Sports Illustrated is that it recognizes not only my athletic accomplishments but also the great work of Friends of the Children and the impact we can have on the next generation of youth," said Biles