Biography

Malaak Compton-Rock began her career in the public relations and special event fields. Her professional life started in the entertainment industry, working for many years at the Terrie Williams Agency, where she contributed to many successful movie and record release campaigns and projects for clients including Eddie Murphy, The Essence Awards, and HBO.

Following a stint in the cosmetics industry, she found her true calling after accepting a position at the U.S. Fund for UNICEF (The United Nations Children's Fund). During her three years with the organization, she spearheaded and oversaw the Special Events and Celebrity Relations Department (a position created for her once the Agency saw the need to utilize celebrities). Compton-Rock created and orchestrated numerous fundraising and advocacy events, geared towards increasing the organization's visibility and promoting private sector and corporate giving. She managed the organization's roster of celebrity spokespersons, planning numerous international field trips for the spokespersons to witness UNICEF-assisted projects in the field, coordinated all celebrity appearances at special events and with the media, as well as created a successful television product placement campaign for UNICEF's core fundraising campaign "Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF." She remains proud of the fact that she was able to increase the organization's celebrity support by cultivating and recruiting many celebrities who continue to support UNICEF today including Laurence Fishburne, Tea Leoni, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Claudia Schiffer. She continues to be an active supporter, having visited UNICEF-assisted projects with her family in South Africa and Kenya in 2006, 2007 and 2008.

While still at the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, she made the life-changing decision to dedicate her life's work to the non-profit world. With that directive in mind, Ms. Compton-Rock left the U.S. Fund for UNICEF to pursue her dream of starting her own a non-profit organization. After witnessing the sweeping changes in the welfare laws, combined with her love of individual style, Ms. Compton-Rock incorporated styleWORKS, an organization that provided comprehensive grooming services, i.e., hair styling, make-up application, skincare services, clothing, accessories, and image consulting to women moving from welfare to work. After seven years of offering direct services as a non-profit, styleWORKS now provides grooming seminars on a consultant basis only and continues to offer monthly mentoring and job retention-based services, such as the styleWORKS book club.

Compton-Rock is involved in many other humanitarian endeavors, including but not limited to creating, chairing and managing Champions for Children Committee, a prestigious group of well-known individuals committed to raising awareness about the signs and prevention of child abuse through a partnership with Safe Horizon, the nation's leading victim assistance organization. In 2007, the group received national pro-bono exposure in magazines including People, Redbook, Essence and O, The Oprah Magazine, as well as radio exposure through a series of PSA's heard on Clear Channel stations nationwide. In all, the campaign received over 28 million pro bono media impressions. The group continues to advocate on behalf of this cause with a new 2008 public awareness campaign that was shot by legendary photographer Timothy White.

The wonderful photos, including those of Emme, Iman, Marian Wright Edelman, Mariska Hargitay and Peter Hermann, Deborah Roberts and Al Roker, Malaak and Chris Rock, Susan Sarandon, and Veronica Webb appeared in the April issue of Redbook Magazine and are currently seen on billboards and elevator ads nationwide. The campaign will continue to be seen in numerous publications throughout the summer and fall.

She is also committed to serving those severely affected by Hurricane Katrina. Having pledged a 5-8 year commitment, she works in conjunction with Bonita Street House of Hope in Houston, TX to help raise funds in order to continue placing families in permanent housing. In addition, Ms. Compton-Rock is a proud supporter of The Children's Defense Fund's Freedom School location in the 9th Ward of New Orleans, which serves the area's most disadvantaged children. She speaks regularly on behalf of Freedom Schools nationwide, hosts events, and fundraises for the cause.

Along with her husband, Compton-Rock partners with the international NGO HOPE worldwide South Africa providing educational funding, goods, and services for the population in Diepsloot, a poverty-stricken shanty town in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Rock's are currently working on a strategic plan to substantially expand their support in 2008 by providing increased educational funding and quality of life assistance, including community gardens and micro-credit finance programs to hundreds of residents in Diepsloot and Soweto. In particular, they are committed to aiding those living in granny-led and orphan-led households. In addition, along with partners The Salvation Army, HOPE worldwide, and HOPE worldwide South Africa, Ms. Compton-Rock coordinated Journey for Change: Empowering Youth Through Global Service, a program that took 30 at-risk youth from Brooklyn, New York to Johannesburg, South Africa for two weeks of global volunteer service in August, 2008.

Recently, Compton-Rock ventured into new professional waters by filming the Harpo/ABC-TV reality show "OPRAH'S BIG GIVE." Debuting on March 2, 2008, Compton-Rock served as a co-judge offering her insights, encouragement and critiques to contestants whose mission is to give back to society in creative and innovative ways. "OPRAH'S BIG GIVE" offered a positive twist to primetime reality created in the spirit of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" and was a ratings hit.

Additionally, she is an avid public speaker who lectures on topics pertaining to renewing the inner spirit, philanthropic giving, finding balance in life, raising giving children in a global world, philanthropic cause-related marketing, and successfully blending a family and a professional life. She is also currently writing a book about service and volunteering geared towards families.

As a way to highlight the six main causes that Ms. Compton-Rock works on full-time and to encourage others to give, Compton-Rock recently formed The Angelrock Project. The online e-village promotes volunteerism, social responsibility, and sustainable change. Among its many elements, The Angelrock Project includes valuable information on how to volunteer, advice on making monetary or in-kind donations, links to life-changing service organizations, recommends companies whose products can be purchased to sustain third-world artisans and raise funds for non-profit organizations, and includes a discussion forum and blog site. The organization can be found at www.angelrockproject.com.

Malaak Compton-Rock lives outside of New York City in New Jersey suburbs with her husband Chris Rock, two daughters, and a Yorkshire Terrier. She holds a B.F.A. in Arts/Production Management from Howard University, sits on the board of directors for The Children's Defense Fund, is a member of New York Women in Communications and The Cause Marketing Forum. She lives by her favorite Marian Wright Edelman quote "Service is the rent we pay for living."



About Malaak Biography Oprah's Big Give Favorite Things Inspirational Photo Moments Inspirational Quotes Contact Us If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves. —Thomas Edison For more inspirational quotes, please click here.	Biography Malaak Compton-Rock began her career in the public relations and special event fields. Her professional life started in the entertainment industry, working for many years at the Terrie Williams Agency, where she contributed to many successful movie and record release campaigns and projects for clients including Eddie Murphy, The Essence Awards, and HBO. Following a stint in the cosmetics industry, she found her true calling after accepting a position at the U.S. Fund for UNICEF (The United Nations Children's Fund). During her three years with the organization, she spearheaded and oversaw the Special Events and Celebrity Relations Department (a position created for her once the Agency saw the need to utilize celebrities). Compton-Rock created and orchestrated numerous fundraising and advocacy events, geared towards increasing the organization's visibility and promoting private sector and corporate giving. She managed the organization's roster of celebrity spokespersons, planning numerous international field trips for the spokespersons to witness UNICEF-assisted projects in the field, coordinated all celebrity appearances at special events and with the media, as well as created a successful television product placement campaign for UNICEF's core fundraising campaign "Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF." She remains proud of the fact that she was able to increase the organization's celebrity support by cultivating and recruiting many celebrities who continue to support UNICEF today including Laurence Fishburne, Tea Leoni, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Claudia Schiffer. She continues to be an active supporter, having visited UNICEF-assisted projects with her family in South Africa and Kenya in 2006, 2007 and 2008. While still at the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, she made the life-changing decision to dedicate her life's work to the non-profit world. With that directive in mind, Ms. Compton-Rock left the U.S. Fund for UNICEF to pursue her dream of starting her own a non-profit organization. After witnessing the sweeping changes in the welfare laws, combined with her love of individual style, Ms. Compton-Rock incorporated styleWORKS, an organization that provided comprehensive grooming services, i.e., hair styling, make-up application, skincare services, clothing, accessories, and image consulting to women moving from welfare to work. After seven years of offering direct services as a non-profit, styleWORKS now provides grooming seminars on a consultant basis only and continues to offer monthly mentoring and job retention-based services, such as the styleWORKS book club. Compton-Rock is involved in many other humanitarian endeavors, including but not limited to creating, chairing and managing Champions for Children Committee, a prestigious group of well-known individuals committed to raising awareness about the signs and prevention of child abuse through a partnership with Safe Horizon, the nation's leading victim assistance organization. In 2007, the group received national pro-bono exposure in magazines including People, Redbook, Essence and O, The Oprah Magazine, as well as radio exposure through a series of PSA's heard on Clear Channel stations nationwide. In all, the campaign received over 28 million pro bono media impressions. The group continues to advocate on behalf of this cause with a new 2008 public awareness campaign that was shot by legendary photographer Timothy White. The wonderful photos, including those of Emme, Iman, Marian Wright Edelman, Mariska Hargitay and Peter Hermann, Deborah Roberts and Al Roker, Malaak and Chris Rock, Susan Sarandon, and Veronica Webb appeared in the April issue of Redbook Magazine and are currently seen on billboards and elevator ads nationwide. The campaign will continue to be seen in numerous publications throughout the summer and fall. She is also committed to serving those severely affected by Hurricane Katrina. Having pledged a 5-8 year commitment, she works in conjunction with Bonita Street House of Hope in Houston, TX to help raise funds in order to continue placing families in permanent housing. In addition, Ms. Compton-Rock is a proud supporter of The Children's Defense Fund's Freedom School location in the 9th Ward of New Orleans, which serves the area's most disadvantaged children. She speaks regularly on behalf of Freedom Schools nationwide, hosts events, and fundraises for the cause. Along with her husband, Compton-Rock partners with the international NGO HOPE worldwide South Africa providing educational funding, goods, and services for the population in Diepsloot, a poverty-stricken shanty town in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Rock's are currently working on a strategic plan to substantially expand their support in 2008 by providing increased educational funding and quality of life assistance, including community gardens and micro-credit finance programs to hundreds of residents in Diepsloot and Soweto. In particular, they are committed to aiding those living in granny-led and orphan-led households. In addition, along with partners The Salvation Army, HOPE worldwide, and HOPE worldwide South Africa, Ms. Compton-Rock coordinated Journey for Change: Empowering Youth Through Global Service, a program that took 30 at-risk youth from Brooklyn, New York to Johannesburg, South Africa for two weeks of global volunteer service in August, 2008. Recently, Compton-Rock ventured into new professional waters by filming the Harpo/ABC-TV reality show "OPRAH'S BIG GIVE." Debuting on March 2, 2008, Compton-Rock served as a co-judge offering her insights, encouragement and critiques to contestants whose mission is to give back to society in creative and innovative ways. "OPRAH'S BIG GIVE" offered a positive twist to primetime reality created in the spirit of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" and was a ratings hit. Additionally, she is an avid public speaker who lectures on topics pertaining to renewing the inner spirit, philanthropic giving, finding balance in life, raising giving children in a global world, philanthropic cause-related marketing, and successfully blending a family and a professional life. She is also currently writing a book about service and volunteering geared towards families. As a way to highlight the six main causes that Ms. Compton-Rock works on full-time and to encourage others to give, Compton-Rock recently formed The Angelrock Project. The online e-village promotes volunteerism, social responsibility, and sustainable change. Among its many elements, The Angelrock Project includes valuable information on how to volunteer, advice on making monetary or in-kind donations, links to life-changing service organizations, recommends companies whose products can be purchased to sustain third-world artisans and raise funds for non-profit organizations, and includes a discussion forum and blog site. The organization can be found at www.angelrockproject.com. Malaak Compton-Rock lives outside of New York City in New Jersey suburbs with her husband Chris Rock, two daughters, and a Yorkshire Terrier. She holds a B.F.A. in Arts/Production Management from Howard University, sits on the board of directors for The Children's Defense Fund, is a member of New York Women in Communications and The Cause Marketing Forum. She lives by her favorite Marian Wright Edelman quote "Service is the rent we pay for living."	Photograph by John Huba Journey for Change: Empowering Youth Through Global Service is a volunteer program that recently took 30 at-risk youth from Bushwick, Brooklyn to Johannesburg, South Africa. Please click here to learn more. To support the year-long program, please click here. To view a CNN.com video of the participants in South Africa, please click here. To read Soledad O'Brien's Behind the Scenes: Out of Bushwick on CNN.com, please click here. To read Journey for Change participant blogs on CNN.com, please click here. To read the cover story on Journey for Change in Time For Kids Magazine, please click here To view pictures taken by Journey for Change Participants on Timeforkids.com, please click here To view Journey for Change photos, please click here. 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