Entrepreneur, Political Strategist, Social Activist, Philanthropist, and Trailblazing Leader.
That’s Deidre Malone.
About Deidre
Entrepreneur
Deidre comes from a family of business owners. Her grandparents, Austin and Claudia Carter, owned a real estate company and a few other businesses in Chicago in the 1960’s. Deidre made the decision, more than 20 years ago to open The Carter Malone Group, LLC. She is currently a part of the ownership group of the Tri-State Defender media organization, and The Carter Malone Network.
Public Servant
Deidre is the president of the National Women’s Political Caucus, headquartered in Washington, DC, past president of the National Women’s Political Caucus of Tennessee, Vice President of the NAACP Memphis Branch, Chair of Communications for the NAACP Tennessee State Conference, board of directors Baptist Health Sciences University, the Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis, Shelby County Mental Health Court Foundation and she is the president of the Successful Living Center board of directors.
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Who is Deidre?
HER FAMILY
Deidre Dionne Carter Malone is married to Patrick Malone, M.D. and they two have sons and three grandchildren. They live in Memphis, Tennessee and are both originally from Chicago, Illinois.
HER BUSINESS
Deidre opened The Carter Malone Group, LLC, a public relations, marketing, advertising and government relations firm in May 2003. The award-winning agency is one of the largest female-owned firms in the Mid-South.
Deidre is also a part of the ownership group of the New Tri-State Defender, a more than 70-year-old African-American media organization in the Mid-South.
The Carter Malone Group acquired M1 TV Network from Dr. Ivory Taylor and is now rebranded The Carter Malone Network. An online network dedicated to community issues, community education and community building.
Her accolades
The Carter Malone Group, LLC (CMG) has won numerous industry awards. In 2025, the Public Relations Society of America Memphis Chapter named The Carter Malone Group the Best Small Agency of the Year, a VOX Award for Reputation Management for Memphis Shelby County Schools. In 2024, PRSA Memphis named Deidre the PR Executive of the Year. In October 2022, the United States Department of Commerce – MED Week, named CMG the Minority Marketing and Communications Firm of the Year. In November 2022, the Memphis International Airport received an Airport Council International Award for “Your Journey is Just Beginning” for a campaign CMG created with the airport.
Other awards including VOX Awards from the Public Relations Society of America, a national Gabriel Award from Unda-USA, and several Telly Awards for regional broadcasting.
Deidre has received numerous individual awards. In March 2023, Deidre was recognized by the State of Tennessee during Women’s History Month as a History-Maker. She is listed annually as on the Power List for Memphis Business Magazine.
Her Past Informs Her Present
Deidre Malone
President/Chief Executive Officer
The Carter Malone Group, LLC
Deidre Malone is the President/CEO of The Carter Malone Group, LLC (CMG), a public relations, marketing, advertising and government relations firm headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee and an office in Jackson, MS. Before opening the agency in May 2003, Malone served as Vice President of Marketing Development for ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. ALSAC is the fundraising arm of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. She also held the position of Director of Public Relations for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Malone is a former broadcast journalist. She served as a news producer for WMC-TV Action News 5.
Full Biography
Malone is a member of the Board of Directors for the Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis, Baptist Health Sciences University and Successful Living Center in Montgomery, AL. She is a member of the Memphis Regional Chamber, Black Business Association, Mid-South Business Continuum, Public Relations Society of America and Counselors Academy. She is a former member of the Economic Development Growth Engine (EDGE) Board and the Memphis and Shelby County Port Authority Board and Sycamore Institute Board of Directors.
Malone plays an active role in the Memphis community. She was elected to the Shelby County Commission in 2002 where she served as chair of the budget, community services and housing and economic development committees and vice chair of the education committee. In September 2008, Malone made history becoming the first African American woman to chair the Shelby County Commission and the first female to chair the budget committee. Malone ran for Mayor of Shelby County and is the first woman to win a major party nomination for that position.
In August 2023, Malone was elected the 15th president of the National Women’s Political Caucus (NWPC). NWPC recruits, trains and elects women to all levels of political offices. She is a former 1st Vice President of the National Women’s Political Caucus, President of the Tennessee Women’s Political Caucus and former Vice President of the Shelby County Democratic Party, immediate past President of the NAACP Memphis Branch, a founding member of the Philanthropic Black Women of Memphis, and is a trustee at Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church. Malone currently serves as 1st Vice President of the NAACP Memphis Branch and Tennessee NAACP State Conference Public Relations Chair.
In 2023, Malone accepted the honor of The Carter Malone Group being named by the U.S. Department of Commerce the Marketing Communications firm of the Year by the Minority Development Agency. In 2024, Malone was named the Public Relations Society of America Memphis Chapter Executive of the Year and one of the 50 women honored by Spirit Magazine.
She is a 1999 graduate of Leadership Memphis and in 2001 served as Leadership Memphis Alumni Association President and a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She serves as Vice President of the Board of Directors, the ownership group for the Tri-State Defender media group and is also a partner in The Carter Malone Network.
A graduate of Jackson State University, she received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mass Communications and a minor in Marketing. Deidre and her husband, Dr. Patrick Malone, have two sons, Patrick II and Brian. She is the proud grandmother of Patrick III, Bailee Christian, and Brielle.
Dialogue with Deidre
Deidre is the host of Dialogue with Deidre a public information program viewed on YouTube on The Carter Malone Network and Spotifly. The program airs each Friday at noon. Follow the show on the social media platforms to stay engaged with important issues facing the community.
Aunties Unfiltered
Deidre and her friends Gale Jones Carson and TaJuan Stout Mitchell are hosts for the Aunties Unfiltered Podcast on The Carter Malone Network YouTube page and Spotify.
What Deidre Can Do
Media trainer
When someone puts a camera in your face, are you speechless? Deidre can media train you. Her more than 30 years working in the media and with the media equips her with tools needed to train you.
Public Service
Deidre has always been interested in public service. She currently serves as president of the National Women’s Political Caucus, past president of the Tennessee Women’s Political Caucus, vice president of the NAACP Memphis Branch.
POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS
Her experience as an elected official and campaign manager makes her uniquely qualified to consult on your political campaign. Deidre is a certified political trainer by the National Women’s Political Caucus and trains women through efforts associated with NWPC.