Headliner: Baron Vaughn

Baron Vaughn is a force to be reckoned with in the world of entertainment. With a career that spans live comedy, acting, and directing, Baron's talent knows no bounds. As an actor, he's best known as “Bud”, sharing the screen with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin on the longest-running hit Netflix series, Grace & Frankie. Baron lends his voice as "Tom Servo" in the recent seasons of cult-hit, Mystery Science Theater 3000.
He's also a creative force behind the scenes, co-creating and co-hosting the groundbreaking Comedy Central
showcase variety series The New Negroes with Open Mike Eagle. The show shined a light on both established
and rising Black artists in comedy and music. In 2020, Baron continued to push boundaries with Call & Response, a limited series produced by Blavity and Funny or Die. Together with frequent collaborator Open Mike Eagle, he tackled the most pressing issues of the day in a series that was both thought-provoking and hilarious. Baron's deeply personal project Fatherless, directed by the award-winning Dawn Porter, explores the impact of absent fathers on families and communities while he also endeavored to finally connect with his own absent father.

I'm the guy in that picture. I'm currently working at DotCom Therapy while also taking on freelance clients. And before that I was at, Thrust Interactive, Payscape, Edgar Allan, and Blueprint Digital. I'm a designer, a comedian, and a UGA graduate. I have lived in India, Kuwait, Chicago, but I'm currently in Atlanta. #RiseUp

I have been doing comedy for about six years, and I've been a visual artist and designer my entire life. Since starting my journey as a designer I have been fortunate enough to intern with an award winning agency, lead teams of designers, and have cultivated a variety of personal clients who I work with regularly. I have worked with small startups, agencies, and household products you can buy at Publix and Whole Foods.