the team
Maryan Aiken
FOUNDER. CEO. CMO
Maryan Aiken is the CEO and Founder of CityBox, a digital hub designed to showcase the business storytellers in the city. She is responsible for the company's overall vision and strategy as well as day-to-day operations.
Maryan develops and designs memorable & engaging marketing programs. She blends her digital media expertise fusing it with her passion for producing intimate but power packed networking gatherings where innovators and game changers take part. With a fresh approach to digital storytelling, she created CityBox Media (A Digital Branding Agency) & CityBox Daily (A Boutique Digital Read Focus on Storytellers) opening an alternative gateway for small to large size companies to cross pollinate.
Hunter Aiken
co founder. CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
Hunter is one of those rare and gifted minds. At 9 years old, he realized his entrepreneurship capacity and set it in motion by creating paper cell phone holders and sold them to his classmates earning him the most monopoly money at the end of the school year dominating the End of The School Year Market Fair allowing him to buy most of the school goodies for himself and for his friends.
When he was 16 years old and a junior at Lambert High School, he designed the visual lay out of the company’s website and collaborated in developing the PaperGlass website, concept and became the Co Founder of PaperGlass & CityBox Media.
Hunter is a graduate of KSU with a Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity. He is now a Sales IT Engineer for a fortune 500 information technology company in Atlanta.
Taylor Aiken
CO FOUNDER. OPERATIONS
At the tender age of 13, Taylor watched his older brother tackled to learn web design, how to navigate as a young entrepreneur & future tech aficionado. He actively serves as an adviser voicing his opinions on the direction of PaperGlass & CityBox.
Taylor is an avid fitness enthusiast & an independent college sophomore majoring in Computer Science focus on Video Game Programming and Development.
Ragin Abdul-Malik
director of sales & marketing
Ragin has a proven track record in sales for the last 17 years. Prior to joining CityBox, she was one of the top sales consultants at Neiman Marcus. Ragin is currently the reigning Ms. Georgia Global Continental and she is preparing to represent the state of Georgia in Orlando, Florida this summer. She is a mother of 4, a college student, 2 high schoolers, one in middle school and the cutest fur ball baby, Little Willy Wonka.
Ragin is currently writing a book designed to help bring women out of their internal pain & suffering. She is writing her personal story to empower women to find true authenticity in themselves and to embrace the power of transformation!
In her spare time, she runs her non-profit organization called Radiant Faces where she is an advocate for supporting battered women in our community. Amid the pandemic, Ragin launched her YouTube Channel to help enlighten others by combining her passion by showing women how to heal from their past, how to explore the art of embracing uniqueness through self-restoration self-care and ultimately self-love.
madi burke
CO CEO. Business Development. College INTERN
Madi Burke came highly recommended by none other than the prominent & distinguished Orthopedic Surgeon & Founder of Atlanta Orthopedic Institute, Dr. Raj Pandya. Madi is currently enrolled as a sophomore at The University of Alabama, majoring in Fashion Merchandising with a minor in Business.
”I am most excited to be able to get to work on brand advertising and see that come to life at the events. Getting to see the work the whole CityBox team has worked so hard for pay off will be the best reward.”
Her goal while working at CityBox Daily is to build connections with not only other people throughout the CityBox team, but as well as networking with other companies.
During her free time, outside of work and school, she loves to stay active while getting to spend time with friends and family. Whether it is going into the cheer gym with my teammates, running with her dad, or going on the lake with her family.
Cheering at Alabama, being a part of a sorority, and keeping school as well as & the new internship balanced, will not be easy, but Madi is excited for this new chapter and all of the amazing opportunities that will come with it.
We are ecstatic to welcome Madi to CityBox!
Taylor Maher
editor. Business Development
Taylor Maher is the appointed Co CEO College Intern for CityBox Daily for 2019/2020. She is a college senior at Kennesaw State University, majoring in Apparel & Textiles and she is aspiring to work for Vogue Magazine after college.
She is a rare gem that we highly value at CityBox Daily. We are beyond honored to have her commitment as an excellent contributor at City Box Daily.
Taylor has been involved with various projects such as Sole Seduction in collaboration with Jimmy Choo, Dior Makeup Events at Saks Fifth Avenue at Phipps Plaza and Macy's at Lenox Square, The Global Faces launch at Industrious, The Catalysts launch at Roche Bobois, Brides by Dior at Jimmy Choo, The Circle of Influence at Slim Studio & she is currently overseeing Business Development & Events at CityBox Daily.