Lily Liu

At sixteen, Lily Liu was discovered by a talent scout in the modeling and acting industry. She continued modeling through her college years while keeping her education as her priority, and graduating with a Master’s Degree in Math and Science. After six years of teaching in a local school district, Lily also began to represent her own three daughters in modeling.

Lily opened her first office in her home in 1982, specializing in representing children. Soon, Lily’s became recognized as the agency with the greatest variety of ethnic talent.

Today, Lily is the founder and president of Chicago’s number one talent agency, representing talents of all ethnicities and ages including infants and senior citizens. Even now, her philosophy has never changed…to represent all of her talent as if they were her own children!

Andrea Shipp

At the ripe age of four years Andrea began training for a career as a dancer. Andrea continued her training through college and received a Bachelors of Arts Degree in Dance and Performing Arts Management from Columbia College. While attending Columbia College, Andrea concentrated a great deal on mastering modern and ballet techniques; however, she also focused heavily on attaining her Performing Arts Management Degree.
Once Andrea completed her studies, she assumed the position of Marketing Director at Lily’s Talent Agency, Inc.   Andrea worked diligently to attract new clients and quickly worked her way from Marketing Director, to Agent, to Agency Director. Some of Andrea’s booking credits include, but are not limited to: American Girl Magazine, Motorola, BP Amoco, Wal-Mart, State Farm, SHOUT, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Disney, and the YMCA. In June of 2006, Andrea launched the first dance and choreography department in the city of Chicago, merging efforts from Lily’s with Clear Talent Group of LA and NY. Since the inception, Lily’s has signed several amazing choreographers, including the choreographer for pop sensation Missy Elliott. To date, Lily’s dancers have booked jobs with rap star Busta Rhymes and also landed musicals such as “All Night Strut”.
Andrea is extremely excited to be a member of the Lily’s family and she looks forward to it’s continued growth.

Oliver Al

Oliver a.k.a. "Ollie" is an actor and Director at Lily’s. He began performing in Mexico for school ballets and regional folk musicals.
He obtained a BA degree in Theater arts with a concentration in acting from Columbia College in Chicago. He still performs and continues to take training classes in the Chicago industry.
After graduating from Columbia, Oliver began an internship at Lily’s and was accepted as a registered talent with the agency. After completing his internship, he was offered a position in the human resources department with the agency.

Jess Jones

Jess was drawn towards all things theatric from an early age - a fact that is illustrated by her mother regularly having to talk her out of wearing Halloween costumes to grade school. Her love for the arts shone through her training as she studied acting at Illinois State University, improv at Second City Training Center, and later graduated with a bachelors in Communications from Moody Bible Institute. While completing her undergraduate work, Jess interned at O’Connor Casting, assisted in multiple years of the Chicago Improv Festival, and worked as a freelance Casting Associate for various networks and companies. When Jess first watched an individual she scouted win a season of a talent-based competition show, she experienced the joy of recognizing talent and sharing in their successes. It is with this same joy that Jess approaches her career at Lily’s, as she looks forward to sharing in the successes of the amazing talent listed with the agency!

Dan Tower

Dan has been a member of the "Lily's Family" since 2005, when he accepted an internship with the company. He was soon promoted to Assistant/Talent Scout and was an integral part in starting the first Dance Department in the city of Chicago—inception 2006. He is currently the Print, Dance and Choreography Agent. Some of Dan’s booking credits include, but are not limited to: national ads and campaigns for Famous Footwear, Blackberry, Curves, Bank of America, State Farm Insurance, Sprint, CVS Pharmacy, McDonald’s, Nike, Charles Schwab, and Huggies. In addition, he continues to work with and place models in catalogs and circulars for: Kohl’s, JC Penny, American Girl, Sears, Carson’s, and Walgreens, just to name a few. Dan is thrilled to be part of such a great team and an agency that continues to expand and succeed.

Dan is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago where he earned a BA in Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management with a concentration in Performing Arts.

Lauren Wachter

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Lauren has always been drawn to the entertainment industry. She traded in sunshine for snow to attend DePaul University where she is currently studying Marketing and Photography. Lauren was thrilled to receive the opportunity to intern at Lilys in March of 2008 and is looking forward to continuing her career with such a fantastic group of people.

Susan Baker

Susan was very excited to have the opportunity to intern at Lily's and is so thankful she is now taking on the position of Talent Coordinator, Agent Assistant. Susan is a graduate from Miami University with degrees in both Theatre and Mass Communication where she focused primarily on production and film. She inherited the acting gene from her mother, whom she began performing professionally with in Cincinnati when she was nine years old and has been involved in the entertainment industry ever since. She can't wait to continue her career with the amazing Lily's crew!

AC Mangubat

AC, short for Augustus Caesar, graduated with a BA degree in Corporate Communications at Northern Illinois University. In 2001 he got involved in concert production and promotions for Chicago's Filipino Community and has since line produced concerts and toured from coast to coast working at venues such as The Reno Events Center, the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, the Manhattan Center in New York, and the Tupperware Auditorium in Florida to name a few. He was also the marketing director for the Chicago show of Tony Award winning Broadway star, Lea Salonga held at the Aire Crown Theater.
Additionally, AC worked as a project manager for a talent buyer in LA who brought artists and bands such as Christina Aguillera, Beyonce and Fall Out Boy to the Asian region.
He is currently still active in the Asian concert circuits, helping producers book talents from abroad to venues such as the Rosemont Theater, Copernicus Theater in the north side, the UIC Pavilion and many other concert venues nationwide.

Barb Bailey

Barb studied Music, Theater and Liberal Arts at MSU, & upon graduation, she moved to Chicago & immediately entered the Entertainment Business. Following a year as a Disc Jockey, she became Music Producer, Bobby Whiteside's Music Rep. Working out of Universal Recording Studio, Barb pitched Ad Agencies for jingles that became Network Television accounts. Continuing her career in Los Angeles, Barb represented Music Producer, Dick Marx, working out of Sunset Sound in Hollywood. During their collaboration, Barb scouted musical talent for inter-continental music tours for Abe Hershler, Music Director of Inn Concert International Talent. "I love Singers & Musicians---they are my heart." I'm thrilled to be on Lily's team. We share a time-tested philosophy-that brilliant artists deserve great representation.