This is where story meets structure.
I’m Vondell Burns—the founder of Thankless Production and NDA Haus. I work with people who are carrying ideas, questions, and callings that require more than inspiration. Through storytelling, strategy, and community, I help turn vision into something you can stand on.
This work is creative.
It’s structured.
And it’s led by faith.
About me
My Work
I invest in creative infrastructure—spaces, stories, and systems—built with discipline, stewardship, and the capacity to endure.
Saturday Scribe
writing · practice · community
A weekly writing practice rooted in discipline and return—where writers show up, listen, and write together.
NDA Haus
living · creating · working
A shared container for intentional living and creative rhythm—designed to support presence, pace, and return.
Thankless Production
strategy · storytelling · studio
A studio stewarding narrative, film, and long-form work—building stories with intention, clarity, and care.
About me
As the Founder of Thankless Production, Vondell has built and stewarded creative platforms spanning storytelling, community infrastructure, and multi-city writing practice—working at the intersection of creativity, faith, and systems design.
Vondell has served as an editorial and strategic authority within organizations including Goldman Sachs, Redfin, and Atento Capital, shaping voice, message architecture, and narrative systems across executive communications, global campaigns, and moments of organizational transition. Alongside institutional work, she partners with founders and early-stage teams to translate vision into structure—helping ideas become durable, legible, and scalable.
Her work sits between rigor and responsiveness: inside institutions where governance and alignment matter, and alongside builders who need speed, clarity, and creative problem-solving. She works with leaders who treat narrative as infrastructure—and who understand that clarity is a strategic advantage.
Vondell graduated from Howard University and is based in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Her throughline is creativity.
Her superpower is faith.
Invitation
These spaces exist to meet you where you are—and support what you’re building.
There are many ways in.
Join a writing practice
Explore a shared space
Engage the studio
Choose what resonates.