BREE BARTON / Chief Creative Officer
Before becoming Chief Creative Officer of BusinessGhost, Bree Barton collaborated on more than thirty fiction and nonfiction books. Her ghostwriting projects include numerous bestselling memoirs and business books, as well as a novel whose TV rights were recently optioned by ABC. Under her own byline, she’s published work in USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Dallas Morning News, Cape Cod Today, and Providence Journal. Her articles and short fiction have appeared in McSweeney’s, Flashquake, Skirt!, Chronogram, and The Huffington Post Complete Guide to Blogging. Bree writes with a natural rhythm and flair, adeptly capturing the subtle nuances of your unique voice. According to John Siniff, executive forum editor of USA Today, “Bree has a gift that can’t be taught. She’s the real deal.”
ANNE JORDAN / President, Business Affairs
Anne Jordan is a seasoned Media and Entertainment lawyer, having spent over 20 years providing comprehensive legal advice to individuals and corporations in all areas of media worldwide, including a strong focus on motion picture, television, cable distribution, new media, licensing, merchandising, music and publishing.
Recently, Anne was General Counsel to The Africa Channel, a digital cable network where she handled all legal and business matters for the network. Prior to that, Anne was director of programming at DirecTV, specializing in internet program acquisition. Anne began her legal career as Vice President of Business Affairs at Dove Books, where she negotiated hundreds of book publishing agreements for bestselling authors. Currently she has her own law practice where she handles clients such as major television networks, indie film production companies, actors, directors, producers, writers and clients in all areas of the media.
HELEN CHO
A professional writer and promising screenwriter, Helen Cho is a graduate of USC’s Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism and School of Cinematic Arts, where she studied communication, media, and writing for the screen and television. Her natural curiosity and passion for learning has provided her with working knowledge in a variety of industries, including real estate and finance, entertainment, TV/film, and hospitality. She has provided script analysis for television production companies, conceived and wrote the monthly fashion page for a coastal lifestyle publication, and written on a variety of topics, from entrepreneurship to fashion design. With her versatile background, Helen is eager to employ her love of writing for BusinessGhost.
MEGHAN HERITAGE
A professional writer and script analyst with a BA in English from the College of the Holy Cross and a Master’s Degree in Professional Writing from the University of Southern California, Meghan Heritage has experience that spans film, television, and theater. In 2003, her play “Little Girl Lost” won the Jerome Lawrence USC One-Act Play Festival, and in 2007 she co-wrote the feature length script for ALICE UPSIDE DOWN, based on the books by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. In conjunction with her stage and screenwriting career, Meghan has worked as a script analyst for companies such as DreamWorks and GK Films, using her expertise in narrative structure to evaluate script submissions for development executives. A lover of words and writing, Meghan is excited to be putting her years of experience to work with BusinessGhost.
DILLON HAMMON
Born in Mission Viejo, California, Dillon was accepted to Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in Arizona in 2005 where he planned to pursue a career as an Air Force pilot. Several weeks later, Dillon was struck with a tough decision: he felt God’s path for his life differed from the one he wanted for himself. After the semester ended, he returned to Southern California and found his passion in books. In 2009, he began writing the Aiden Shepherd series and since then has dedicated himself to becoming a professional writer. Dillon is presently engaged to his middle school sweetheart whom he will wed in October.
JENNY SOMMERFELD
Wielding both fiction and nonfiction literary prowess, Jenny has been published in LA Stage Magazine, Palaver, and Angelingo Literary Journal. Raised in the Midwest, she moved to the coast to receive training from the University of Southern California’s renowned writing department, headed by best-selling author T.C. Boyle and Pulitzer Prize finalist Mariann Wiggins. She graduated cum laude with a degree in English and minor in Theatre. In addition to her writing, she has produced critically acclaimed works for the stage such as “Killer Joe,” by Tracy Letts, and other original pieces by up-and-coming artists.
HANNAH TODD
Hannah received her BA in Literature and Theatre from Hampshire College in Amherst, MA, where she researched and wrote on myriad subjects, culminating in a thesis on Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus. Following her studies, Hannah completed a Directing and Dramaturgy internship at Portland Stage Company in Maine, assistant directing and dramaturging mainstage shows and contributing articles to the theatre’s resource guides. Hannah then moved to Washington, DC for an Artistic Fellowship with Shakespeare Theatre Company. Since then, she has assistant directed and dramaturged at professional DC theatres including Shakespeare Theatre, Folger Theatre, and Studio Theatre, along with directing several productions, most recently A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Lean & Hungry Theatre/WAMU 88.5. Hannah’s writing has a natural creativity and flow born of a deep, life-long love of language and literature. She is very excited to be putting that love to good use for the BusinessGhost team.
SARA STRATTON
Orange County native, Sara Stratton attended University of California, Irvine and earned her degree in Literary Journalism and Broadcast Media with a minor in Women’s Studies. Sara Stratton has been featured in the New U University Times, on the radio, and is continuing to follow her dreams of becoming a writer. She was the host of her own original radio show, “Your Key to the OC…Discovering Orange County,” which aired once a week for an hour on 88.9 KUCI. Before coming to BusinessGhost, Sara worked as a full-time intern at National Geographic in Washington, D.C., where she held a position in the International Business Affairs and Kids Magazine Production department. Now back in Orange County, Sara plays a role at BusinessGhost as executive office assistant to Michael Levin, and she oversees the day-to-day of the company as well as providing support to the writing department, production team, and client interactions.