3 MURDERS AND A SUICIDE - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Vice President
- Vice President of Running With the Vision
April Ford Griffin is the Vice President of Running With The Vision, (an inception platform) founded to help "Bring to Life," the visions of others with media and entertainment industry aspirations, and a Producer of 3 Murders & A Suicide. She has forged a distinguished professional career that has been focused on improving the lives of children, families, senior citizens, and in addressing the negative conditions of blighted, disinvested neighborhoods, and disparities.
Ford Griffin was initially elected to serve as a member of the City of St. Louis Board of Alderman in 1997. She was re-elected to office four times serving over 14 years. Her accomplishments in the office lead to a historic resurgence with over $1 Billion Dollars worth of new residential, commercial, institutional, and infrastructure development in her beloved community. Ford Griffin was also lauded for her commitment to the inclusion of minority and women-owned enterprises in the revitalization, ensuring the opportunity to participate meaningfully at every level in the ongoing redevelopment of the area.
Recognized for her outstanding leadership and commitment to public service, Ford Griffin has been appointed to serve in critical positions within the current and past City of St. Louis Administrations. In 2011, becoming the Director of the City's Civil Rights Enforcement Agency, where her firm stance on the importance of inclusion, diversity, and fairness lead to increased community outreach services and investigations of discrimination complaints, performed under contractual agreements with the local EEOC and HUD offices. Ford Griffin is currently serving as the Executive Director of the City's Affordable Housing Commission leading the effort to revitalize and stabilize neighborhoods by investing over $99 million into social services and the creation of over 3,600 affordable housing units in the City of St. Louis to date. Ford Griffin is committed to continuing her family's legacy of service.
Shirley Renee' Page is the Creator, Writer, and a Producer of 3 Murders & A Suicide, and the founder and CEO of Running With The Vision, (an inception platform) founded to help "Bring to Life," the visions of others with media and entertainment industry aspirations. She is also a Community Leader, and Title VII Victims Advocate. In her 25th, year of Volunteerism in the department of corrections in the states of Missouri and Illinois, she is a (2) time recipient of the Volunteer of the year Award. Aware of the "Offender Recidivism" rates she developed "Project Help-Mate," to assist former inmates in their release back into society; helping to secure community safety with the reduction of serious, violent crime.
Page has had the privilege and honor of attending the Congressional Religious' Briefings on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., touring the United States Capitol. Gifted with a distinctive voice, her professional career has been structured in the area of communications. Experienced working in both private and public sectors, Page's overall commitment to working with public service values are confirmed by her exceptional executive administrative skills and exemplary work ethics. She credits living in the reality of hard work and diligence, for opening doors for her to gain access as an employee, into some of the most prestigious law firms, corporate businesses, and government entities in the metropolitan St. Louis area, inclusive of Law Enforcement Agency's.
Job Titles:
- Director / EP
- Writer, Director
Tim Breitbach is an award-winning writer, director, and producer and the Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Optimal Entertainment. Whether it's screenwriting Sloan Foundation Award feature (Dopamine, Sundance Film Festival 2003) Executive Producing a two-time NAACP Image Award-winning reality show (Welcome to Sweetie Pies, OWN), creating and directing two internationally-distributed, EMMY-winning shows at children's hospitals (Frontline for Hope, Inside Pediatrics) or creating one of the most-watched TV shows in cable television history (Fast N' Loud, Discovery), Breitbach delivers the goods with quality and a passion for story. Breitbach's pedigree spans advertising, branded entertainment, and original entertainment. His latest projects are vast and varied and have an undeniable essence, a hero's journey against many odds. From The Final 19, a documentary about the final 19 POWs in Vietnam, to Cinderella Bride, featuring a real-life fairy godmother, to Disruption, Inc., a docu-series tackling the world's energy issues, to many more.