THE TEAM
JENNIFER ROSS | Owner/Founder
Jennifer Ross is a Michigan and California Licensed Attorney, and the Owner and Founder of JRBA.
Jennifer founded JRBA with the aspiration and intention of bringing top quality business affairs service to agencies, marketers and content creators on an independent basis. A creative at heart, Jennifer was driven to Entertainment Law and Management by her desire to support creators and artists to achieve their visions. Joining the Business Affairs department at TBWA\Media Arts Lab (MAL) was Jennifer’s first foray into the advertising industry and opened the door that led her to work with over 70 advertising agencies and production companies.
AUDRA BROWN | Director of Business Affairs
Audra and Jennifer have a long history of collaboration across many business affairs projects and clients that led Audra to finally joining JRBA. Her extensive experience made her the ideal candidate to lead JRBA’s Business Affairs team across all clients. Audra leads the BA team by providing leadership and guidance across all BA projects, specializing in union or non-union talent, drafting non-union talent contracts and facilitating payments with payroll vendors, managing third party signatories, production agreements, production management, insurance, music licensing, stock licensing, template drafting, rights and clearances, licensing third party rights and clearing intellectual property for commercial use.
ROBERT LEWIS | Counsel
Robert is a Michigan licensed Attorney at Jennifer Ross Business Affairs representing clients in legal consulting matters. In 2021, Robert joined JRBA and has since worked with clients providing high level support in the areas of licensing and asset acquisitions, music licensing, rights management and clearances, talent negotiations, script review, Union and Non-Union talent agreements, assisting in commercial production management, copyright and trademark research, and legal drafting.
JORDAN KELLY | Business Affairs Manager
After joining Jennifer Ross Business Affairs, Jordan leverages her rich background with both advertising agencies and production companies, to support clients with licensing, rights clearance, talent management (including SAG-AFTRA and non-union talent), legal drafting, and creative deck review.
AUSTIN SITERLET | Contracts Manager
Austin Siterlet is a Contracts Manager at Jennifer Ross Business Affairs who has recently passed the Michigan Bar Exam with license pending. Austin’s penchant for law and interest in the entertainment industry led him to JRBA where he currently supports clients in legal matters involving Licensing, NDAs, Location Agreements, Vendor Agreements, MSA and SOW review, IP review and clearance, and the evolving legal landscape around emerging technology, such as AI. Austin also supports JRBA by conducting legal research and managing document organization and tracking of contract terms.
THOMAS ADDISON | Creative Producer/Project Manager
Tom joined JRBA following a decade at Rocket Companies as a Content Creator and Producer. Leveraging his unique blend of creative and corporate sensibilities, Tom supports the team in the project management of all Business Affairs productions as well as creative and new business endeavors.