Morgan James Publishing

David L. Hancock, Founder

David Hancock is recognized by NASDAQ as one of the world's most prestigious business leaders.  He was also named a Finalist in the Best Chairman category in The 2006 American Business Awards. Hailed as “the business world’s own Oscars” by the New York Post, The American Business Awards are the only national, all-encompassing business awards program honoring great performances in the workplace.

David was even selected for Fast Company Magazine's Fast 50 for 2006 for his leading creative thinking, significant accomplishments and stands to have a significant impact on the next 10 years.
David has revolutionized book publishing - from the author's standpoint.  His Entrepreneurial Publishing™ model enriches authors as well as his company.

Actively working with his authors to help them not only maximize revenue from their book royalties, but also build new business and increase their revenue substantially through follow-on sales to their readers.

One of David's core values is having strong and mutually beneficial relationships.  "We've spent years developing many of the key business relationships that allows us to get our books in bookstores and the widespread Web coverage we've been able to achieve.  We intend to stay constant in our pursuit of positive relationships with people in all facets of our business, and we see that as a strategic advantage."

David is the Founder of The Entrepreneurial Author University and Founder of The Ethan Awards, the only international, all-encompassing entrepreneurial author awards for business authors. David sites on the advisory board of The Mark Victor Hansen Foundation and on the Executive Board of Habitat for Humanity Peninsula. David has also authored too many books to list them all here but they include The Entrepreneurial Author, Guerrilla Marketing for Mortgage Brokers,and The Secrets of Master Marketing.

David and his wife Susan live in Hampton Roads, Virginia with their two children, Morgan Renee and Ethan James.

Mr. Hancock possesses a strong level of knowledge and expertise that he contributes to all facets of Morgan James Publishing.  He has served as a personal advisor to Morgan James Publishing since its conception and one of his many jobs is to oversee our growing Sales Team.

Ben devoted over 40 years of service to a large Corporation in the Virginia area with 30 plus years at the managerial level.  It was during his years in management that he oversaw several aspects with the company including insuring the highest level of workmanship and quality control.  At one point he was managing and directing as many as 150 people at a time.

After his retirement in 1998 he formed his own company, Hancock Marine and Industrial Services, Inc. As an Independent Marketing Representative he was able to provide services to small privately owned companies as well as to his former employer by initiating new avenues of outsourcing.  This move saved many dollars and gave them quality work that had been lacking before.  He continues to serve the industry as needed.

Since the late 1970’s, Mr. Hancock has been serving on the Board of Directors for Hampton Christian Schools, Inc. as well as serving as an Elder at New Covenant Church in Hampton, Virginia. Ben has a heart to serve wherever there is a need to see any organization or individual meet their goal.

Mr. Lentz is a graduate of Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, with extensive national and international business and marketing experience. 

From 1985 to 1993 Mr. Lentz held several key national sales positions for International Family Entertainment, culminating in his being selected as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales in 1992. IFE owned The Family Channel basic cable network and MTM Syndication Studios in London and Los Angeles.

Mr. Lentz managed advertising sales offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Detroit, London, and Hong Kong, overseeing annual revenue in excess of $100 million. He was part of the strategic management team that lead to International Family Entertainment completing a successful IPO and later sale to Rupert Murdoch for $1.6 billion.

From 1993 to 1997, Mr. Lentz served as President, CEO and Chief Legal Officer for FiT TV, (launched in 1993 as Cable Health Club). Conceived by Jake Steinfeld, Mr. Lentz was instrumental in building FiT TV into an attractive national niche cable network. Mr. Lentz was the key managing and sales executive responsible for building the national cable network into a $250 million asset ac-quired by Fox Sports in 1997. As president and CEO Mr. Lentz was also responsible for overseeing the drafting and negotiating of talent and production contracts.

From 1998- 2000, Mr. Lentz served as President of Middle East Television, the largest superstation in the Middle East, offering family programming to over 200 million television homes in 17 Arab countries and throughout Israel. He was responsible for the re-launch of Middle East Television as METV, the American Family Channel to the Israeli and Arab markets primarily in Israel. The position required serving as liaison with Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel, Prince Abdallah in Jordan (now King Abdallah), with General Lahad, General of the South Lebanese Army in Lebanon and with government officials in Cyprus. Mr. Lentz was responsible for crafting a commercial strategy to convert METV into a commercially profitable superstation.  Mr. Lentz functioned as in-house counsel, and appeared either in person or by counsel before the Israeli Supreme Court six times in the fourteen months prior to Mr. Barak's election to Prime Minister in 1999.  At the same time, Mr. Lentz was responsible for selecting the site for the relocation of the television station out of the war zone in South Lebanon. He successfully negotiated the uplink permits for relocation of the station to Cyprus prior to the IDF withdrawal from the region in 2000.

Mr. Lentz served as the Chief Sales Officer for FamilyClick.com from 1999-2000. FamilyClick was dedicated to providing the safest and most flexible server based Internet filter available in the world today.  Developed by the creators of The Family Channel basic cable network, FamilyClick provided safe entertainment and information to the Internet.  Mr. Lentz was responsible for developing the sales and marketing strategy, for developing a national network of affinity groups to resell the FamilyClick Internet Filtering Product, and for contacting broadband cable distributors, dsl and other high-speed providers as users of this advanced technology.

Currently, Mr. Lentz is a founder and Senior Manager of his own law firm, Lentz, Stepanovich & Bergethon, PLC.  His local practice areas include: Corporate Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Elder Law, Wills, Trusts and Estates, and Real Estate. He also serves as an adjunct professor at Regent University School of Business and Regent University School of Law.

Mr. Bergethon ("Greg") is an accomplished complex business transaction attorney and Certified Public Accountant.  Greg was a senior in charge auditor and consultant with KPMG, a global network of professional services firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services in over 148 countries. Greg's primary focus with KPMG was assisting and guiding clients in the Information, Communications, and Entertainment industries. In his role Greg worked with his clients in making initial and secondary public and private offerings in the entertainment, telecom, and technology fields. Greg also traveled across the country at the request of his clients to establish and implement "best practices" in their newly acquired business units. In addition to his work here in the United States, Greg also worked as an expatriate in KPMG's London, United Kingdom office, focusing on auditing and consulting to various world renowned financial services providers.

Following his graduation from William and Mary School of Law, Greg worked as a complex business transaction, securities and tax attorney with Troutman Sanders, LLP, an Atlanta-based international law firm with approximately 600 attorneys serving local, national, and international clients.  While with Troutman Sanders, Greg was instrumental in structuring and implementing various mergers and acquisitions, tax plans, and regulated offerings.  In addition, Greg capitalized on his CPA license by working with clients appearing before the Security and Exchange Commission and developing litigation strategies based on financial accounting and tax related issues.

Currently, Greg is a Senior Manager of his own law firm, Lentz, Stepanovich & Bergethon, PLC.  His local practice areas include: Corporate and Securities, Mergers and Acquisitions, Tax Law, Charitable Tax Law, Wills, Trusts and Estates, and Elder Law. He also serves as an adjunct professor at Regent University School of Law. 

Mrs. Sauer, our Director of Administration and the first employee of Morgan James Publishing, brings experience in finance and customer service to the table.  She has worked in the Customer Service field for over 20 years.  Her previous employer was a large financial institution at which she held various positions that ranged from Head Teller to Member Relations/Collections Coordinator. 

Cindy attended Elim Bible College in Lima, New York and maintains sound principles and values on which to build solid relationships with our authors and with our staff.  Her door is always open and her phone never stops.

Jim Howard started in the commercial printing industry in 1987. He and his wife managed the day-to-day operation of a mid-size printing company for almost 20 years. His responsibilities included everything from personnel to marketing to production to helping clients make the most of their printing and branding budgets.

He left the printing industry in 2004 to venture out into the Internet Marketing world. Along with partners, he authored a course, The Business Success Marketing Suite - How to Market Your Business for $1,000 per year. It was designed to specifically help offline companies integrate online strategies into their existing marketing plans.

In 2006, Jim and his wife teamed up with partners to create Branded For Success. That same year, Jim coauthored a book by the same name under the Morgan James Publishing library. Jim was brought onto the MJ team because of his print and production management background along with the expertise he brings as a branding expert.