Erica Montolfo-Bura

Erica Montolfo-Bura, a native of Los Angeles, California, is a graduate of UCLA with a Bachelor's Degree in English and a Graduate Degree in Marketing from its Anderson School of Management. Initially, she worked in the private sector as a marketing executive for such companies as Merrill Lynch and Philips, but soon realized she wanted to return to her first love... writing. In 1997, Erica left a lucrative marketing position after being accepted into the prestigious Walt Disney Studios Writers Fellowship Program. Upon completing the program, she was promptly hired as a Staff Writer on the long-running ABC series BOY MEETS WORLD. After completing three seasons on the show, she moved on to another ABC hit, MY WIFE AND KIDS, and then on to several UPN hit series', including ONE ON ONE where she served as Consulting Producer. During this time, Erica turned her sights to developing her own show, selling to and Executive Producing pilots for CBS, UPN, Disney and HBO. In the summer of 2006, Erica joined the staff of THE GAME for The CW network, becoming Executive Producer in the show's sixth season. In 2007, she won an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series for her episode "White Coats and White Lies."

Erica married Francesco Bura in 2010. The couple currently resides in both Los Angeles and Francesco's hometown of Perugia, Umbria Italy.