Monica Morton, President/ Owner/Investigator
Ms. Morton is a 25-year Private Detective ,OSHA 30 Certification, Health and Safety/Compliance Officer and Human Trafficking Recovery Agent. Whom as a Private Detective has conducted over 7,000 Investigations and over 1,000 surveillance’s and over 50 Human Trafficking Recoveries.
Ms. Morton is a dynamic sought after speaker lecturing in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Dallas, Denver, Seattle, Toronto, London, Dubai and Vancouver to name a few. She is President and owner of K.N.O.W. LLC Sports & Entertainment Group working with hundreds of current, retired and draft-picks providing Investigations, cyber security, business due-diligence, business development, social media services, branding and marketing services to the NFL, NBA, MLB, A-list Celebrities and the entertainment community.
In addition, Ms. Morton is owner of Vanguard Int’l, a Risk Management Insurance Claims Investigation firm providing services such as Homicide, Arson, Missing Persons, Accident, Workers Compensation and Claims Investigation services to national and global insurance companies, City, State, National and Government Agencies, Risk Management Divisions and Corporations.
Ms. Morton worked five years as a consultant for the entertainment division for Mid-America Capital, a multi-billion dollar venture capital firm. During her tenure at Mid- America Capital, Ms. Morton raised over $250 million dollars in Angel, Private and Equity funding for various domestic and international independent films and business ventures.
In October 2022 NAWRB awarded her a leadership award for her work in Human Trafficking Advocacy. In January 2021 she was featured in “Success Sisters Magazine” as one of the top 50 Entrepreneurs in the country to watch in 2021. In 2020 she was selected as one of the “World’s Greatest Women “and featured on their podcast and TV show .Ms. Morton’s company was selected as an award-winning female owned company by the Governor’s office of Georgia and is an Alumnus of the Governors Mentor Protégée Program an exclusive business incubator and was selected and completed Ted Turner’s Emerging Leaders Executive Program.
In addition, for over 20 years Ms. Morton is Co-Executive Producer in MMG, LLC, a TV & Film development production company working with hundreds of writers, directors and producers packaging films, series and documentaries for theatrical & digital release formats. She is currently on-air Crime Expert Commentator for Jupiter Entertainments “Sins of the City”, “Fatal Attraction”, “Payback” and “For My Man” on TV One. Ms. Morton is a groundbreaker as the first “Black Female Private Detective” to be featured in a new Investigative true crime series to debut in 2025.
Ms. Morton attended Ohio State University as a Criminal Justice Major and Psychology Minor. For 20 plus years her unparalleled passion and proven skills in Investigations, Crisis and Risk Management and overall impeccable business acumen, is why she is proud to have served as an Investigative consultant to numerous City, State and National governmental agencies.
She is a member of The National Business Women Executives and Atlanta Women’s Business League and is an Advisory board member on several fortune 500 corporation boards and Entertainment studio boards. Ms. Morton is honored to be opening a Resource Center and Supportive housing facility for survivors of Human Trafficking in 2025.
