Summit Entertainment Promotes Pair To SVP Roles

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday March 22, 2011 @ 2:13pm PDT

Los Angeles, CA,  March 22, 2011 — Further cultivating its executive leadership team, Summit Entertainment announced today that it has promoted Meredith Milton to Senior Vice President, Production, and Karen Barna to Senior Vice President, Business Affairs. Milton will continue to report to Summit’s President of Production and Acquisitions, Erik Feig, and Barna will continue to report to Summit’s EVP of Business Affairs, Andrew Matosich.

Since joining Summit in February 2002, Milton has been involved in the development and production of some of the studios’ most well known films including LETTERS TO JULIET. Barna, who joined Summit in June 2002, brokered all cast deals for TWILIGHT, Summit’s first installment of the blockbuster franchise, as well as all supporting cast deals for THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN, PARTS 1 & 2. 

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