Jessica Hawthorne-Castro, CEO of Hawthorne Direct, has been named one of 50 "Women of Influence" by L.A. Biz for her career success, community commitment, and mentoring other women business leaders. She will be celebrated along with the other honorees at a luncheon in January. Hawthorne-Castro leads Hawthorne Direct, a leading advertising agency that has successfully run over 1,000 campaigns for top brands, generating over $10 billion in consumer sales through creative services and data science.