John W. Anderson is the president and founder of The Farm, an advertising and production company with offices in New York and Virginia. He is an Emmy-nominated director of television commercials, including Lifetime Television's "Stop Breast Cancer for Life" campaign,
and a writer, producer, and director of television shows. He is a writer for newspapers and magazines, whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Nation, and many other publications. He is also an attorney specializing in entertainment and business law. He has helped his wife, his mother, his mother's best friend, and his sister in their battles with breast cancer. He lives with his wife and two sons, Seth and Isaac, in Roanoke, Virginia.