Faculty

Gloria Adams
Senior Vice President, Audience Development and Book Publishing
PennWell

Gloria Adams is senior vice president audience development and book publishing for PennWell publishing with responsibility for the circulation, list rental and book publishing operations for all of PennWell. Gloria has been an active member of the circulation, distribution and business-to-business publishing community for more than 25 years. She is a current member of the ABM Audience Development Committee and the BPA Audience Development Advisory Committee, has served on the ABC Circulation Managers Advisory Committee, the Mailers Technical Advisory Committee, and various other postal, distribution and circulation committees.

Dan Aks

Chief Operating Officer, Greenspun Media Group/Niche Media Holdings

Dan Aks is chief operating officer of Greenspun Media Group/Niche Media Holdings. Prior to this position, he was COO of PRIMEDIA consumer magazines and SVP, operations at MTV Networks. His media experience started at Booz, Allen and Hamilton, Inc. where, as a partner, he worked with senior executives to transform their businesses. His experience with city magazines spans working with print and Internet operations for over 15 publications.

David Algire

Vice President, North American Retail Sales, Reader's Digest

David Algire, vice president of North American retail sales, Reader's Digest is a 20+ year veteran of the magazine retail industry. David's career began at Reader's Digest, where he spent 11 years in sales and management positions including marketing manager for the Magazine Group as well as 2 years with the Trade Book Division. He left to join PRIMEDIA, where he spent 4 years, ending as VP of single copy sales for magazines. In 2001, David returned to Readers Digest.

Christopher Allen

Senior Vice President/Publisher, Cooking Light and Health

Christopher Allen was named senior vice president and publisher of Cooking Light and Health in 2007, having risen through the ranks after joining Cooking Light in 1991. Under Allen's direction, Cooking Light advertising sales has seen vigorous, consistent growth; likewise, the magazine's circulation has experienced record increases, with today's 1.75 million rate base delivering an audience of nearly 12 million. Both titles are published by Birmingham, Ala.-based Southern Progress Corporation, a leading publisher of lifestyle information and Time Inc. subsidiary.

Frank Anton

CEO, Hanley Wood LLC

Frank is one of the housing and construction industry’s most respected thought leaders and visionaries. And as CEO of Hanley Wood LLC, one of the top 10 business-to-business media companies, he is a highly regarded and sought after opinion leader and strategist. After 25 years as editor and publisher of Builder magazine and president of the No 1. media company in the housing and construction industry, Frank understands where the business is going. Frank’s passion about housing and media extends to his role as CEO of Hanley Wood and its five divisions: Magazines, Exhibitions, Market Intelligence, Marketing and e-Media. As chief executive, Frank leads the financial performance of the company supported by a culture that is fast, smart and competitive — attributes that will accelerate Hanley Wood’s growth as it launches into a five-year plan to double revenues by 2010.

Jack Bamberger

Senior Vice President, Corporate Sales, Meredith Corporation

Jack Bamberger is senior vice president, Meredith Publishing Group where he oversees the Corporate Sales, Meredith 360º and Home Solution business units. Before joining Meredith, Bamberger was a senior level executive at Gruner + Jahr USA. He has also held senior sales and marketing positions at Time Warner and Primedia, among others. He is a graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia's School of Journalism.

Michael Behringer

Managing Director, Apprise Media LLC

Michael P. Behringer is a founding member and managing director of Apprise Media LLC, where he is responsible for the sourcing, diligence, structuring, acquisition, underwriting, management and exit strategies for all of the firm's portfolio investments. Behringer sits on the Boards of Directors of all of the firm's operating companies, including Canon Communications LLC, Beckett Media LP, and The Action Pursuit Group LLC. Behringer brings over 15 years of investment and operational experience in the specialty publishing, internet, television and video industries.

Hank Berkowitz

Director of Online Publishing & Business Development, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)

Hank manages the CPA Insider™ e-newsletter group, seven ad-supported publications for the primary accounting professional association. He also oversees Webcasts and special advertising supplements for the AICPA's 400,000 circulation member magazine. Earlier, he created and managed EDGAR Online's SECrets™ e-newsletter group. Hank was the founding publisher of Fitness Swimmer Magazine, which he sold to Rodale Press in 1995.

Genevieve Bos

Owner, Founding Publisher,PINK

Genevieve Bos has a successful development, sales, operations and product management background. As publisher of Business to Business, Georgia's top business publication, Bos created numerous sold-out conferences featuring many Top 500 CEOs. She also spent nearly two decades in international software sales.

Henry J. Boye

Publisher, Harvard Business Review

Henry Boye joined Harvard Business School Publishing as the publisher of Harvard Business Review in September 2007. In this capacity, he oversees all commercial operations of the publication including advertising sales, circulation, marketing, and strategy. Prior to joining HBR, Henry was the general manager of the National Journal Group, the DC-based unit of Atlantic Media focused on policy and politics. Henry is an alumnus of McKinsey & Company and holds an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Emily Braaf

Circulation Director, Arthritis Today

Emily Braaf joined the Arthritis Foundation in 2001 and was named circulation director of the foundation's magazine, Arthritis Today, in 2003. Emily oversees marketing strategy including acquisition, retention, newsstand sales, corporate partnerships and online promotions. Since 2003, paid circulation has grown 10 percent to 715,000. In 2005, Circulation Management honored the magazine with a gold award for circulation excellence.

Larry Burstein

Publisher
New York Media

Larry Burstein joined New York Media (then New York Magazine) as publisher in July 2003, marking a return to the title where he launched his distinguished magazine publishing career. Burstein shepherded the magazine through its sale by Primedia to Wasserstein & Co. and has helped transform the company into a multi-platform brand through the growth of the Web site nymag.com, the launch of the twice-yearly fashion publication New York Look, and four years of ad page gains at the core weekly New York. Burstein has also held top executive positions at Self, Elle, The New Yorker, and Us Weekly magazines, as well as Ziff-Davis.

Michael T. Carr

Group President, Greenspun Media

Co-Publisher, VEGAS

As president of the Greenspun Media Group, Michael T. Carr has led the media group to its position as the largest magazine company in Nevada. He also leads the company’s acquisition and business development activities as GMG stretches its reach throughout the country. Carr joined the Greenspun Media Group in 2003.

Jonathan Chalon

Vice President, Entertainment Technology Division

Penton Media

Jonathan Chalon is vice president of the Entertainment Technology Division at Penton Media. He is responsible for 10 publications, seven websites and their events business. Previously he served as associate publisher of Vlife, a consumer magazine from the Variety group at Reed Business. Prior to that, he was publisher of Spin. He helped launch The Industry Standard as associate publisher and also served as international advertising director for Inc magazine. Chalon started his career with McGraw Hill in 1983.

Chris Collins

Vice President Multi-Media Sales, The Wall Street Journal

Chris Collins is the vice president, multi-media sales for the Wall Street Journal Franchise reporting to the chief revenue officer. Mr. Collins joined the organization in October of 2007 and his responsibilities include leading and managing revenue growth across the entire WSJ Franchise inclusive of WSJ.com and Marketwatch.com. Prior to joining Dow Jones, Mr. Collins was vice president multi-media sales for ESPN where he held a key role in ESPN's transition to it's industry leading multi-media sales structure. Previously he held the position of publisher of ESPN The Magazine.

Glenn Cook

Editor-in-Chief, Director of Publications, American School Board Journal
National School Boards Association

Glenn Cook has been editor of American School Board Journal and the National School Board's Association's publications director since July 2006. He was the magazine's managing editor for five years. Glenn also spent 13 years as a newspaper reporter/editor and created a communications program for a North Carolina school district.

Pam Crumpler

Direct Marketing Director
Meredith Corporation

Pam Crumpler joined Meredith Corporation in 2006 as direct marketing director for the publishing division. With over 25 years marketing experience, Pam has held circulation and database management positions with Advanstar, Medical Economics, John Wiley and Macmillan Publishing. She also held senior database and strategic marketing positions with Sprint and Experian.

Michael S. Dee

President & Publisher,
Media That Deelivers, Inc.

Michael started Scottsdale-based publishing company, Media That Deelivers, Inc., with a wealth of media experience spanning over 17 years. Media That Deelivers, Inc., publishes Arizona Foothills Magazine, Estates West Magazine, Arizona Foothills Architecture & Design and numerous custom publications. Today, Michael enjoys his roles as president and publisher of Media That Deelivers, Inc., father of five-year-old Spencer Michael Dee, and community philanthropist.

Valerie Danner

Managing Editor, American Massage Therapy Association

Valerie A. Danner has worked in association publishing for seven years. As managing editor at the American Massage Therapy Association, she helped lead the redesign of the association's flagship magazine, mtj (Massage Therapy Journal). This redesign resulted in six awards in 2007. She is based in Chicago.

Tom Donohue

Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer
Hachette-Fillipacchi Media U.S., Inc.

Tom Donohue is the chief technology officer of Hachette-Fillipacchi Media US. He is also a member of the Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. (HFMUS) executive team and the Largardere Active IT Governance Council, where he plays an integral role in the company’s strategic direction, development, and future growth. Tom has more than 28 years of technology experience. Prior to joining HFMUS, Tom was vice president of information technology applications at Reed Business Information.

Sid Evans

Editor-in-Chief
Garden & Gun

Sid Evans is editor-in-chief of Garden & Gun, a publication of the Charleston, SC-based Evening Post Publishing Company. Mr. Evans was most recently editor-in-chief of Field & Stream and the editorial director of Salt Water Sportsman. At Field & Stream he earned the magazine an unprecedented seven National Magazine Award nominations, including a nomination for General Excellence. Prior to Field & Stream, Mr. Evans was the editor of Men’s Journal. He has also worked as a senior editor at Sports Afield and GQ.

Barbara Falk

Group Circulation Director
McGraw-Hill

Barbara Falk is the group circulation director for ENR and several other McGraw-Hill Construction titles. She is responsible for the audience development and retention from both print and Web sources. Barbara began her career at Gralla Publications 1988 and since then has held circulation and audience development positions at publishing industry at companies including BPI Communications.

Bradford Fayfield

CEO, Storm Mountain Publishing Company

Bradford Fayfield is the founder and owner of Colorado-based Storm Mountain Publishing Company, which publishes FREESKIER and SNOWBOARD magazines and their respective Web sites. With combined print circulations of 150,000, the titles have become the industry's fastest growing and most trend-setting magazines in both print and digital formats. Fayfield is a member of the MPA-IMAG advisory board and holds a master's degree from Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism. He is also a former member of the US Ski Team.

Scott M. Fedonchik

Senior Executive Director, Integrated Marketing Services
Golf Digest Publications

Scott Fedonchik directs the Integrated Marketing Services division of the Golf Digest Publications, consisting of: Sports marketing, creative services, online marketing, custom publishing and client services for Golf Digest, Golf For Women and Golf World magazines. Prior to joining the Golf Digest Publications, Mr. Fedonchik was the director of marketing and promotion at News Corp's Maximum Golf. Mr. Fedonchik also held senior marketing positions at Freedom Communications for P.O.V. Magazine, Egg Magazines and the Web site LiveLarge.com. He began his career in publishing in the corporate events department at Rolling Stone, US and Men's Journal.

Mark Fishkin

Executive Director, Digital Solutions
The Wall Street Journal

Mark Fishkin joined The Wall Street Journal in January 2008 as their executive director, digital solutions. Mark is responsible for building custom digital marketing solutions for The Wall Street Journal Online, MarketWatch.com, Barrons.com, and AllThingsD.com. Previously, Mark was the director of digital sales development for BusinessWeek, and has spent his career in the media and publishing industry at companies like Time Inc., Condé Nast, DDB Needham, and Deutsch.

Santiago A. Fittipaldi

Editor-in-Chief
Latin Trade

Santiago Fittipaldi has been covering Latin American and Caribbean financial and business topics for more than twenty years as a journalist, researcher and analyst. He is currently editor-in-chief of Latin Trade. Beginning his journalism career as a foreign correspondent in the Dominican Republic for the "Voice of America", the US government radio station, and for other international media organizations, he has held editorial positions with the Economist Intelligence Unit in New York City and with Thomson Financial in New York and Mexico City as well as Latin Finance magazine.

Gary Fitzgerald

Chairman & CEO, Meister Media Worldwide

Gary T. Fitzgerald is chairman & CEO of Meister Media Worldwide, a global media company with a full portfolio of products and services for specialty agriculture worldwide. Joining Meister in 1979, Fitzgerald held several sales, operations and executive management positions leading to his current office in 2006. Mr. Fitzgerald is past president of the Agricultural Publishers Association and a current board and executive committee member of American Business Media.

James L. Fitzpatrick

President/CEO, San Diego Magazine

James Fitzpatrick is president of San Diego Magazine, a Curtco Media publication. He acquired the magazine in October 1994 and since then has expanded the magazine's circulation over 50 percent, and increased advertising over 400 percent. He has launched sandiegomag.com and he has launched the Custom Publishing division of San Diego Magazine, which produces more than 30 additional publications. Fitzpatrick recently sold San Diego Magazine Publishing to CurtCo Publishing, publishers of The Robb Report, Worth, and ShowBoats magazines. He remains with CurtCo as president of the San Diego Magazine group.

Jeffrey A. Goldberg

Vice President, Contemporary Media

A native New Yorker, Jeffrey Goldberg worked as a sales executive for Murdoch Magazines and Mademoiselle magazine. In 1990 he moved to Memphis and joined MM Corp. (later named Contemporary Media), a business that has grown five-fold in the past 17 years. Contemporary publishes such publications as The Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent, Memphis Business Quarterly and several Chamber of Commerce annuals. Goldberg is currently president of the City & Regional Magazine Association.

Ann Gray

Founder, Balcony Media, Inc.

Ann Gray is the founder of Balcony Media, Inc. publishers of architectural books and monographs published under the Balcony Press imprint and FORM:pioneering design magazine, the magazine of the American Institute of Architects Los Angeles chapter. Ms. Gray is a licensed architect and for eight years prior to forming Balcony Media was studio architect at Paramount Pictures. She is a Fellow of the AIA and has been recognized by the National Association of Women Business Owners for her entrepreneurial endeavors.

Jack Griffin

President, Meredith Publishing Group

As president of Meredith Corporation’s Publishing Group, Jack Griffin oversees Meredith’s publishing, Internet, licensing and marketing communications businesses, encompassing nearly 35 profit centers in total with annual revenues of $1.3 billion. Since re-joining Meredith in June 2003, Jack has overseen the integration of the former Gruner & Jahr and introduced the Company’s market position of “We Inspire, She Makes It Happen®.” He also spearheaded Meredith’s expansion into the Hispanic market with the launch of Meredith Hispanic Ventures and Siempre Mujer. Jack has led an expansion of Meredith’s marketing communications and digital businesses with the acquisition of several digital marketing agencies and the expansion of Meredith Interactive and Meredith Integrated Marketing.

Lynne Groth

Publisher
Gulfshore Life

Lynne Groth is publisher of Gulfshore Life, Southwest Florida's regional luxury lifestyle magazine. Gulfshore Life is a publication of CurtCo Media, which serves the ultra-luxury markets with a powerful network of magazines, including Robb Report, Worth and ShowBoats International. Groth also heads up the Custom Publishing Division for CurtCo Media in Naples. As publisher she is responsible for seven titles that publish 15 times a year.

Evan Hansen

Editor-in-Chief, Wired News

Before joining the Wired News team, Evan Hansen led Cal Law, one of the first profitable websites, and later headed CNET News.com's internet and consumer coverage. He has won numerous awards for his coverage of media and technology, most recently qualifying as a finalist for the Gerald Loeb Award in 2006. Under his leadership, Wired News has launched a successful blog network and explored transparent reporting methods while consistently breaking major international news stories.

Doug Harbrecht

Director, New Media, The Kiplinger Organization

Doug Harbrecht is director of new media for Kiplinger.com, the fastest growing Web site in the investing/personal finance magazine space. He joined Kiplinger in 2006 from BusinessWeek Online, where he was executive editor and prior to that, senior editor and online news editor, and part of a management team that garnered six National Magazine Award nominations for editorial excellence in New Media, winning the award in 2000. His 30-year career in Washington includes covering the White House and Congress for BusinessWeek, and he was 1998 President of the National Press Club.

Max Heine

Editorial Director, Overdrive

Max Heine is editorial director for Overdrive, Truckers News and eTrucker.com. He spends most of his time on Overdrive, a business and equipment magazine home-delivered to owner-operators. He worked 23 years in newspapers before moving to trade journalism nine years ago.

Gary Hoenig

General Manager & Editorial Director
ESPN Publishing

Gary Hoenig was named general manager & editorial director of ESPN Publishing in January 2008. In this role, Hoenig is responsible for all operations of the award-winning ESPN The Magazine, domestically and internationally; ESPN Books; and all new publishing related business initiatives. Prior to being named editor-in-chief of The Magazine in 2003, Hoenig served as its executive editor since its launch in 1998. He added the role of editorial director of ESPN Books in June 2005.

Bill Holiber

President, U.S. News & World Report

Bill Holiber's career began at Cowles Business Media, where he launched Inside Media magazine and headed six other titles. In 1994, Mr. Holiber joined Zuckerman Media, where he implemented an integrated sales department across all Zuckerman properties, including U.S.News & World Report, The Atlantic Monthly, Fast Company, and Applied Graphics Technologies magazines. After Zuckerman Media, he helped expand CurtCo Freedom Group, where he launched five titles. Mr. Holiber returned to Zuckerman as publisher of The Atlantic Monthly in 1999. He served as publisher of U.S. News before becoming president in 2004.

Dave Iannone

Director of Internet Business Strategy
Red 7 Media

Dave J. Iannone is director of Internet business strategy at Red 7 Media, where he is managing the re-launch of the company’s entire Web portfolio and new product development. Prior to Red 7, he was vice president of interactive at Cygnus Business Media, building the company’s Interactive Division from scratch into a multi-million dollar profit center including top sites in the security, supply chain, aviation and public safety sectors, among 50+ web properties. He joined Cygnus in 1998 after founding Firehouse.com, the web’s top portal for firefighters. He’s also provided strategic Web consulting for B-to-B media companies.

Tina Johnson

Vice President/Editor-in-Chief, Women's Health

In guiding Women’s Health since its launch in October 2005, Tina Johnson has crafted a fresh, smart magazine that inspires today's active young women to live the lives they’ve always imagined. Tina has editorial responsibility for all facets of the brand, including the magazine, a growing web site DVDs, books, international editions and soon, a subscription-based web site. Prior to joining Rodale, Tina was the executive editor of Teen People, which won a National Magazine Award during her tenure. Previously, she was a reporter and writer at People as well as a writer for the Australian celebrity magazine, Who Weekly.

Alex Kam

Vice President, Digital Media
ALM Media

Alex Kam is the vice president, digital media for leading b-to-b publisher, ALM Media, where he is responsible for digital strategy, business development and online operations. Alex has extensive experience in the online space having been instrumental in launching HBO.com and overseeing Major League Baseball’s New Media business including MLB.com.

Thomas Kemp

Managing Director, Veronis Suhler Stevenson

Thomas L. Kemp is managing director at Veronis Suhler Stevenson, a private equity investment firm specializing in the media and communications industry. He is active with the VSS portfolio company Access Intelligence, and with the VSS portfolio investments in Schofield Media and Red7Media. Mr. Kemp joined VSS in 2004 from Penton Media, Inc., where he served as chairman and chief executive officer since 1996. He began his career at Miller Freeman in San Francisco, where he worked for over 20 years and served as president and chief operating officer.

Andrea Kupfer Shin

Director of Marketing & Events
WiesnerMedia

Andrea Kupfer Shin is director of marketing and events for WiesnerMedia’s b-to-b multimedia division focused on the financial and insurance industries. Andrea’s team develops the brand marketing initiatives for four magazines and corresponding integrated media products including websites, e-newsletters and two industry conferences. Previously, Kupfer Shin spent nine years with Penton Media where she began in the marketing department and was later promoted to Circulation Marketing Director.

Nick LaRich

President, LaRich & Associates, Inc.

Mr. LaRich's business-to-business advertising career spans thirty-five years. He is founder and president of LaRich & Associates Inc.,a media representative firm specializing in print and electronic advertising sales. LaRich & Associates, Inc. represents associations ranging in size from 10,000 members to 250,000 members. He has served on the Board of Trustees for the Business Marketing Association and is a past president of the Business Marketers of Cleveland.

Sylvia Lewis

Director of Publications, American Planning Association

Sylvia Lewis is the director of publications of the American Planning Association, based in Chicago. She serves as the editor and publisher of Planning magazine, and she manages Planners Press (APA's book publishing operation) as well as the APA Web site (www.planning.org). She is a journalist by training.

David Liu

Co-Founder & CEO
The Knot Inc.

David Liu is cofounder and CEO of The Knot, Inc., a leading lifestage media company. Founded in 1996, the company’s flagship brand, The Knot, is the leading wedding resource and its recently acquired subsidiary, WeddingChannel.com, is the nation’s #1 wedding gift registry Web site. Under Liu’s leadership, the company has since extended its portfolio of lifestage brands to include The Nest, The Nest Baby, and Lilaguide for the newlywed and parenting spaces. Also under The Knot, Inc. umbrella are PartySpot.com, PromSpot.com, GreatBoyfriends.com and Weddingtracker.com.

Janet Ludwig

President, Allured Publishing

Janet Ludwig was named president in October 2004 of Allured Publishing Corp., a b-to-b publisher focused on the cosmetic industry. She is a third generation member of the Allured family and has spent over 25 years at the company where she led the company’s digital initiative and helped with the launch of Skin Inc. magazine and the Face & Body trade show for the spa market. Prior to her role as president, Ludwig was VP of operations, managing the company’s circulation, production, Web and IT departments. Over the past two-and-a-half years she has led the transition of the company into a multi-media organization, preparing the company for growth.

Eric Lundberg

Chief Financial Officer, Penton Media, Inc.

Eric Lundberg was named chief financial officer of Penton Media, Inc. in 2007. Mr. Lundberg had previously served as vice president and CFO of ALM since 2003. He joined ALM in 1995 and held a variety of financial positions at the company, including vice president, finance; corporate controller and director of financial planning. Mr. Lundberg was publisher of ALM's Texas Lawyer division from 2000 to 2001. Prior to joining ALM, he worked for First Fidelity Bank and Price Waterhouse.

Tom Lynch

Director of Search Engine & Online Marketing
ePublishing

Tom Lynch is director of search engine & online marketing for ePublishing, with over 20 years of hands-on direct-marketing experience. In 1994 when the Internet took off, Tom moved from print to digital and has been there ever since. Tom is a Qualified Google AdWords Professional and a Yahoo! Search Marketing Ambassador. He speaks frequently at numerous national trade shows, and in his spare time, co-wrote a Comedy Central show.

Anita Malik

Founder and Editor-in-Chief, East West

As the founder and editor-in-chief of East West, Anita Malik has crafted the country's foremost pan-Asian American lifestyle magazine. As East West enters its 5th year, Anita also serves as the Web managing editor at the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism. A multifaceted entrepreneur, she has a background in radio and newspaper reporting and was named to the Folio 40 in 2007.

Bernie Mann

Publisher, Our State

Bernie Mann is president of Mann Media, including Our State Custom Publishing, "Our State" television show, and Our State Special Events. Prior to his publishing career, Mann owned and operated 12 radio stations in North Carolina, Virginia, and Arkansas for over 25 years.

Thomas Marantette

Vice President, Finance, Crain Communications

Thomas M. Marantette, Jr. has been with Crain Communications Inc for over 15 years and is currently its vice president, finance. He has overall global responsibility for the financial activities of the company, consisting of 29 business publications and related websites. Prior to joining Crain, he worked for Price Waterhouse for 12 years.

Jim McCabe

Executive Vice President and Publisher

PC Magazine

Jim McCabe is executive vice president and publisher of Ziff Davis’ flagship title, PC Magazine, which reaches over 10 million technology buyers online and in print and is currently celebrating 25 years. With 20+ years experience at prominent consumer and b-to-b media companies, McCabe previously served as publisher of Fast Company. Under his leadership, the magazine significantly grew its advertising market share and increased its revenue to nearly $50 million. He was subsequently promoted to vice president, where he oversaw both Fast Company and Inc. Prior, he was publisher of Worth Magazine.

Linda McCutcheon

Senior Vice President, Nielsen Business Media Online

Linda McCutcheon leads digital growth and new product development for Nielsen Business Media's digital products, services and initiatives. McCutcheon was previously publications director at AARP, where she managed four publications and their Web sites. Before AARP, she was chair and CEO of KOZ, Inc., a community based Web solutions and e-commerce site. McCutcheon spent 10 years with Time Inc. where she began as marketing director for Money and Time and was later promoted t president of new media, responsible for all digital activities for Time Inc.

Dennis McKenna

CEO, Co-Founder, e.Republic, Inc.

Dennis McKenna is CEO and co-founder of e.Republic, Inc., the leading publishing, research, event, and new media company focused on digital technology in the state/local government and education markets. McKenna oversees strategy and business development for the firm and is responsible for market-leading programs in business intelligence, custom publishing and integrated media.

Tom McLean

Senior Director, Web Products, Consumer Reports

As senior director of web products, Tom heads the business strategy for ConsumerReports.org, and Consumer Reports Auto Price Services. Tom has had a 16 year career leading a variety of integrated marketing campaigns, including: SEO, SEM, print, radio, direct mail and e-mail for Consumer Reports, Reader's Digest, and MasterCard.

Christopher Murphy

Senior Director of Publications
Association of International Educators

Christopher W. Murphy has worked in association and not-for-profit publishing for nineteen years. Currently he is the senior director for publications for NAFSA: Association of International Educators. At NAFSA he initiated and executed a complete makeover and repositioning of International Educator magazine that has resulted in a better than four-fold increase in advertising revenue and garnered SNAP and Apex awards in the general excellence, feature writing, and most improved categories.

Christine Oldenbrook

Director of Marketing and eMedia, Bobit Business Media

Christine Oldenbrook is director of marketing and eMedia at Bobit Business Media. Christine's team is responsible for setting and executing eMedia initiatives, audience development, marketing, research and Web development for the company's wide variety of magazines, websites and events. Previously Christine held senior marketing and audience development positions at 101 Communications (1105 Media), Primedia (Penton) and Highline Media.

David Parsha

Vice President, Interactive
Cygnus Business Media

As vice president of Cygnus Interactive, Parsha works extensively with the publishing and expo divisions to deliver high-quality digital products for the company's more than 30,000 advertisers and marketers. He recently launched Cygnus Buyer's Guides, the only industry directory that allows customers to strategically target their placement, add links to press releases and showcase products all in one area visited by thousands of active buyers. Parsha spent more than a decade at Bloomberg, a leading global provider of data, news and analytics, where he was responsible for developing business strategy for Bloomberg News and Media.

Chris Peacock

Editor and Vice Presicent, CNNMoney.com

Chris Peacock is editor and vice president of CNNMoney.com. In this role, Peacock is responsible for the site's content strategy and works closely with the business development and technology teams to identify new opportunities for the CNNMoney.com brand. Previously, Peacock was the executive editor and vice president of FORTUNE Group Online, where he oversaw all online editorial content.

Jeffrey Pedone

Director, Email Marketing, ALM

Jeffrey Pedone is the director, email marketing for ALM, an Incisive Media Company. Jeffrey's department coordinates the deployment of editorial and promotional emailing for over forty business units and three divisions of ALM. Best practices, deliverability, lifecycle marketing, governance, retention marketing, and vendor management are all coordinated by Mr. Pedone.

Philip L. Penny

Chief Operating Officer
Belvoir Media Group

Currently serving as chief operating officer of Belvoir Media Group, a multimedia consumer information provider headquartered in Southern Connecticut, Phil has been involved in publishing for over 25 years. Before joining Belvoir, Phil served as chief executive officer and chief financial officer of Cowles Enthusiast Media prior to its acquisition by PRIMEDIA. Phil began his publishing career with McGraw-Hill. At Belvoir, Phil has led the expansion and diversification efforts of BMG with a current portfolio of thirty periodicals across seven operation divisions and a variety of media formats.

Scott Peters

Managing Director
The Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc.

Scott Peters, a Managing Director with The Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc. (JEGI), provides mergers and acquisitions advisory services to a wide array of publishing, information, marketing services, and online media companies. Since joining JEGI in 1997, Mr. Peters has successfully completed more than 65 transactions.

Reed Phillips

Co-founder and Managing Partner, DeSilva & Phillips

Reed Phillips is co-founder and Managing Partner of DeSilva & Phillips, a media investment banking firm that has completed over 180 transactions valued at over $8 billion. For the past 18 years, he has involved in many leading magazine industry transactions and is now increasingly active in digital media transactions.

Larry Price

Group Publisher, American Bankers Association

Larry serves as publisher for three of the ABA's magazines, as well as three newsletters. Prior to joining the ABA 15 years ago, he was publisher for Lodging magazine at the American Hotel & Motel Association. He began his career as an editor at McGraw-Hill and served as president of the Society of National Association Publications (SNAP) in 2005-2006.

Kaitlin Quistgaard

Editor-in-Chief, Yoga Journal

Kaitlin Quistgaard joined Yoga Journal in 2003 and was named editor-in-chief in 2006. She is an avid yogi, who began practicing more than two decades ago. Previously, Ms. Quistgaard served as technology editor for Salon.com and as business editor for Wired News. During a four-year stint in Argentina, she reported on politics and economics for Time magazine, the Miami Herald, and the Sunday Times of London.

Dick Raskopf

Vice President, Advertising Sales
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED

Dick Raskopf was named vice president, advertising sales in November 2006, overseeing advertising sales for the SPORTS ILLUSTRATED franchise. He held the position of associated publisher since 2004. Raskopf has been a part of Time Inc. for more than 25 years. Raskopf’s most recent role prior to joining SI was founding publisher of Time Digital, which was later relaunched as ON magazine before ceasing publication in early 2002. Raskopf joined Time Inc. in July 1982 as a sales development writer for TIME magazine’s marketing department.

Elaine Richardson

Managing Publisher
Naylor, LLC

As a managing publisher for Naylor, LLC, Elaine Richardson serves as editor and publisher for publications including Black MBA Magazine, the official magazine of the National Black MBA Association®, and The Journal of Electronic Defense from the Association of Old Crows. Elaine joined Naylor in 2002 as an editor and has worked on publications for the National Association of Home Builders, the Georgia Society of Association Executives, the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association, SnowSports Industries America and the Texas Society of Association Executives, among others.

John Rockwell

VP Audience Development & eMedia, Access Intelligence

John W. Rockwell is vice president of audience development and e-media for the Chemical Business Media division of Access Intelligence. John and his team are responsible for all e-media deployment as well as online and offline subscription sales, audience development, search engine marketing and database enhancement for the divisions' various brands and products. Prior to joining Access Intelligence, John was group director of audience marketing at Prism Business Media.

Sue Roman

President, The Taunton Press

Sue Roman is president of The Taunton Press, a special interest publisher serving the home building, home design, cooking, gardening, woodworking, and crafts markets. A multimedia company since its inception 33 years ago, Taunton produces magazines, books, websites and DVDs. As president, Roman has overseen the launch of three thriving subscription-based websites. Roman is a second generation owner of this family-held business, and previously served as editor-in-chief, new media director, and publisher in her 15 years with the company.

Gary K. Rubin

Chief Publishing and E-Media Officer, Group Publisher, Society for Human Resource Management

Gary Rubin leads SHRM’s Publications and New Media division, which publishes HR Magazine and Staffing Management magazine; produces SHRMOnline; directs book publishing operations; and operates the SHRM Store. Before joining SHRM, Gary was the founding vice president and general manager for the Magazine, Newsletter and Catalog Division at NewsStand Inc., where he pioneered the publishing industry’s first digital magazine reproduction standards and the industry’s first digital publishing agreement with the Harvard Business Review and The New York Times. Before his tenure at NewsStand, he served in a number of leadership positions at Cahners Publishing and Crain Communications.

Jason Schaeffer

Vice President of Business and Product Development
CNNMoney.com

Jason Schaeffer is a seasoned veteran in content strategy and distribution. He is currently the vice president of business and product development at CNNMoney.com, where he oversees business and product development for the Web site. Prior to this role, Jason oversaw business and audience development for Dow Jones Online. While at Dow Jones, he was also a director of product strategy and director of product development for MarketWatch. Prior to his role he was with Merrill Lynch & Co for three years, working as an associate in their Mergers and Acquisitions group.

Cara Schlanger

VP Consumer Marketing. U.S. Magazines, Reader's Digest

Cara Schlanger joined U.S. Reader’s Digest in 2006 as VP consumer marketing, U.S. Magazines responsible for Reader’s Digest magazine, Every Day with Rachael Ray, The Family Handyman, RD Large Print and Selecciones. Last year Reader’s Digest grew their digital subscription marketing by 36 percent. She recently returned from working in Australia as general manager of marketing for Australian Consolidated Press (ACP Magazines) which publishes 60 titles including the largest circulating magazine in Australia. Cara has been in media for 20 years having worked at Time Inc. on Health and Sunset magazines, The Discovery Channel, and Tavolo.com an e-commerce site for the Culinary Institute of America.

Chris Schulz

Group Publisher and Vice President, Freedom Specialty Media

Chris Schulz started and manages a consumer magazine division with publications for a wide variety of interests: Lluxury lifestyle; design & decor; performing arts; tourism; parenting; alternative lifestyle; and a custom publishing division. Previously, Mr. Schulz was president of the Freedom World Trade Media Group. Prior to moving to California in 1996, Mr. Schulz published a portfolio of travel trade publications for Reed Elsevier; Murdoch Magazines. His introduction to publishing was with Ziff-Davis, an inspirational way to learn the business.

Eric Shanfelt

Executive Vice President, eMedia, Aspire Media

Eric Shanfelt is executive vice president of eMedia for Aspire Media. Prior to this, he served as senior vice president of eMedia for Penton Media, and spent a year as an industry consultant helping over a dozen B2B and consumer media companies grow their online media business. Shanfelt has an extensive emedia background spanning 17 years and specializes in practical revenue-generating strategies for publishers.

Frank Sibley

Senior Vice President, Communications & Conventions, National Association of Realtors

Frank J. Sibley is senior vice president for communications of the National Association of Realtors®, America's largest professional association, representing 1.35 million members. Sibley oversees the association's public affairs, convention group, and publications-Realtor® Magazine, NAR's monthly membership magazine, Realtor® Magazine Online, Realtor.org, and four NAR electronic newsletters entitled Internal News Service. Sibley's experience also includes 26 years with Cahners Publishing Co.

Terry Snow

CEO, Bonnier Coroporation

First as owner and CEO of World Publications and now as CEO of Bonnier Corporation, Terry Snow oversees one of America's most successful special-interest multimedia companies. In 1977 he launched WaterSki magazine and launched and purchased several consumer titles, forming World Publications. Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Snow expanded the company, launching several consumer titles. In March 2007 Sweden's Bonnier Group—which had purchased a minority share in World in 2006—purchased 18 magazines from Time Inc. and combined those assets with World, creating the new company Bonnier Corporation. Snow now oversees more than 40 brands as CEO of Bonnier Corp.

Dana Spain-Smith

Chief Operating Officer, DLG Media Holdings

Dana Spain-Smith purchased Philadelphia STYLE Magazine in 2004 and founded DLG Media Holdings as a platform for the expansion of the STYLE brand including DCStyleMag.com, PhillyStylemag.com and ACConfidential.com. These Web sites broke new ground in the regional publishing industry by developing loyal, interactive online communities and convinced Spain-Smith to focus on additional brand extensions: Sponsored events, custom publishing, and new media consulting. Her expertise has been tapped by The New York Times, The Washington Post, Entrepreneur, PINK, Folio:, Philadelphia Business Journal, Washington Business Journal, and Passing It On: Life Lessons of 130 Great American Leaders, among others.

Peter F. Sprague

Managing Director, TrueFire Studios

Peter Sprague is a media entrepreneur having earned his spurs in managerial posts at The Wall Street Journal, The Chilton Company, and International Thomson. More recently, Mr. Sprague was a shareholder in a number of medical communications firms including Nurse Week Communications; Medical World Communications; and M/C Communications. Currently Mr. Sprague is the principal owner of Gearhead Communications LLC, a multimedia business which publishes Premier Guitar magazine; a network of websites; and physical and virtual events.

Vickie Szombathy

VP, Director
Spark Communications

A veteran media specialist with nearly three decades of experience in the advertising business, Vickie is a change agent within the industry, serving as both the American Association of Advertising Agencies’ business-to-business committee chairwoman and the American Business Media’s media advisory board chairwoman. At Spark, Vickie leads strategy and investment for many of Spark’s global accounts, encompassing categories from consumer retail to construction equipment.

Don Tennant

Vice President and Editorial Director, Computerworld and InfoWorld

As editorial director of Computerworld and InfoWorld, Don is responsible for the editorial operations of the two IDG media outlets. Since joining Computerworld in 2000, Don has held several positions, including editor-in-chief. He previously spent eight years as editor-in-chief of the Hong Kong edition of Computerworld.

Tony Uphoff

President, Business Technology Group (BTG), CMP

As president of CMP’s Business Technology Group (BTG), Tony is responsible for CMP's dominant business technology brands such as InformationWeek, the TechWeb Network, Interop, Web 2.0, Black Hat, TechNet & MSDN and The Financial Technology Group®. A 20+ year industry veteran, Tony was at CMP throughout the 1990’s where he served as BTG president and group publisher. He was publisher of InformationWeek during its rise to the number one position in the market. Tony rejoined CMP a year ago from Nielsen Business Media, where he was publisher of The Hollywood Reporter and president of the Film & Performing Arts Group. Prior to Nielsen, Tony was CEO of the internet media company Beliefnet and earlier in his career served in several executive management positions at Ziff Davis.

James A. Vick

Staff director/Publisher, IEEE Media/IEEE Spectrum

James A. Vick is heavily experienced in virtually all areas of advertising and publishing, Mr.Vick joined the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in May 2000 to found and head its IEEE Media publishing operations. He oversees the organization’s flagship monthly magazine and web site, as well as 17 trade titles of IEEE technical societies, ieee.tv, ieee.org—IEEE’s corporate web site, as well as other IEEE print and electronic products. Prior to joining IEEE, Mr. Vick was vice president and publisher of Film & Video magazine; executive vice president, sales and marketing of Lawyers Weekly Publications; and publisher of Industrial Equipment News. Jim currently serves on the ABM publishers committee, BPA publisher’s advisory committee, and is currently a board member and Treasurer of the Society of National Association Publications.

Craig Waller

Chief Marketing and Sales Officer, Pace Communications

Craig heads the airline media division and custom publishing business at Pace Communications-the largest private company of its type in the US. He was one of the key players in the rise of the custom publishing agency sector in the United Kingdom. In 1992, he co-founded the top-five agency, Premier Magazines, which was acquired by Omnicom Group in 1996 and Craig headed up the worldwide custom publishing interests of Omnicom's DAS marketing services unit until 2001. From 2001 to 2003, he managed three agencies within the Chime Communications division of WPP Group, and in 2004 he joined Pace Communications.

Efrem Zimbalist

Founder, Chairman and CEO, Active Interest Media

Efrem Zimbalist III is founder, chairman and CEO of Active Interest Media (AIM), a company formed with private equity firm Wind Point Partners in 2003 to serve niche enthusiast markets. AIM currently publishes 20 magazines, and produces 10 Web sites and over 20 consumer events, including the Ft. Lauderdale International Boat Show, the largest boat show in the world. Previously, Mr. Zimbalist was chief financial officer of Times Mirror, a Fortune 500 company that published the Los Angeles Times and several smaller newspapers and was chairman and chief executive officer of Times Mirror Magazines.