I have thirty years’ experience on staff at national consumer magazines including Town & Country, Self and European Travel & Life. As an editor and writer, I’ve helped plan issues, create content, re-envision pages and departments, and mentor junior staffers. For sixteen of those years, I specialized in beauty and health. I’ve also written and edited travel, fashion and culture articles, as well as profiles.
My Background in Brief:
- Beauty & Health Director at Town & Country Magazine, 1997-2010
- Beauty Director at SELF Magazine, 1993-1997
- Executive Editor at European Travel & Life Magazine, 1985-1992
Blogger for HuffingtonPost since 2008.
Yale University, Bachelor of Arts, American History, magna cum laude.
In my most recent position as beauty & health director at Town & Country I:
- wrote about the fun and artistry of cosmetics, the seriousness of skin-care and the life-and-death aspects of depression, Alzheimer’s, eating disorders and other topics of critical interest to magazine readers;
- collaborated with Castle/Connolly Medical to produce Best Doctors listings;
- traveled to Machu Picchu for a five-day trek with fourteen women from Atlanta—and lived to write about the experience;
- attended Maria Shriver’s Women’s Conference in California to report on the state of the dialog in gender politics;
- represented my magazine in the marketplace and co-hosted and addressed audiences at Town & Country’s industry events;
- did TV and radio interviews—one of my favorite segments was Rebecca Roberts’ interview on NPR concerning a piece I wrote called, “Diary of a Beauty Editor.”
Since leaving Town & Country in July 2010, I’ve been writing, editing and consulting for magazines, companies and individuals. I write stories, blog-posts, ad-copy, marketing pieces, product names, sound-bytes, book proposals and public addresses. Learn more about Marketing Services.
