Kate Ferguson, Editor-in-Chief, Real Health
As editor-in-chief of Real Health, Kate Ferguson has amassed more than 20 years of magazine editorial and media experience. Along with her editorial skills, she possesses a deep passion for health, fitness and wellness, which she previously explored for the African-American market as the editor-in-chief of Today's Black Woman and the managing editor of Black Men magazine.

Ferguson supervised the launch of both African-American lifestyle titles in 1995 and 1996, respectively.

For 10 years prior, Ferguson was the editor-in-chief of two teen entertainment magazines, namely, Word Up! and Rap Masters. Ferguson also served as editor-in-chief for Black Teen and Female Bodybuilding and was the entertainment news editor and on-camera talent for "The Video Zone," a local music program on cable television.

A graduate of Hunter College in New York City, with a B.A. in Mass Communications, Ferguson received her M.A. in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She lives in Hackensack, New Jersey.

Jennifer Morton, Managing Editor, Real Health
Jennifer joined Smart + Strong as managing editor in February 2004. She is responsible for the day-to-day editorial production of all Smart + Strong products.

Jennifer previously worked as the managing editor for publications including Brill's Content, Cable World and Gear. Before working in publishing, Jennifer worked for the Jane Adams Center, a nonprofit community center in Chicago.

Jennifer earned a BS in communications at Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri.

Jeremy Grayzel, CEO, Smart + Strong and CDM Publishing LLC
With more than 30 years of business and publishing expertise, Jeremy formed CDM Publishing LLC in 2004 in order to purchase Smart + Strong, publisher of POZ magazine and other health care-oriented publications.

Prior experience include president of VNU eMedia Inc., the second largest business-to-business publisher in the United States; founder and CEO of GrayFire Information Services, a leading fax and internet developer that created customized publishing services aggregating content from over 100 major sources; and president and COO of Family Media Inc., a major consumer publishing company with 11 publications and a print circulation of over 10 million.

He has been a member of YPO/WPO since 1988 and served on the board of directors of the Metro New York Chapter. He is a past chairman of the Emerging Business Council of the Information Industry Association.

Jeremy earned his BS and MBA at New York University.

Ian Anderson, Vice President, General Manager, Smart + Strong
Ian Anderson joined Smart + Strong as General Manager/Vice President in June 2005. Ian has responsibility for internal business management including technology and print production services, circulation and product development, and business planning.

For the last six years, he worked at VNU eMedia as Director of Operations and then as Director of Product Development. Prior to VNU, Ian spent 6 years at Editor & Publisher magazine as Research Director and General Manager.

Ian earned his BA in Communications at Ramapo College, Mahwah, New Jersey.

Megan Strub, Publisher, Executive Vice President, Smart + Strong
Megan was part of the launch of POZ in the spring of 1994 and has been working with pharmaceutical companies and agencies focused on reaching the HIV community ever since. Early on, she demonstrated the value of direct to consumer advertising to people with HIV. Megan has continued to develop additional educational programs and publications including the POZ Life Expo, MAMM, InfoPack treatment newsletter, ComboCards and Real Health.

Prior to joining Smart + Strong, Megan was an account executive with The Caribiner Group (now owned by Jack Morton Wordwide), a multi-media production company specializing in corporate events, national sales meetings and product launches. Megan has over 16 years of sales experience and has been profiled in Sales & Marketing Management magazine, New York Magazine, and MIN, a trade publication for the magazine publishing industry.