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Editorial
Name Position
Ext.
Kate Ferguson »Bio Editor-in-Chief
4718
Jennifer Morton Managing Editor
2058

Sales
Name Position
Ext.
Megan Strub »Bio Publisher, EVP
2055
Ross Zuckerman Integrated Advertising Coordinator
2051

Administration
Name Position
Ext.
Jeremy Grayzel »Bio CEO
Ian E. Anderson »Bio President
2046
Dennis Daniel Controller
2044
Andrej Jechropov Director, Information Technology
2054
Giovanni Vitacolonna Circulation Manager
2045
Angel Gonzalez Office Administrator
4746

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.

Jeremy Grayzel, CEO, Smart + Strong and CDM Publishing LLC
With over 30+ years of business and publishing expertise, Jeremy Grayzel bought Smart + Strong in the fall of 2004. As CEO, he has spearheaded the redesign of POZ magazine and POZ.com. Prior to Smart + Strong, Jeremy served as president of VNU eMedia and headed a new division to web-enable VNU Business Media, the second largest B2B publisher and trade show operator in the country.

As founder and CEO of Facsimile Marketing, he developed broadcast fax and fax-on-demand technology and developed leading-edge custom publishing software. The company also became a website developer and hosted customized publishing services for third party publishers.

Jeremy's other experience includes a position as President and COO of Family Media Inc., as well as directorial roles at both Charter Publishing Company, where he served as general manager of Ladies' Home Journal, and RCA Global Communications, where he was responsible for financial planning of the domestic satellite communications business. He is on the board of directors of the Metro Chapter of the World Presidents' Organization and the past chairman of the Emerging Business Council of the Information Industry Association.

Jeremy earned his MBA at New York University's Graduate School of Business.

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.

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