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Our
20th Annual Conference on April 30 was a great success. We had
outstanding attendance at the advertising, management, editorial
and design training sessions. The day culminated with
the 2009 GAMMA Awards dinner. Congratulations to all the Bronze,
Silver, and Gold winners, and Professional Photographer, winner of the
Grand GAMMA Award.
"Thanks for a fantastic conference this year. We got lots of
great ideas and info and had fun to boot. Great job all
around."
Julie Keith
PORTICO
“You are to be commended for putting together such an
outstanding annual conference for MAGS. Stephen Pia was the best
sales trainer that I have heard in several years of attending
MAGS conferences. He is focused, relevant, practical and
inspirational. The two afternoon sessions on the web and
web-based marketing were especially helpful, as they provided
the audience with many practical tools that can be immediately
applied to improve our visibility on search engines -- and most
of these tools are free.
Thanks again for putting on a very rewarding conference.”
Ron Starner
General Manager
Conway Data Inc.
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The Board of Directors of the Magazine Association of the Southeast is a group of individuals in the industry who volunteer their time and serve specific functions for the organization. We'd like to introduce you to our board!
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Get Married MagazinePresident Stephanie Davis recently got engaged and
then three months later ironically accepted the Executive Editor role at
Get Married Magazine, a new bridal magazine with a 300,000 circulation
started by Get Married TV on Lifetime Television and
GetMarried.comm. She is also a
new contributing writer on the masthead at PINK Magazine's Little Pink
Book, a women in business daily email. Prior to that she was the
Editor-in-Chief of skirt! Magazine in Atlanta, GA (a unique, quirky
women’s magazine that is currently in 20 markets across the U.S.). She
will continue to publish her personal essays in skirt! and her musings
on her blog atskirtatl.com. A
writer and editor who was formerly on staff at GQ and SELF magazines,
she has also written for Gourmet, Domino, Details, Allure, Brides, Pink,
Vitals Woman and msn.com. |
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Matt Bolch Ink
Edit Co-ChairMatt Bolch is an Atlanta-based free-lance writer
who regularly contributes to nearly two dozen consumer and trade
magazines on a wide range of topics from technology and general business
issues to health care and education. He also edits two b2b magazines in
the health care and benefits arenas.
Matt, a 1987 journalism graduate from Middle Tennessee State
University, spent many years in daily newspapers, including nearly nine
years as an editor at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, where he worked
before going free-lance in 2002. His wife (who doubles as Matt’s
in-house editor) is an English professor at Georgia State University.
They live in Candler Park with their two children. |
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Trend Publications LLC
At LargeCarolyn is the advertising manager of Georgia Trend magazine. She
started there in 1991 and prior to that was with ADWEEK/Southeast
for eight years.
MAGS recruited Carolyn in 1999 to head up the Advertising Sales
sessions for the annual conference. She served as the advertising track
co-chair until 2004, the conference co-chair for 2005, and as president
of MAGS from January 2006 until June 2007. Now, as immediate past
president, Carolyn will also oversee the GAMMA Awards competition in
2008.
Carolyn says, “You never know everything there is to know about
publishing. Each year MAGS helps educate us and creates a network of
wonderful colleagues to call upon for advice.”
Carolyn graduated from Georgia State University, School of Business
with a BBA in Marketing.
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Quad/Graphics, Inc.
Vendor Co-Chair
Patrick Hood is a sales representative with
Quad/Graphics. He joined Quad/Graphics in January 2001. He worked for
two years at the corporate headquarters in Wisconsin in a variety of
roles - including Estimating, Scheduling, and Customer Service.
In 2003, Patrick moved out to our Boston sales
office where he remained until May 2005.
In May of 2005, Patrick relocated to our Atlanta sales office, and He
has been here ever since.
Patrick livex in Smyrna, GA - and he graduated from the University of
Georgia in 2000 with degrees in Spanish and International Business. |
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Conway Data, Inc.
Advertising Co-Chair
Steve Jabon is a 1979 honor graduate of Valdosta State University where he earned a BFA in art. After five years working in print creative and production Steve began pursuing his career in advertising sales and marketing. He was a general manager with The Real Estate Book for over 5 years and since 1994 has been the southeast regional marketing director for Conway Data’s Site Selection magazine. Steve lives in Roswell, Georgia, is married to Melissa and has two daughters, Daphne and Lily Grace. |
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Khabar
Management Co-Chair
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Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles
Design Co-ChairRachel Cardina graduated
magna cum laude from Samford University with a fine arts degree and a
concentration in graphic design. Eager to work in publication design,
she interned at Cooking Light magazine where she gained valuable
experience early on in her career.
After graduation, Rachel continued to pursue her
passion for design by accepting a position at a local, but nationally
known award-winning graphic design firm, Metaleap Design. While a part
of the team at Metaleap, she designed for Paste magazine and byFaith
magazine while playing an active role in other web, identity and
branding projects.
Rachel is currently the Art Director at Atlanta
Homes & Lifestyles magazine, where she oversees idea generation, designs
editorial content, produces photo shoots and helps to define the
creative vision of the magazine. |
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Woodall Media
Conference Co-Chair
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Nielsen Business Media Edit Co-Chair
Alison Embrey Medina is the executive editor of DDI magazine, a monthly
trade publication serving the retail design industry. Through the pages
of DDI, she covers and comments on store design, visual merchandising,
architecture, marketing and branding, with a vast contact base of
in-house retail and contract design professionals. In her seven years
with The Nielsen Company (formerly VNU), she has held multiple editorial
positions with DDI, as well as a senior writer position for New
York-based Convenience Store News. She attended The University of
Georgia, where she received a bachelor’s degree in magazine journalism. |
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Main Street Communications
Edit Co-Chair
Ramsey Harris Nix is the editor-in-chief of Lake Oconee Living,
a quarterly magazine that mirrors the lifestyle of residents of the Lake
Oconee area and beyond. Through her writing and editing, Nix endeavors
to uncover the soul of the classic South. In her five years with Main
Street Communications, she has also contributed to the company’s
newspaper, The Morgan County Citizen, named Georgia’s “Best
Weekly” by the Georgia Press Association.
Nix graduated from The University of Georgia with a master’s degree
in journalism. Her studies took her all the way to Turkey, where the
prime minister requested a copy of her master’s thesis. Prior to her
jump into journalism, Nix was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Mongolia, an
experience that continues to inform her life’s journey. |
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Emmis Publishing
Conference Co-ChairSuzanne Oliver is a contributing editor for
Atlanta Magazine, where she primarily writes about interior design,
retail, and real estate. Previously, she was senior editor for Atlanta
Magazine's Home and managing editor for Points North Magazine. She also
interned at YM for a summer in New York City before graduating from The
University of Georgia in 2001 with a degree in magazine journalism. She
currently lives in Roswell with her husband Craig and her two fat cats. |
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Conway Data, Inc.
Membership ChairCathy Pierce is the Director of Membership
Development for Conway Data/Industrial Asset Management Council. She
began her career in association management in 1989 and in 1996 joined
the staff of Conway Data. Cathy has been a member of the Georgia Society
of Association Executives since 1990; she has served on numerous
committees over the years; she is past Vice Chair of the Leadership Task
Group and is currently serving as Vice Chair of GSAE’s Community
Project. Cathy was chosen as one of the “90 Movers and Shakers” of GSAE.
Cathy has two children, Kevin and Kimberly and three grandchildren,
Brittany, Jaclyn and Marcus. |
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Oz Publishing, Inc.
Advertising Co-Chair
Gary Powell is the Sales and Marketing Director for Oz Publishing, Inc. He graduated from the University of Florida College of Law in 1988, and was a practicing litigation attorney in Atlanta, GA until 1993. Deciding that practicing law was more strife than life, Gary hung up his meat cleavers and joined wife Tia Powell and Oz Publishing.
Oz Publishing is dedicated to producing high quality publications for and about the visual communication industry, including
Oz Magazine, The Creative Index, and The Georgia Film & Video SourceBook.
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Don Sadler LLC
Immediate Past President / Advisory Board LiaisonDon Sadler, the MAGS Immediate Past President, is a full-time
freelance writer specializing in business and finance. He has spent his
career primarily as an editor and writer in the custom publishing field,
first as a Vice President with First Marketing Company in Pompano Beach,
FL. In 1997 he moved to Atlanta to work as a Vice President and
Editorial Director for Media 3 Publications. Media 3 was acquired by
McMurry in 2005 and Don was named Senior Editor, Financial. In January
2009, Don struck out on his own as a full-time freelancer, writing for
business and financial magazines, newsletters, newspapers and various
other media. |
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Freelancer Art Director/Designer
Design Co-ChairLisa Sparer has more than 10 years of experience in magazine
design, working with such publishers as Southern Progress/Time Inc.,
Cond_Nast, and the Sunday magazine of The New York Daily News. She was
instrumental in redesigning The Daily News Magazine and Health Magazine
at Southern Progress. She is an editorial designer who enjoys packaging
articles, images and ideas by working collaboratively with editors,
photographers and illustrators. She has designed a wide range of
magazines covering topics such as health, lifestyle, food, travel,
beauty and entertainment. |
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