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Founder David Lawrence 1888-1973

Executive Committee
Chairman and Editor-in-Chief

Mortimer B. Zuckerman

Editor Brian Kelly

Managing Editors Margaret Mannix, Tim Smart

Executive Director Karen S. Chevalier

Design Director Ken Newbaker

Assistant Managing Editors

Terry Atlas, Nation & World; Anne McGrath, Health; James Pethokoukis, Business; Kenneth Terrell, Education

Director of Editorial Development Diane Snow Javaid

Director of Information Services Stephanie Salmon

Director of Operations Michael Piccorossi

Director of Video and Audio Production Matthew Belvedere

Art Director Michele Chu

Health Editor Bernadine Healy

Editor at Large David Gergen

Deputies

James Bock, Business; Kimberly Castro, Business; Morgan E. Felchner, Nation & World; Ben Harder, Health & Science; Mary Lu Meixell, Information Services; Robert Schlesinger, Opinion; Alan Weinstein, Operations; Kevin Whitelaw, Nation & World

Chief Correspondents

Rick Newman, Business; Kenneth T. Walsh, White House

Senior Writers

Michelle Andrews (New York), Michael Barone, Paul Bedard, Kim Clark, Avery Comarow, Liz Halloran, Katherine Hobson (New York), Deborah Kotz, David LaGesse (St. Louis), Thomas Omestad, Nancy Shute, Katherine Skiba, Jay Tolson

Senior Editors

Justin Ewers (San Francisco), Anna Mulrine, Kimberly Palmer, Kirk Shinkle

Senior Producers

Debra Bell, Sara Clarke

Associate Editors

Sarah Baldauf, Alex Kingsbury, Katy Marquardt, Luke Mullins, January W. Payne

Producers

Alison Go, Maura Judkis, Jennifer Murphy, Nikki Schwab

Special Correspondents

Eduardo Cue, France; Larry Derfner, Khalid Abu Toameh, Middle East

Reporters

Matthew Bandyk, Emily Brandon, Jessica Calefati, Kent Garber, Lindsay Lyon, Eddy Ramírez, Amanda Ruggeri, Adam Voiland, Liz Wolgemuth

Contributing Editors

Fouad Ajami, Gloria Borger, Diane Cole, Sam Dealey, Bonnie Erbe, Harold Evans, John Aloysius Farrell, Dan Gilgoff, Robert O. Grover, Kerry Hannon, Linda Kulman, John Mashek, Marty Nemko, Linda Robinson, Bret Schulte, Leonard Wiener

Information Services

Data Research: Robert J. Morse, Director; Sam Flanigan, Deputy Reader Services: Amanda Race Data Collection: Vachelle Manly, Manager Kevin Brotzman, Anthony Calabrese Library Services: Danielle Burton, Carol S. Hook, Amy B. Kost, Bobbie Kyle Sauer, Jennifer O'Shea; Peggy Everheart, Assistant Research: Myke Freeman, Coordinator; Paulette Garthoff, Henry Reske, Mark Titus

Design and Photography

Photography Deputy Director: Jennifer Poggi Senior Designers: Kristine L. Mehuron, Rebecca Pajak Designers: Jaime Fisher, Andre Medina, Houston D. Ruck Senior Photography Editor: Carol McKay Photography Editors: Avijit Gupta, Alexa Keefe, Lexie Moreland Graphics: Stephen Rountree, Director; Rob Cady Art Assistant: Jill BeVier Photographers: Charlie Archambault, Chief; David Butow, Kevin Horan, Jim Lo Scalzo, Jeffrey MacMillan; J. Alex Cooney, Photography Intern Video: Chhayal Parikh, Producer; Michael Weinstein, Associate Producer Archives: Richard Hare Finance and Administration: Leslie Current

Operations

News Desk: Elizabeth B. Brooke, Chief; Judy Shapleigh, Deputy Senior News Editors: Judy Burke, Cindy Leitner News Editors: Jeff Greer, Bruce Guthrie, Steve St. Angelo Project Manager: James Stevenson Data Production: Cynthia A. Phelps Technical Producers: Russell Heimlich, Ahasan Islam, Paulo Ordoveza Prepress: Michael A. Brooks, Manager; Michael Fingerhuth, Pamela J. Fischer, Carlos Jimenez; Howard Randolph, Assistant Online Production: Brian Bailey, Coordinator

News Services

Manager, Administration: Lynne Edwards Editorial Coordinator: Heather McGhee Administrative Editor: Alma Demarest Herrerías Editorial Assistant: Amy Golod Editorial Finance Manager: Roxanna Perry Public Relations: Elizabeth Putze, Manager; Lucy Byrd, Coordinator; Whitney Akers, Assistant Mailroom: Vincent Simon, Manager; Anthony Better, Brian Glenn

Information Technology

Director: Yingjie Shu Deputy Director: Douglas Lay Project Managers: Christopher Johnson, Yeatts Jones Systems: Cathy Cacho, Manager; Matt Kupferman, Lee Henry, Mark Sleith Management Information Systems: David Jessup, Manager; William Garcia, Seth Johnson, Byron Peebles User Support: William Pabst, Supervisor; Eric Chan, Wesley Dimiceli, Christopher Eng, Eric Reiffenstein Finance Manager: Diane LaGrega

Online Services

Vice President Online Audience and Business Development: Jennifer Simonds Managers: Mary Catherine Bain, Christine Garton Analyst: Taron Flood

President

William D. Holiber

Chief Marketing Officer Lee Wilcox

Publisher Kerry F. Dyer

Senior Vice President Operations Michael J. Armstrong

Senior Vice President and General Manager of Online Advertising and Marketing Ron Bernstein

Senior Vice President and General Counsel Peter M. Dwoskin

Vice President/Midwest Sales Director Paul Kissane

Vice President Marketing Nancy Morrissey

Southeast Sales Director Shannon Tkach

Vice President Manufacturing Mark White

Vice President Human Resources Jeff Zomper

Executive Director Operations Dan Fein

Director of Advertising Services Phyllis A. Panza

Director of Online Business Diana Rubin

Director Creative Services, Consumer Marketing Ernest Fellenbaum

Consumer Marketing Director Margaret Lorczak

Associate Director Operations, Consumer Marketing Abbe Weintraub

Renewal, Billing, Gift & Fufillment Director Stacie Paradis

Distribution Director Brian Schmitt

Director of Special Projects Wendy Margulies

Market Research Director Jane Ash

Design Directors, Marketing Randi Rosh, Peter Carey

Advertising Business Director Ollie A. Worthy

Managers Ad Sales New York, Barbara Bauer; Chicago, Brian Roy; Detroit, James McNulty, Michael Peters; Los Angeles, Gary Thompson; San Francisco, Taylor Murphy

Manager Digital & Integrated Sales New York, Marc Siegel

Senior Marketing Managers Sarah Bartlett, Carolyn Grey

Ad Operations Specialist Bridget Irani

Marketing Manager Kathryn Goen

Online Sales Planner Lauren Gerardi

Ad Operations Analyst Leah Skartvedt

Chief Financial Officer Thomas H. Peck

Vice President Finance Neil Maheshwari

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