Jessica Dodell-FederASME NEXT Co-ChairAssociate Editor, Country LivingJFeder@hearst.com, 212.649.3401For the past two and a half years, Jessica has worked in the features department of Country Living magazine where she gets to confront her city-girl delusions and fear of wide-open spaces on a daily basis (she also occasionally writes about food, crafts, shopping, home maintenance, and travel.) In her free time, she loves to read, watch movies, visit foreign places, and of course, work on making ASME NEXT more awesome than it already is.
Dara PettinelliASME NEXT Co-ChairFreelance WriterDPettinelli@gmail.com, 917.621.7888Dara grew up in the 'burbs of Philadelphia and graduated with a degree in magazine journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University in 2003. She started her career with editorial internships at Philadelphia magazine, Billboard and Rolling Stone. Before getting her first job as an editorial assistant at More magazine, Dara freelanced for what felt like forever. She took fact-checking gigs at Us Weekly and Golf, and wrote for Print and American Songwriter magazine. She most recently worked as an associate editor at The Knot, writing and editing for their new baby site, TheBump.com. She is stoked to be a part of ASME NEXT because it's such a great way to meet new people in the industry and lend a helping hand. Junior staffers unite!
Kristin AppenbrinkMembership Outreach CommitteeAssistant Editor, Real SimpleKristin_Appenbrink@realsimple.com, 212.522.2704Kristin started her involvement with ASME as an intern during the summer of 2006. She interned at Real Simple and then returned after graduating a semester later. Now an assistant editor at Real Simple, Kristin works with the Body department and contributes to the Home & Organizing blog on RealSimple.com. She is excited to work on the membership outreach team and be a liason between the ASME NEXT board and the members. So questions, comments, feedback (please!)—send it her way.Natalie GingerichProgramming CommitteeAssociate Editor, PreventionNatalie.Gingerich@Rodale.com, 212.808.1499Natalie got her journalistic start as an online intern at Runner's World under newly-anointed EIC David Willey (5 years later, president of ASME!) After bouts with Runner's World Spain, Parenting, and Self magazines, she's found her groove covering fitness and exercise for Prevention. She is excited about ASME NEXT because coming from a liberal arts background, every day is like a little bit of J-School and there's always more to learn—whether from top notch speakers or peer members.Julie MillerWeb CommitteeAssociate Web Editor, SeventeenJulieMiller@hearst.comJulie was an ASME intern in 2005 and got her dream job at Seventeen in 2006. On a daily basis, she obsesses over teen heartthrobs, tests lip gloss and can beat anyone in a Jonas Brothers trivia challenge all in the name of work. Julie is a huge supporter of ASME and is really excited about being a part of ASME NEXT!
Seth PorgesProgramming CommitteeAssociate Editor, Popular MechanicsSPorges@hearst.comSeth is an associate editor at Popular Mechanics, where he writes and edits much of the magazine's coverage of technology and new products. His magazine career was essentially launched with a fondly remembered ASME internship.
Susan RinkunasPublicity CommitteeAssistant Editor, Runner's WorldSusan.Rinkunas@rodale.com, 610.967.7627Susan started as a Runner's World intern in 2007 before joining the staff full-time in early 2008. She now oversees several far-front-of-book pages including "Rave Run" and "The Warmup," reports for the "Human Race" section, and contributes to RunnersWorld.com. Susan also assists David Willey, Runner's World Editor-in-Chief and current ASME president. She's excited to be involved with ASME NEXT so she can meet and learn from the motivated and talented editors found at all levels of the magazine business.
Kate SchweitzerWeb CommitteeOnline Editor, Us WeeklyKate.Schweitzer@usmagazine.comKate began her magazine career as an ASME intern in 2005 and after blogging about her favorite TV shows and interviewing celebrity moms at iVillage.com, she moved on to become an editor at Prevention.com, overseeing the fitness and beauty channels. Most recently, she began working as an online editor for Usmagazine.com, the website of Us Weekly magazine, and she covers everything from breaking news to year-end retrospectives. She is so excited to be a part of ASME NEXT because the society helped launch her into New York publishing.
Jessica TzermanPublicity CommitteeAssociate Editor, PlentyJessica@PlentyMag.com, 212.757.3788Jessica was born and raised in South Carolina and has lived in New York since 2004. Before coming to Plenty, where she covers food, design, and the people and ideas behind the green revolution, Jessica worked as an editorial assistant at Food & Wine.
