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Edwin Avent, President/Publisher, Heart & Soul
Ms. Dawn Baskerville, Managing Editor, Essence
Joyce Bautista, Managing Editor, Cookie
Sherry Bitting, Senior Manager, Public Relations, Complex
Jamie Foster Brown, CEO & Publisher, Sister 2 Sister
Leonard Burnett, Co-Founder/Co-CEO, Uptown Magazine
Vanessa Bush, Executive Editor, Essence
Jesus Capote, Senior Director, US Magazines, Reader's Digest Assn. Inc.
Chiqui Cartagena, Managing Director of Integrated Marketing,
Meredith Hispanic Ventures
Jeffrey Chu, Senior Editor, Fast Company
Keith T. Clinkscales, SVP, Content Development & Enterprises, ESPN
Harriette Cole, Creative Director, Ebony/Jet
NEW! Corynne L. Corbett, Executive Editor, Real Simple
Armando Correa, Managing Editor, People en Espanol
Danica Daniel, Editor in Chief, Black Beat & Right On!
NEW! Derek Dingle, Executive Editor/VP, Black Enterprise
Jeffrey Duque, Publisher, Fox Sports en Espaol
Alfred A. Edmond, Senior VP/Editor-in-Chief, Black Enterprise
NEW! Samantha M. Fennell, Associate Publisher, Elle
Kenard Gibbs, Group Publisher, Johnson Publishing
Aparisim 'Bobby' Ghosh, World Editor, Time Magazine
Pilar Guzman, Editor-in-Chief, Cookie
Nisid Hajari, Foreign Editor, Newsweek
Donna Hernandz, Editor-in-Chief, Shape En Espaol
Jacqueline Hernandz, Publisher, PEOPLE en Espaol
Roy Johnson, VP/Editor-in-Chief, Men's Fitness
David Kang, General Manager, Online Subscription Services, Rodale
Yanick Rice Lamb, Editorial Director, Heart & Soul
Michelle Lee, Executive Editor, InTouch Weekly
David Liu, Co-Founder and CEO, The Knot, Inc.
Jacklyn Monk, Deputy Managing Editor, Real Simple
Randi Payton, Publisher & CEO, On Wheels, Inc.
NEW! Jos Raul Prez, VP, Consumer Marketing, Time Inc.
Diane Jones Randall, Senior Producer, Parenting, iVillage
NEW! Urvashi Rangan, PhD, Sr. Scientist & Policy Analyst, Consumers Union
Scherri Roberts, VP & Director of Human Resources, Hearst Magazines
Sheila A. Robinson, Publisher & CEO, Diversity Woman
Raymond Leon Roker, Publisher/Creative Director, URB/NativeSon Media, Inc.
Mimi Valds Ryan, Editorial Director, Latina Magazine
Vivek Shah, President, Digital Publishing, The Time Inc. Business & Finance Network
Andrew Simon, Managing Editor, Complex
Erica Taylor, President, A Step Above Publishing Group
Sheryl Hilliard Tucker, Executive Editor, Time Inc.
Cynthia Wang, Associate Bureau Chief, LA, People Magazine
Veronica Wilson, National Advertising Director, Essence
Betty S. Wong, Executive Editor, Family Circle
Kate Wong, Editorial Director, Online, Scientific American
Steven Yee, President, Scientific American
Fareed Zakaria, Editor, Newsweek International
