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AKING BREAD: The Magazine for Women Who Need Dough was conceived by Gail Harlow, who after 24 years’ experience as an editor for such publications as TV Guide and the Reader’s Digest Special Interest Publications division, realized that if she really wanted to spend months at a time reading, writing and loafing around Paris, Rome and Vienna she’d better start making—and saving—more money for her dream retirement. Discovering that she wasn’t alone in this mid-life wakeup call, she decided to create a magazine that helps provide all women with a better understanding of the money matters she ignored for too many years. She is an award-winning author and editor, who has worked with such name writers as Erica Jong, Linda Ellerbee, Joyce Carol Oates, Margo Howard, Louise Erdrich and many others. She hopes to bring the thoughts and experiences of these and other women, as well as experts in the fields of money management, investing, and other consumer-related issues to the readers of MAKING BREAD in the months and years to come. Paris will have to wait. She’s having too much fun here and now.
Excellent executive editor Victoria Secunda helped put the flesh on the bones of this magazine idea. She is an award-winning author (eight books), journalist, researcher and lecturer, whose work has appeared in Woman’s Day, TV Guide, Harper’s Bazaar, Redbook, and Glamour, among other magazines. Besides her wit, engaging writing, and incredible insight into why people behave the way they do, she brings to the magazine many practical tips for successfully maintaining, on a limited budget, a glamorous look and life style. Victoria has appeared on Oprah, The Today Show, CNN, the BBC, National Public Radio and numerous other broadcasts, speaking on family issues, particularly as they relate to women. Her most recent book is "Losing Your Parents, Finding Yourself: The Defining Turning Point of Adult Life," published by Hyperion in 2000. Don’t miss her story about how buying oil-tank insurance for her home saved her a bundle! You'll find it in the "$aving & $pending" section on the Web site.
Our Publisher, Reginald R. Owens, Ph.D. (yes, we allow men in this ‘club’) is a former vice president at Metropolitan Life, where among other positions in his 20-year career there, he was the regional vice president for the Mid-Atlantic region of the Group Department, managing a seven-office multi-state complex responsible for sales and service of group heath and pension plans with annual revenues of $1.2 billion. Most recently Executive Vice President, Principal and Chief Financial Officer of The Gabriel Group, a human resources service and consulting firm based in Philadelphia, Reggie managed the financial operations of the company, and was responsible for sales and marketing, strategic planning, technology development and all phases of human resources management. His knowledge of career transitioning, investment strategies, and retirement planning will be reflected in the pages of MAKING BREAD. Reggie has extensive experience managing and consulting with companies that require financial and/or operational improvement by focusing on P&L requirements. But he really sold us on his abilities to manage the business side of our startup company when he told us; "I have the Miser's Touch."
A talented techie, IT consultant Andrew Michael Newhart created the MAKING BREAD Web site. A senior network engineer at Greenwich Technology Partners, based in Chicago, Andrew most recently developed procedures for monitoring Discover Financial Services' international data network. Earlier, he created a help desk instant messaging system for the state of Georgia. Moving forward, he will be responsible for creating the MAKING BREAD database and seeking strategic alliances to help promote the site and the magazine on the Internet. We feel fortunate to have him working for us.
A MAKING BREAD Editorial Advisory Board is being formed, and it currently includes: Jerry Alten, who designed the prototype covers for MAKING BREAD magazine. As the art director for TV Guide magazine at its zenith in the late ‘80s, he helped sales grow from 5 million to 20 million subscribers, and he now consults with a variety of magazine titles on design and expansion activities.
Writer Margo Howard says, "I know zip about money — except as it pertains to my magical powers: I know how to make it disappear. If there's an 'extravagance' column, I’ll write it." We may take her up on it. She currently writes the popular "Dear Prudence" column at www.Slate.com .
Financial planner Elizabeth Lewin is the co-author of the recently published book “Family Finance” (DearbornTrade). She is also the author of “Your Personal Financial Fitness Program,” “Financial Fitness for Living Together,” and “Kiss the Rat Race Good-bye.” Elizabeth has written articles for Redbook and Reader’s Digest’s New Choices, among other magazines, and she has appeared on numerous national radio and television talk shows.
Susan Littwin is
the author of "The Postponed Generation" and
was for many years a staff writer in TV Guide's West Coast
Bureau. She has contributed articles to many magazines, including
TV Guide, McCall's, Redbook, Rosie, Us, Los Angeles Times Sunday and
Los Angeles magazine. Susan joins
MAKING BREAD as our West Coast Editor. Patricia J. Owens is a Senior Vice President and Wealth Consultant responsible for advising clients on estate planning, investment and trust issues for the Pennsylvania-based Bryn Mawr Trust Company. Patti previously provided investment counseling for institutions and high net worth families at SEI Investments, and held positions at Procter and Gamble Distributing Company and Goldman, Sachs & Co. The mother of two daughters, she is currently working on her license in Marriage and Family Therapy and has a serious interest in promoting financial independence for women.
An accredited member (and past president of the Philadelphia chapter) of the Public Relations Society of America, Rosemary Rys, APR, is the president of Creative Public Relations (CPR for Your Communication Needs). With a Master’s in marketing, management and public relations, Rosemary teaches public relations and communications at Drexel University and has spent 19 years as an award-winning practitioner in the field. Divorced for 20 years, she represents that part of our audience looking for smart ways to start over. “More and more women are learning (often the hard way) that being divorced, downsized, or disrupted in some other way only makes them more serious about becoming all that they can be,“ she says. Richard A. Sherman has presented more than 500 “Bringing Cyberspace Down to Earth” seminars and keynote addresses and appeared on more than 400 radio and TV talk shows. A nationally syndicated columnist, his “Ask Mr. Modem!” column appears in more than 60 publications throughout the U.S. and in Canada. As publisher of the popular “Ask Mr. Modem” weekly newsletter, he provides easy-to-understand, non-technical, computer- and Internet-related answers to questions received from subscribers worldwide. To help readers make the most of their computers and to navigate our digital world, we’ve asked him to contribute an “Ask Mr. Modem” advice column to MAKING BREAD MAGAZINE and to www.makingbreadmagazine.com Nissa Simon served as health editor for the Reader’s Digest magazine New Choices for more than 10 years. Before that, she was a freelancer and published articles in numerous national magazines. She also wrote two award-winning books for teenagers: "Don't Worry, You're Normal" and "Good Sports" (both Thomas Y. Crowell). For MAKING BREAD, she will explore the health-wealth connection, covering health and medical advancements that help us protect our greatest asset—our health and the health of our families—so that we can make the most of the money we earn. A partner in the law firm of Dilworth Paxson LLC in Philadelphia, Sharon Sorokin is also a writer, a harpist, and Vice Chair of the Board of WYBE Public Television. With a husband, two young children and a full-time job, she brings the perspective of the working mother to our board. She will contribute savvy advice to our Legal-Ease column, as well as savory wine and cooking advice to our Breaking Bread features. With degrees in fine arts, desktop publishing and computer graphics, Graphic Designer Carole Wible brings to the magazine a creative eye and great enthusiasm for its editorial mission, as well as experience at top publications and advertising agencies. A single working woman, she says, “If I’d had someone to advise me financially when I was starting college, I would have achieved my professional goals sooner. They told me I couldn’t do it, and I believed them. I’ve defied the odds.” She hopes the magazine will help others learn her hard-won lessons the easy way.
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