Heidi Richards Mooney, Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
Heidi is the Founder of The Women’s eCommerce Association, for which WE Magazine for women is produced.  She is also the author of eight books and co-author of two including “Rose Marketing on a Daisy Budget.,” and more. She has written hundreds of articles on topics relating to women and business, has produced five ezines, contributed to national and international publications, produces five blogs and hosts a series of webinar events focusing on issues of interest to women. To learn more about Heidi, visit http://www.heidirichards.com.

Gina Aronoff, Associate Editor – Layout & Design
Gina is the Office Manager for Eden Florist & Gift Baskets, Copyright Assistant to Heidi Richards and Associate Editor for WE Magazine for Women. She is responsible for putting the magazine together including layout, linking, and formatting the finished product.  She is a detail oriented person who loves to see a project come to life and enjoys contributing her expertise to the overall goals of the organizations.

Laurel Delaney, Going Global Editor
Laurel Delaney runs GlobeTrade.com and LaurelDelaney.com, both Chicago-based firms that specialize in international entrepreneurship. She is also the creator of “Borderbuster,” (www.globetrade.com/generic21.html) an e-newsletter and The Global Small Business Blog (http://borderbuster.blogspot.com), which are both highly regarded for coverage on global small business.

Simone Kelly Brown, Business Editor
Simone Kelly-Brown, the visionary, author, and  holistic business coach, behind Own Your Power Communications, Own Your Power Communication’s* (OYPC)  Simone is passionate about personal empowerment and encouraging many to own their OWN businesses and to pursue a holistic lifestyle. Simone has reached thousands with her advice and uses her talents best as an author, speaker, coach, and radio show personality. She’s also a certified Small Business Camp coach, who was trained under her mentor, coach and Internet Television Star, Andrew Morrison.  Learn more about Simone at http://www.ownyourpower.biz or join her network at http://www.ownyourpower.ning.com

Betty Dobson, Networking Editor
Betty Dobson is an award-winning, published writer and the owner of InkSpotter Publishing. As a longtime volunteer, she donates her time and her talents to causes close to her heart, including adult literacy, AIDS awareness, and the prevention of violence against women. She shares her living space with an overgrown kitty who believes (rightly or wrongly) that he’s the one in charge. Learn more about Inspotter at: http://www.inkspotter.com

Carole Martin, Career Editor
Carole Martin, America’s #1 Interview Expert and Coach, can give you interviewing tips like no one else can. Get a copy of her FREE 9-part “Interview Success Tips” report by visiting Carole on the web at http://www.interviewcoach.com 

Bea Kunz, Earthwise Editor
Bea Joined our team in September of 2007 and her column will make it’s debut with the Winter 2007 issue.  Bea Kunz, owns and operates Sage Hill Farms. A Sustainable farm project that grew out of Bea’s desire to return to her childhood roots of living on a farm, and her growing concern for our earth and our food sources. Bea has farming roots that span generations. Along with her recent study and training under a Master Gardener and Herbalist she has undertaken the Sage Hill Farms project with dedication and a determination to make her part of the earth a healthier place to live and to pass on to the next generation. Bea also works in the area of teaching others how to live and practice a sustainable lifestyle. Visit Sage Hill Farms at: http://www.sagehillfarmsandvintagestore.com.

 In addition to being travel editor for WE Magazine, Linda is the International Liaison for the WECAI Network. Linda is the senior partner for CPL Events and a graduate in modern languages. As a professional Interpreter she has traveled all over the world accompanying Members of Government and has been present in the most important events which have marked our recent history. Her expertise is protocol and ceremonial etiquette as well as cross-cultural communication have given her a privileged status as a consultant in government circles and at the highest corporate levels. Her work in the Meeting Industry led her to take a Master’s Degree in Adult Education. She is proud to have been responsible for the first ever large-scale meeting to be held in Lisbon and to have played an important role in the two European Presidencies held by Portugal as well as EXPO’98, the last World Exposition of the XXth century. For more information, visit: http://www.cplevents.pt/.

Linda Pereira, Travel Editor

Gina is the owner and founder of VedaSun; a company whose mission is to be your Aromatherapy Luminary and inspire you to Break Out and unleash your vibrant inner being by enhancing your awareness practice of using your senses as a pathway to presence. Gina will empower you to melt away stress and anxiety in your life by offering naturally sourced, botanical products, holistic mind~body therapies and inspiring information so you too can choose, with awareness, to live a more joyful life and reconnect to your inner spirit. Visit  http://www.vedasun.com for more info and to get her free report,  BREAK~OUT, BE~FREE.  

Gina Rafkind, Health & Wellness Editor

Suzannah L. Richards, CLTC.  Wealth Editor
Suzannah is Financial Professional with New York Life Insurance.  For additional information, please contact Suzannah L. Richards, CLTC at 954-895-8980 or srichards@ft.newyorklife.com.

Lisa R. Tucci, Lifestyle Editor
Lisa Tucci, Chief Creative Officer of Art&Media Communications has been a Producer & Editor of  historical  content  for  over 10 years.  Her own  Artineraries line of downloadable Tours are known as some of the best audio productions in all of Italy.  Lisa is also active on the Board of Directors for  Rome’s Professional Women’s Association, where she is the Newsletter Editor & Contributor. 

Lisa also acts as Editor for a line of children’s mystery stories, all set in Italy, and published by Aunt Dee’s Attic (Michigan). Since attending the WECAI Network Publishing Webinar, she was inspired to start her own irreverent blog, offering a critical (and sometimes humorous look) at the trials & tribulations of life in Italy.  She hopes to publish her vignettes in a book of the same name. You can visit Lisa at Touring Tracks or her blog at  Burnt By the Tuscan Sun.

Jessica Sellers, Graphics Editor
Jessica Sellers is the owner of Chrysalis Logos. She has been drawing since she could hold a crayon and is constantly trying new ideas and techniques. Jessica, her husband Aaron, and daughter Leslie are loving their lives in American Fork, Utah.

Rochael Teynor, Food & Entertainment Editor
Rochael is a freelance food and travel writer and editor, and the founder of Living to Write, a professional business writing firm. In addition to being a recovering restaurant owner and caterer, she has published articles on travel, food and wine, women’s issues, and business development for The Connecticut Post, Fairfield Now, Vermont News Guide, Rutland Business Journal, Just Say Go, Divine Caroline, and Travelroads. Rochael also works in the health care industry in business development. Find her culinary travel stories at New West and Thyme To Travel – both culinary travel blogs dedicated to exploring the intersection of food, wine, and travel. Great, authentic food not only nourishes us; it stimulates our palates, comforts us, and enlivens our senses for a truly visceral experience. It provides us with the basis for a lifetime of memories.  Rochael resides in Missoula, Montana with her husband and four sons.

Bobbi Palmer, Relationships  Editor
Bobbi Palmer is a Dating and Relationship Coach for Grown-up Women. Her expertise and gentle guidance helps thoughtful, accomplished women date like a grown-up; with confidence, compassion, awareness, and grace. Bobbi offers individual and group coaching. You can find her at www.DateLikeaGrownUp.com, where you can take your FREE Man-O-Meter test to find out if YOU are ready to date like a grown-up. You can reach Bobbi at bobbip@DateLikeaGrownUp.com or 562.608.8685.

 Nipa Shah, Technology Editor
Nipa is the founder and visionary who has shaped Jenesys Group, LLC and is known as an expert in the field of Online Marketing.

Nipa jokes that when she came from India, she didn’t know a toaster oven from a computer.  Yet after working in corporate America for 20 plus years, Nipa has established a reputation for customer satisfaction through quality and timely delivery of online marketing and web solutions.  Nipa provides strategic direction and focuses on creating new alliances and partnerships.  Nipa is a serial entrepreneur and demonstrates community and thought leadership through the formation of the Michigan India Chamber of Commerce and portals like www.thebloogle.com.  You can learn more about her company at http://www.jenesysgroup.com

Jeanne Horak-Druiff ~ Wine Editor
Jeanne Horak-Druiff lives in London but her heart and her palate remain resolutely South African. Although she works in the legal field to fund her expensive travel habit, her true passion is for food, wine and writing. She maintains a food blog at www.cooksister.com and has been interviewed by the Wall Street Journal Europe and the BBC. She also contributed to the Digital Dish, a collection of food writing from the Web. When she grows up she wants to live in Plettenberg Bay and lead culinary tours of the Garden Route! 

EDITORS-AT-LARGE:

Dr. Anita Davis Defoe
Author Anita Davis-DeFoe has long recognized the power, the magic, and the impact of words of wisdom.  A true believer in sisterhood, the uplifting of women and girls, and the endless possibilities that inspirational collaboration can create, Dr. DeFoe works to empower others throughout the United States, Africa and the Caribbean.
 
Anita Davis-DeFoe is an Associate Editor with Caribbean Voice, a South Florida newspaper, and a Life Strategist Columnist for She Caribbean (St. Lucia), and Caribbean Belle (Trinidad).  Dr. DeFoe is the Florida Bureau Chief for Caribbean Voice-New York and serves as its editor for EVOLVE, InPowerment for Women, a newsprint for women and girls, and is the of Soulfully Speaking and Spirit in the Village on CaribVoice Radio.

Gillian Hood-Gabrielson
Gillian Hood-Gabrielson, MS, provides customized fitness and intuitive eating programs for women who want to start living now instead of waiting until they lose weight and get in shape. You will learn how to take back your power over food and reignite the relationship you have with your body. Gillian’s coaching specialties include overcoming emotional overeating and fitness motivation, and she also has a special coaching package designed for the entrepreneur! Subscribe to her monthly newsletter, “Stop the Weight!”, and receive your free report, “Six Steps to Guilt-Free Eating” at http://www.healthieroutcomes.com.

Roberta Hart
Roberta is the mother of three young sons rapidly approaching adolescence. She is a 34 year old small business owner and Freelance Writer residing in Western PA. Roberta’s most recent articles and essays have been published in Lilipoh Magazine, Cynics Online, WE Women Magazine, Power Women Magazine and Healthy Place.com. She has lived all her life in a middle class, real world, suburban setting, and uses her skills as a communicator and writer to convey a message, purely in the hopes that someone, anyone is listening. Read more of the wit and and wisdom of Roberta at: http://welcometowords.blogspot.

Pam Archer
Pam Archer is the President of Pamela’s Exclusive Floral & Event Design, located in Kingsport, Tennessee. As a professional wedding and event planner, Pam has assisted brides with untangling the financial nightmares they have created, due to a lack of information regarding where to start when planning their weddings. She is the  author of  “99 Things You Wish You Knew before You Planned Your Wedding”, and writes articles on a variety of topics including business, health and lifestyle. Learn more about Pam at http://www.pamelaseventdesign.com and http://www.archerfitpress.wordpress.com

 
Teresa Morrow
Teresa Morrow is the owner of Key Business Partners, a virtual assistance company that works to give you back One hour a day so you can focus on making money in your business. She contributes articles and ideas on several blogs around the net as well as being a contributor to other women’s magazines. Teresa also serves on the Florida Board of Advisors for The WECAI Network. 

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