Dave Landy is the CTO for the Janus Capital Group. Originally from Rhode Island, he received a BA from Bryant College and an MBA in Finance and Economics from Babson. Dave has been in the Investments industry since the 1980’s and has worked at several Fortune 100 companies including Wachovia: from which he had a front-row seat during the 2008 Financial Crisis. Dave writes to Business + Economics in his column “The Land of Confusion” from Denver, Colorado.
Angela Gala is the founder of Rogers and Gala Creative Partners, Inc., an event design and production firm. Her company is built upon the foundation that events are vehicles for connecting people to ideas, concepts and products. Finding ways to engage humanity, Angela feels, is the highest form of communication. She is thrilled to have pioneered and pen “You’ve Got Mail” which both discovers and responds to the compelling literature of our time.
Michelle Anderson Shail received a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a Masters of Science in Organization Development from Queens University. Michelle is the Principal Partner at Synchronous Consulting: where Business + Psychology combine to create discussions about the importance of collaboration. Michelle writes to the importance of personal and professional interconnectivity in her column, Sync or Swim.
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Drew Gowing was raised in Los Angeles California during the socially progressive Swinging Seventies. So after completing a semester at the University of Southern California he rebelled, as was the form, by joining The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [the Mormons] and embarking on a full time, two-year missionary assignment in Canada. Upon his return to the US, he enrolled at Brigham Young University where he studied Philosophy and in 1989 was awarded the degree, Bachelor of Arts.
After cutting his teeth at the Boston Stock Exchange, David Record took a position with an Asset Manager at the dawn of the Technology Revolution. And whilst colleges had yet to design curriculum for computer science, David was already in the field implementing portfolio management software for his company's domestic and international offices. David assumed the role of Publisher in 2008, and brought the once local publication to its digital platform within one year of the advent of the iPad. Today, Charlatan Magazine’s App sits proudly on Apple’s NewsStand, and downloads in over 40 countries throughout the world.
Heather Ferguson
Heather Ferguson is a District Attorney for the City of Roanoke, Virginia. She received a Bachelor of Arts from the College of William and Mary and a Juris Doctorate from Wake Forest University School of Law. As Style editor, Heather investigates the attitudes that underwrite the central theme of each particular issue, and to the larger cultural dynamics which drive, connect, and ultimately characterize our global family.
Paige Record
At not quite 16, Paige Record, a native of Boston Massachusetts, is growing up concurrently with the Internet! With the subsequent implosion of Mass Media, the emergence of Social Networking Sites, and the much anticipated birth of the Millennial Generation, Paige speaks to the Smart Set by giving us a peek into how life, love and our personal relationships are shaping up in the 21st Century.
Siu Challons-Lipton
Siu Challons-Lipton is Chair of the Art Department at Queens University of Charlotte. She received her Ph.D in Art History from the University of Oxford and an MA from McGill University in Canada. Specializing in 19th & 20th century art, her book on Scandinavian Artists in Paris was published in 2002 and she continues to teach and lecture internationally. A member of the Board of Directors at the Mint Museum, Siu spent her childhood in Africa, Europe and the South Pacific, stirring her penchant for travel, culture, languages and, of course, art.
Michelle Payer mastered crisis PR at age five when she intercepted her father and said “Let me tell you what really happened” before her mother could fill him in. An avid writer since youth, she subscribes to the mantra “everyone has a story” and tenaciously finds the best ones to create new initiatives as the Director of Public Relations for the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company. Originally from the Pacific Northwest, she holds a BA in Journalism from University of Oregon and is an adventurer inspired by professional stints in San Francisco, Hawaii, Mexico, Spain and Sweden. She currently writes “Contemporary Lady” from her cosmopolitan perspective in Miami.
Lisa Purdy
When Lisa Purdy stepped away from 20 years as a corporate real estate executive, she took her penchant for design and hung out her own shingle! As the Founder of Purdy Designs, Lisa continues to stay connected in Multi-Family Real Estate by bringing her expertise in renovation and unique design aesthetic to her clients. Experienced in landscape, home staging, residential and multi-family renovations, Purdy Designs operates within the 50 states from their headquarters in Houston, Texas.
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