Charlene Giannetti, editor of Woman Around Town, is the recipient of five awards from the New York Press Club for articles that have appeared on the website. A graduate of Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Charlene began her career working for a newspaper in Pennsylvania, then wrote for several publications in Washington, covering environment and energy policy. In New York, she was an editor at Business Week magazine and her articles have appeared in many newspapers and magazines including the New York Times. She is the author of 11 non-fiction books, eight for parents of young adolescents written with Margaret Sagarese, including "The Roller-Coaster Years," "Cliques," and "Boy Crazy." She and Margaret have been keynote speakers at many events and have appeared on the Today Show, CBS Morning, FOX News, CNN, MSNBC, NPR, and many others. Charlene divides her time between homes in Manhattan and Alexandria, Virginia. View All Posts By Charlene Giannetti »

Alix Cohen is the recipient of three New York Press Club Awards for work published on this venue. Her writing history began with poetry, segued into lyrics and took a commercial detour while holding executive positions in product development, merchandising, and design. A cultural sponge, she now turns her diverse personal and professional background to authoring pieces about culture/the arts with particular interest in artists and entrepreneurs. Theater, music, art/design are lifelong areas of study and passion. Alix’s professional experience in women’s fashion fuels writing in that area, her work in children’s products supports articles and buying guides in that sector. Besides Woman Around Town, the journalist writes for Times Square Chronicles and Cabaret Scenes. Additional pieces have been published by The New York Post, The National Observer’s Playground Magazine, Pasadena Magazine, and ifashionnetwork. She lives in Manhattan. Of course. View All Posts By Alix Cohen »

Merry Sheils won the New York Press Club’s Journalism Award for best business writing in 2011 and 2012. As a portfolio manager for private clients, she writes a financial column for WomenAroundTown.com as well as features and profiles. She frequently writes economic and capital markets commentary, including white papers, thought leadership pieces and investment reports, for companies and investment managers. Prior to becoming a writer, Merry worked as a senior portfolio manager and investment analyst at BNYMellon and Wilmington Trust Company (now M&T Bank). A SUNY graduate with a degree in finance, she is the author of “Debt-Based Securities” and has been published in The Financial Times, Forbes and Chief Executive Magazine, and has appeared as a guest on CNBC. She founded First New York Equity, Incorporated, an investment advisory firm, and sold it to Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers). She divides her time between New York City and her 18th century house in Columbia County, NY, where she is active in the North Chatham Free Library, the Old Chatham Hunt Club and the Columbia County Historical Society. View All Posts By Merry Sheils »

Michall Jeffers began her career as an actress in New York and Los Angeles, and now uses her considerable knowledge and experience to review theater. Her professional affiliations include Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, American Theatre Critics, International Association of Theatre Critics, Dramatists Guild of America, Dance Critics Association, Actors’ Equity, SAG-AFTRA, and National Book Critics Circle. Michall received a BFA from Boston University. She’s been the founder, artistic director, and dramaturge of an equity theater; a guest lecturer for the Cunard Line; and has written, directed, and produced commercials for cable TV. Her eponymous cable TV show, which she writes, produces, and tapes at the legendary Sardi’s restaurant, features reviews, commentary, and interviews with a who’s who in entertainment and publishing, including Alan Arkin, Kathy Bates, Eli Wallach, Daniel Sullivan, Wendy Wasserstein, Alan Dershowitz, Stanley Donen, Simon Schama, Mary Higgens Clark, Barbara Taylor Bradford, and Ken Follett. When she’s not taking notes in the audience or reading, Michall enjoys doing lifestyle articles with her husband, photographer John Warner. They live in a log cabin in Northern Westchester. View All Posts By Michall Jeffers »

Eleanor Foa Dienstag is a journalist and photojournalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Harper's, the New Republic, the New York Observer, Ms., McCall's,Travel & Leisure, Frequent Flyer, and many other websites and publications. Eleanor is the author of two nonfiction books: a memoir, "Whither Thou Goest: The Story of An Uprooted Wife," acclaimed by Business Week for its insights into corporate life; and "In Good Company: 125 Years At The Heinz Table," a unique view of a quintessential American company. Both books were promoted with national radio and television appearances. Eleanor served as staff speechwriter to the Chairman and CEO of American Express. In 1983, she founded Eleanor Foa Associates (www.eleanorfoa.com). It provides a wide variety of corporate services, including annual reports, executive speeches, corporate histories and marketing materials for profit and not-for-profit organizations. Eleanor is past president of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA), received speechwriting awards from IABC, and was awarded literary residencies at Yaddo, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA). She resides in Manhattan.   View All Posts By Eleanor Foa Dienstag »

MJ Hanley-Goff was a frequent contributor to Long Island’s Newsday for ten years before moving to upstate New York in 2000. She immediately began contributing to the Times Herald-Record where she continues to write on health and area events. Her work has appeared in many publications including Hudson Valley Magazine, AAA’s Car & Travel magazine, and Orange Magazine. In 2007, she self-published "The Bench," her first novel. She recently ended a stint as editor of a parenting magazine as she realized her true calling: writer. Having founded MJWRITES, INC, she is now at work on two books, “How Writing Can Get You Through Tough Times: No Experience Necessary,” and “PR Tips and Secrets.” She is thoroughly enjoying the opportunity to write for Woman Around Town, and the amazing adventures it offers. View All Posts By MJ Hanley-Goff »

Jason Veduccio is a writer and entrepreneur who found success working in the entertainment industry at an early age. He then brought those storytelling skills to his work as a copywriter and a guerilla marketing professional helping small businesses develop and produce their own high value marketing strategies and plans. He started his first entrepreneurial effort in 1998 called Intelligrunts, a boutique-staffing agency consisting only of experts and specialists in the restaurant and hospitality industry. He soon integrated digital solutions into his repertoire and then began on a mission to bring agency style solutions to the underserved, working with large organizations such as the Metropolitan Council of New York to help those most in need. His work with the educational community in the tri-state area includes authoring programs for Rayonos Publications and the Strategies Center for Educational Advancement while his most recent venture, In1Concepts, is a hands on agency collective that emphasizes “strategic help” as an initiative. In1Concepts also designs and sells mobile apps and clients include national B2B wholesalers, insurance brokerages and law firms. View All Posts By Jason Veduccio »

Jill Schuck-Brown, has worked as a communications professional, in the NYC broadcast media for some 18 years. She graduated with honors from Ramapo College of NJ, where she also worked as an Adjunct Professor of Communications. Jill has worked as a live news producer for WCBS-TV, as well as a Senior Producer, for CNBC, Disney, Sony Domestic Television, CBS, NBC, FOX, and others, creating on-air branding campaigns for a variety of talk, news, and entertainment shows, including “Mad Money”, “the Apprentice”, “the Ricki Lake Show”, and “Who Wants to be a Millionaire.” Her production work has earned local Emmy nominations, as well as multiple Telly Awards for “Outstanding Health and Science Programming” as EP/creator, of “Medco’s On Call with Dr. Rob.” Jill currently consults as a media strategist in multiplatform content development with media and corporate clients, including Medco Health Solutions and QVC. When she’s not writing articles for “Woman Around Town,” Jill dedicates her free time as a Board Member for Easttown Library, providing passionate advocacy for libraries in the local community. Jill divides her time with her husband between the Mainline of Philadelphia and her family in Northen NJ. View All Posts By Jill Schuck-Brown »

Winnefred Ann Frolik (Winnie for short) was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She completed the International Baccleareate program at Schenley High School and then attended the University of Pittsburgh where she completed a double major in English Literature and Creative Writing. After graduation she spent a number of years working in the non-profit sector and it was during that phase in her life she moved to D.C.  Winnie co-wrote a book on women in the U.S. Senate with Billy Herzig.  She enrolled in a baking program in culinary school and worked in food services for a while. She currently works in personal services while writing for Woman Around Town and doing other freelance writing projects including feeble personal attempts at fiction. Her brother is a reporter in Dayton, Ohio so clearly there are strong writing genes in the family.  She lives in Silver Spring, Maryland with two demanding cats. View All Posts By Winnefred Ann Frolik »

Alex DiBlasi is a writer and educator based in Long Island City in Queens. After double-majoring in Rock History and Film Studies at Indiana University, he pursued his Master’s degree at Brooklyn College in Musicology. His graduate thesis was a cultural examination of the music of Frank Zappa. He has contributed articles for the Queens Courier, Long Island City magazine, and the American Music Review. In the next year, he and his colleague Dr. Victoria Willis will co-edit and author an anthology of essays on Geek Rock. Aside from his work in the arts, Alex has also worked with the Manhattan-based Sikh Coalition, editing videos for their website and working as an advocate for religious freedom. He currently teaches literature at St. John’s University in Jamaica, Queens. View All Posts By Alex DiBlasi »

Jennifer Madden is an award winning broadcast journalist. While a junior at Ramapo College of New Jersey she began her professional broadcast career at Time Warner Cable Channel 10 News before moving on to NY1 News. Jennifer first appeared on-air as a sports reporter covering professional teams in the New York Metropolitan area. Her career path then led her to cover breaking and hard news, politics, features, entertainment and human interest stories. She has helped produce and host many televison specials including live parade coverage. Jennifer has appeared on various local television and radio stations as a traffic reporter. Most recently an anchor, Jennifer also has experience writing and producing segments and shows. View All Posts By Jennifer Madden »