Kathryn Minshew, Founder and CEO
Kathryn is The Daily Muse’s number one swashbuckler. Prior to founding the company, Kathryn led Rwanda’s national strategic plan for the introduction of the HPV vaccine with the Clinton Health Access Initiative and previously worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. She’s appeared on CNN, Fast Company, PBS, Forbes’ 30-Under-30 in Media and INC’s 15 Women to Watch in Tech. When not at work, Kathryn is an avid globe-trotter and an adventurous cook. Say hi on Twitter @KMin.
Alex Cavoulacos, Founder and COO
Alex makes things work at The Daily Muse. From operations to product, she’s our #1 list maker. Prior to founding The Daily Muse, Alex was a management consultant, solving critical strategic and operational questions for top firms worldwide. She graduated from Yale University, where she was the Executive Director of Global21 – a network of international affairs magazines at premier universities around the world. It was there that she first gained experience in publishing, managing a team of 300 on 6 continents, and reaching over a quarter of a million readers with print magazines. Follow her on Twitter @acavoulacos.
Melissa McCreery, Founder and Editor-in-Chief
Melissa previously worked as Managing Editor of Pretty Young Professional (PYP) and was Executive Editorial Editor for The Harvard Crimson. She was also a management consultant for McKinsey & Company, where she learned the ins and outs of the business world—and many, many airports. Life-goals include running a marathon and filling up all the extra pages in her passport.
Christian Fernandez, Senior Engineer
Christian grew up on the tropical island of American Samoa, learning to hunt eels in the coral reefs. He applied those skills later to write assembly code to blit bitmaps in mode 13h (doing graphics with assembly is a lot like eel-wrangling). These days, he’s hung up his eel gloves in favor of building network applications and teaching programming. He’s been a senior software developer at Kivera (acquired by TCS), Ask, and Fuzebox. Christian holds a B.S. in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.
Editorial
Adrian Granzella Larssen, Managing Editor
Adrian takes words and turns them into kick-ass websites, pretty marketing materials, and award-winning articles. You can find her work on Forbes, Medicine + Health magazine, and the back of shampoo bottles. Before joining The Daily Muse, she was a marketing communications guru and covered career, fashion, and health topics as Pretty Young Professional’s Associate Editor. She is also insanely organized, plans a mean party, and can play Expert level on Rock Band drums. Follow Adrian on Twitter @adriangranzella.
Emily Sicard, Associate Editor
Little brings Emily more of a thrill than taking a so-so sentence and making it shine or giving an alright paragraph more of a punch. She spent her first year out of college learning the difference between British expressions and grammatical errors while a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in a high school just outside of Madrid. Now, besides editing for The Daily Muse, she is attempting to overcome the madrileño lisp she came home with while assisting Spanish speaking members of the credit union where she works. Emily calls the shores of Lake Michigan home and loves curling up with a book (or knitting) and a mug of tea on a blustery day.
Kelly Hanlin McCormick, Associate Editor
Kelly is a book-reading, tea-drinking, vegetarian-eating momma who will be down-dogging until the end of time. She has designed cell phones, reported to the Pentagon, and amassed quite a ridiculous amount of wine knowledge, but prefers to focus her energy on writing, her five pets, and dark chocolate. When she’s not standing on her head, you can find this Midwestern girl playing house in her 100-year-old home and trying new recipes that may or may not work out, aspiring to convince one and all that she is a true domestic goddess at heart. Follow Kelly on Twitter @hanlinmccormick.
Erin Greenawald, Associate Editor
Although Erin is getting a degree in Environmental Studies from American University, she is interested in a huge variety of other things and loves learning about whatever you have to teach. When she’s not galavanting around the world or going to school, she can most likely be found doing anything related to food: cooking it, eating it, thinking about it, scouring the web for recipes, chasing down food trucks in DC, etc. She also loves music, quirky French movies, and editing articles for The Daily Muse! Keep up with her adventures @erinaceously.
Jenn Winter, Associate Editor
Jennifer is a study in contradictions. While she’s worked in financial services for over 14 years, she still gets the shakes whenever forced to calculate the tip after a dinner out. She adores travel, sun and the sea, yet hasn’t had a proper vacation (or tan) in years. Fortunately, she also possesses a somewhat psychedelic imagination, so those far-off vacations or balanced checking account are just a daydream away. In addition to her newfound love of editing, Jennifer also translates her years of corporate combat experience to help young women navigate their careers through her column for The Daily Muse. Help distract her from her day job on Twitter @fearlessjenn.
Chelsea Carlson, Graphic Design & Illustration Intern
Chelsea creates graphics and illustrations for The Daily Muse. A cappuccino aficionado, Chelsea studies art & media studies at the delightful Scripps College. Interests include Uno, nostalgia, horseback riding, hyperbole, and Earl Grey tea. Check out her work at www.artgeeky.com or give her a holler @artgeeky.
Business Development / Marketing
Niki Lowry, Director of Company Relations & Partnerships
Niki comes to us from the financial world, but she’s an online girl at heart. After graduating from Cal, she spent a couple of years traveling and working (Ireland – NY – OC) before finally making it back to San Francisco to pursue a career in business and marketing. An avid fan of handwritten thank you notes, Niki also loves fresh flowers for any occasion, the sound of being underwater, and she firmly believes ketchup bottles do not belong on the breakfast table. When she’s not Musing, you can find her on her blog, wandering around the Ferry Building in San Francisco, or with her nose in a ridiculously addicting YA book. Say hi on Twitter @nikilowry.
Liz Presson, Business Development Associate
Liz is passionate about all things start-up, tech and digital which makes The Daily Muse the perfect place for her to utilize her business development and networking skills. Obsessed with solving problems and making lists, Liz really digs working with businesses that strive to create positive change in the world. She brings the experience of working with three diverse start-ups and will apply that savvy to help develop opportunities for the Daily Muse network. You can find her on Twitter @HeyElleCP.
Social Media
Susan Mayes Ostrander, Head of Social Media
Social media maven Susan gains great joy from concocting clever Tweets and Facebook posts and brainstorming catchy headlines. A native Philadelphian and Penn State alum, she has a resourceful background in communications and graphic design. Susan was married in Vegas by Elvis, proudly sporting a $49.99 white cocktail dress from Tar-zhay. She also has yet to meet a plate of nachos she hasn’t liked. Follow her on twitter @shmayes.
Hannah Baker, Online Community Manager
Hannah is a jack of all trades. Hailing from the Peach State she was formerly a teacher in a special education classroom; then in a bilingual charter school; and currently works in television post-production. She stumbled upon The Daily Muse team when they were part of PYP (Pretty Young Professional) and loves being part of such an original and innovative group of young ladies (and gents). When not stylin’ and profilin’ around DC, Hannah enjoys crafting up a storm, wishing she had a hedgehog, and being amazing at Bananagrams. Follow Hannah @hanfranbabebake.
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