Write When You Find Work

Lisa Boyars Gehrke

Lisa Boyars Gehrke ’01 has left Conde Nast to become executive director of group marketing at Heart Men’s Group. Among her responsibilities will be supervision of the “Car and Driver,” “Popular Mechanics” and “Road and Track” marketing teams. She begins work today. 

Kelli B. Grant

Former news editor and special projects manager Kelli B. Grant ’04 has left her job as senior consumer reporter at SmartMoney.com after eight years to take a position on the enterprise team at CNBC.com.

Jeff Morganteen

Former sports editor Jeff Morganteen ’07 is working as a reporter and multimedia producer at the The New York World as a post-graduate research fellow in Columbia University’s graduate journalism program. He’ll be covering criminal justice and producing multimedia coverage of the New York City mayoral race.

Lydia Dimitriadis

Former chief proofreader Lydia Dimitriadis ’08 has taken a new position as publications coordinator at Jacobs Levy Equity Management in Florham Park, N.J., beginning July 22. She will be the project manager and overseer of projects compiled by the firm’s principals and writers, including books and investment articles and journals.

Former photo editor Evan Falk ’09 is working as an associate producer at FOX Business Network. He had been freelancing and working in photography at his own Evan Falk Photography studio.

Former design editor Michelle Barrie ’10 is working at Jack Nadel International, a promotional product marketing/branding agency in Los Angeles. The firm has clients like Guess, Hot Topic, Dooney and Bourke, and MTV. 

Former Sports Editor Kevin McCall ’12 is Athletic Media Relations Assistant at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa.

Kevin McCall

Lisa Boyars Launches New Project at Condé Nast

It’s always a pleasure to see Lisa Boyars ’01, so when she said she was coming to town for Fall Splash, I headed up to campus to visit with her and to meet her fiancé, Dave Gehrke. Lisa’s career at Conde Nast has been nothing short of stellar. Always eager to help our students, she agreed to come back the next day to meet with and advise our advertising staff. Here's what she has to say about her latest venture:

“In May 2011, I launched a new division of the organization: Conde Nast Ideactive.  We are a Brand Agency built on the Conde Nast DNA of igniting culture.
“Through a partnership with Conde Nast Ideactive, consumer brands are now able to leverage the same assets & resources used to build our editorial brands (like Vogue, Glamour, GQ, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Wired, Allure, Style.com, Epicurious, etc.) and apply them to tell their own powerful stories.  Current clients include Tourneau (custom online content), Cadillac (experience series with national chefs), GM (TV series with Conde Nast editors), and Swarovski (affluent database outreach). 
“I specifically am the Senior Director of Client Solutions – overseeing client engagements from strategy & concepting through execution.”

From left: Ithacan sales reps Taylor Palmer, Megan Harrison, sales manger Marissa Smith, Lisa Boyars ’01 and sales rep Patrick Duprey