Debra Bishop
Contributing Cohost
Cofounding art director and visual lead of The New York Times for Kids. Worked with the legendary Fred Woodward at Rolling Stone, designing special issues. She has since led several redesigns including, More, Whole Living, and Parents. In her 12 years at MSLO, Bishop led teams that launched Martha by Mail, Martha Stewart Baby, Martha Stewart Kids, and Blueprint. Martha Stewart Kids was awarded the prestigous ASME National Magazine Award for Design. Kids and Blueprint were both awarded Magazine of the Year by the Society of Publication Designers (SPD).
Sean Plottner
Editor at Large
Editor of Dartmouth Alumni Magazine since 1999. Previously an editor at Golf Digest, Disney Adventures, 94 Cup Daily (editor-in-chief), MediaWeek, The National Sports Daily, US, and Whittle Communications/13-30 Corporation. A graduate of Ohio University, Plottner lives—and hides—in Vermont.
Patrick Mitchell
Creator & Host
Principal and creative director at MO.D, an award-winning content design and strategy practice offering bespoke design, consulting, and turnkey solutions for media brands. Former creative director at Fast Company (one of the most successful media launches in history), O, The Oprah Magazine, Nylon, and Inc. Winner of two National Magazine Awards as well as SPD’s Magazine of the Year. Led redesigns of National Geographic Traveler, Cooking Light, Travel & Leisure, and Kiplingers.
George Gendron
Editor at Large
Cofounder and managing director of The Solo Project, a new venture designed to create a global platform for the rapidly growing population of independent professionals and individuals working in small teams; Editor-in-Chief of Inc. magazine for two decades. Under his direction, Inc. became the world’s premiere magazine for the founders and CEOs of small- to mid-sized growing businesses as well as the founders and leaders of ambitious new social ventures.
Anne Quito
Editor at Large
Managing editor, Amazon Device and Services Design Group; faculty, SVA MFA Products of Design, Previously: Staff reporter at Quartz. Bylines in The Atlantic, CNN, A24, Architectural Digest, Metropolis, Design Observer, Works That Work, and Eye on Design. Writer and editor, Mag Men: Fifty Years of Making Magazines (Columbia University Press, 2019). Graduate of Georgetown University and the School of Visual Arts. Lives in Brooklyn and Barcelona. Working on Milton Glaser's biography.
Steven Heller
Editor at Large
Cochair, MFA Design Department, School of Visual Arts; special assistant to the president, School of Visual Arts; cofounder, MFA Design Criticism, MPS Branding, MFA Interaction Design, MFA Products of Design programs, School of Visual Arts; contributing editor: Print, Eye, Baseline; contributing writer: Metropolis, Design Bureau, Port, IDPure; columnist, The New York Times Book Review
Karen Frank
Editor at Large
Director of Photography at ESPN from 2011-2023. Led the creative vision and photo production for the magazine including the annual Body Issue, managed photo-driven custom interactive for ESPN.com and ESPN Films 30 for 30 documentaries. Former DP at GQ, O, The Oprah Magazine, More, and Condé Nast Portfolio. Contributing PE at Bloomberg Businessweek, Real Simple, Time, InStyle. Part of teams that won National Magazine Awards at ESPN, More, and GQ.
Arjun Basu
Editor at Large
Former editorial director at Spafax, a global custom media agency; launched and led titles for various businesses, including award-winning media for Air Canada, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Mercedes Benz, Bombardier Business Jets and many others; podcast host with The Solo Project and founder of arbaStrategies, a brand and content strategy advisory; sits on board of Access Copyright, Canada’s copyright collective; Novelist: his next book, The Reeds, will be published by ECW in October 2024. He lives in Montréal.