Our Team
Leadership Team
Brooke Messaye, Editor
"Every precious thing that you want out of life started from believing that you posses an unstoppable drive to continuously strive and thrive." - Edmond Mbiaka
Gina Musso, Managing Editor
"I check my pulse and if I can find it, I know I've got a chance" - Paul Newman
Ann Kerr, Business Director
"I have no idea what's going on, but I am excited." - Chandler Bing
Zoe Bendoff, Art Director
"Even miracles take a little time." - Cinderella's fairy godmother
Nicole Herzog, Online Editor
"I became a journalist to come as close as possible to the heart of the world." - Henry R. Luce
Editorial Team
Erin McGroarty, Lead Writer
"Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it." - Albus Dumbledore
Christy Klein, Lead Writer
"To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee, One clover, and a bee, And revery. The revery alone will do, If bees are few." - Emily Dickinson
Erin Gretzinger, Lead Writer
“L'esprit s'enrichit de ce qu'il reçoit, le cœur de ce qu'il donne. (The spirit grows from what it receives, the heart from what it gives).” - Victor Hugo
Zehra Topbas, Copy Editor
“I wish I could, but I don’t want to.” - Phoebe Buffay
Allyson Fergot, Copy Editor
"As long as I'm learning something, I figure I'm OK - it's a decent day."- Hunter S. Thompson
Charlie Hildebrand, Copy Editor
“There are no regrets in life. Just lessons.”- Jennifer Aniston
Business Team
Jake Rome, PR Director
I'm no Larry David, but I know a thing or two about Curb
Emily Rohloff, PR Director
"We're almost there & nowhere near it. All that matters is that we're going!" - Lorelai Gilmore, Gilmore Girls
Samantha Benish, Marketing Representative
"It isn't where you came from. It's where you're going that counts." - Ella Fitzgerald
Jamie Randall, Marketing Representative
“Sometimes I’ll start a sentence and I don’t even know where it’s going. I just hope I find it along the way.” - Michael Scott
Robin Robinson, Engagement Director
“To be African American is to be African without any memory and American without any privilege.” - James Baldwin
Design Team
Anica Graney, Production Editor
What does an EMT look for in a girl? A pulse.
Annabella Rosciglione, Production Associate
"Good for her," - Lucille Bluth, Arrested Development
Thomas Hill, Production Associate
"Even when I say nothing it's a beautiful use of negative space." - El P
Perri Moran, Photographer/ Photo Editor
This is water. This is water.
Online Team
Mason Braasch, Online Producer
"I have found the most valuable thing in my wallet is my library card." - Laura Bush
Braden Ross, Multimedia Producer
"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style." - Maya Angelou
Matt Blaustein, Multimedia Producer
“All I want is a place to call my own, to mend the hearts of everyone who feels alone. Keep your hopes up high and your head down low.” - Jeremy McKinnon, A Day To Remember
Featured photo and all headshots by Perri Moran.
