Baltimore Bride – July 2019

BALTIMORE | 24 | WEDDINGS

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Publisher and CEO Stephen A. Geppi

President Michael Teitelbaum

Vice President Finance and Operations Debbie Darmofal

EDITORIAL, ART & PRODUCTION

Managing Editor Janelle Erlichman Diamond

Art Director Staci Lanham

Research Editor Christine Jackson

Production Manager Jon Timian

Advertising Design Director Vicki Dodson

Senior Advertising & Marketing Designer Emily Odend’hal

Assistant Advertising Designer Amber Carey

Digital Content Producer Michelle Evans

Contributing Writers Ciara Harrison, Rebecca Kirkman,

Rina Rapuano

Contributing Photographers Joy Aleman, Jodi

and Kurt Baier, Lindsay Anne Belliveau, Michael

and Carina Bethea, Naomi Cataldo, Angel Cheng,

Britney Clause, Elisha Coleman, Laura Friedel, Stacy

Zarin Goldberg, Kate Grewal, Emily Gude, Renee

Hollingshead, Amelia Johnson, Justin Johnson, Abby

Jui, Rebekah Linder, Tom McCorkle, Jillian McQuerrey,

Erin Meadows, Nichole Meredith, Katie Merkle, Kate

Ann Morris, Alysia and Jayson Quinn, Anna Reynal,

Ann Sachs, Tricia Saheel, Kirsten Smith, Molly Spence,

Sara Thomas, Corinne Thompson, Alicia Wiley

Edit Interns Madeleine Boucher, Cara Hullings

Art Intern Manassaline Coleman

Fact Checkers Nate Harold, Elle Meyers, Sanchali Singh

ADVERTISING

Director of Integrated Advertising Sally Furlong

Baltimore Weddings Sales Manager Michelle A. Coughlan

Senior Account Executives Jodi Hammerschlag,

Alan Kistler, Stacey Munsell

Integrated Advertising Executives Linda Mileto,

Catherine Walshak

Advertising Coordinator Deborah Best

MARKETING & EVENTS

Director of Marketing & Audience Development

Amanda Brown

Events Manager Allie Klein

Events Coordinator Abby Lenhart

Audience Engagement Manager Meredith Herzing

BUSINESS

Finance Manager Zach Papesh

Office Manager Sarah Lederer

ADVERTISING/EDITORIAL/BUSINESS OFFICES

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Steve Geppi Phone: 443-873-3900, Fax: 410-625-0280

Publisher

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fter 21 years, we bid a fond farewell to the title Baltimore Bride and give

a big hello to the launch of Baltimore Weddings. While many things have

changed—we hope you’ll notice a much more modern feel and more inclusive

features—a lot has stayed the same, and that includes our hardworking staff.

Managing editor Janelle Erlichman Diamond and art director Staci Lanham made

it a priority this past year to really focus on what Charm City couples want, not

just from our magazine, but from our brand-new website, as well.

We hope you’ll take some time to peruse baltimoreweds.com and let us know

what you think. We think our new website is super user-friendly, with a huge,

updated vendor guide and easy navigation when it comes to finding articles,

photo shoots, and real weddings.

We’re also really excited about what’s inside our magazine. You’ll find our

first-ever food-focused issue, which includes nontraditional wedding food ideas,

treats to put inside your welcome bags, late-night bites, and a story about the

history of wedding food.

In every issue, we always have great stories, and this year is no exception.

Favorites of mine include a piece on how more and more out-of-state couples

are using Baltimore as their destination wedding location and a gripping feature

about Kristen Rigney and Craig Cymbor, who were married in the middle of

Ellicott City’s devastating flash flood during Memorial Day weekend 2018.

Every single page offers wedding inspiration and great photography, just as

always, but maybe even a little bit better.

PUBLISHER’S NOTE