Founders
Nancy J. Price
Co-founder
Nancy J. Price co-founded SheKnows.com in 1999.
In the midst of starting several businesses and launching several award-winning websites, she also served as editor-in-chief of four national print magazines.
Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, she now lives in Arizona with her husband and four kids.
Betsy Bailey
Co-founder
Betsy Bailey co-founded SheKnows.com in 1999. She has served as editor-in-chief of four national print lifestyle magazines.
Betsy graduated from Ohio State University with a degree in English. Her career started on the cusp of the digital revolution: Before founding SheKnows in 1999, she was a freelance web designer, with her own startup online media company (co-founded with Nancy Price) on the side.
Betsy lives with her husband and four children in Arizona. She is an avid bookworm and also loves cooking, knitting, blogging, camping, sightseeing and obsessively researching absolutely everything that is interesting to her.
Editors
Alison Bills
Managing Editor, Beauty Editor
Alison Bills graduated from Arizona State, where she studied mass communications and linguistics. While this word nerd's passion for writing first led her to the print publishing industry where she specialized in travel and beauty writing and strategic marketing, she transitioned to online media and joined SheKnows in 2008.
Alison now oversees SheKnows as managing editor, directing content on SheKnows.com and the SheKnows family of women-centric sites. She also manages content on SheKnows Beauty & Love, and LovingYou.com. Her philosophy at SheKnows is to make life easier and more fun for women by providing a one-stop shop of informative and engaging content that will lead to a healthy, happy, well-rounded lifestyle.
Michele Borboa
Health Editor
Michele Borboa, MS, is the Health & Wellness editor, overseeing SheKnows Health and SheKnows Diet & Fitness. She has a master's degree in exercise science and health promotion, and served as an exercise therapist and fitness trainer for 15 years. Michele is also a personal chef and cookbook author who loves healthy, gourmet food. She lives in beautiful Bozeman, Montana, with her 2-year-old aspiring sous chef, son Tanner.
Catherine Conelly
Junior Editor
Catherine graduated from Arizona State in with a degree in creative writing. After interning with SheKnows during her final semester, she came on board full-time as a Junior Content Editor and now works closely with the entertainment team to produce interactive editorial content with featured celebrities.
Prior to joining the SheKnows family, she worked with a small publishing company based out of Boston where she had her first glimpse of the editing process. Aside from life at SheKnows, she hopes to go the distance by crossing the finish line in a full, 26.2 mile marathon. She loves a good laugh, embarrassing moments and stopping to smell the roses every once in a while.
Whitney English
Sr. Entertainment Editor/Celebrity Correspondent
Whitney has worked in the entertainment industry for four years writing, reporting, and interviewing celebrities. After graduating with a degree in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Arizona and a brief stint interning for Ryan Seacrest, Whitney moved to Los Angeles to work as a correspondent at E! Entertainment. During her time at E!, Whitney also served as the co-host of the Sirius/XM Radio show "Party Girl Podcast" and helped cover events live for E! Online. She is currently the Senior Entertainment Editor for SheKnows.com and host of the weekly entertainment news show, "The Buzz."
Whitney is an Arizona native who likes to hike the Hollywood Hills, search for the best sushi spots, and catch the latest blockbuster hits (namely anything starring Ryan Gosling). She also writes a personal health and fitness blog titled "To Live and Diet in L.A."
Jaime Fowler
Homepage Producer
With a background in graphic design and marketing plus a superhuman ability to organize and manage assets, Jaime is a huge asset to our team.
She works closely with the editors, web developers, and other teams to make sure new content is going live to our site accurately and effectively. When she isn't busy policing our site she can be found lusting after muscle cars or designing custom artwork.
Christina Haller
Home & Living Editor
Christina graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in journalism and went on to use her creative prowess for good as an advertising copywriter, travel writer and professional blogger.
Since she and her husband purchased their first house, Christina has occupied all of her free time turning her house into a home. After realizing there was no job too big for this crafty couple, her love of all things domestic was born. This passion combined with her inclination toward online media has lead her to the exciting role of Home and Living Editor at SheKnows.
Brianna Martinez
Junior Editor
As a recent graduate from Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, Brianna started off her journalism career as the Features Editor for her college newspaper her freshman year. Her sophomore year, she transitioned into Editor-in-Chief and her love for editing, and being an editor, grew into her career goal.
She has contributed to many newspapers including The Scottsdale Independent, The Arizona Republic, The Jewish News of Greater Phoenix, and Arcadia News. She completed a year-long internship with SheKnows before joining the team full-time.
Christine McDow
Reality TV Magazine Editor
Christine McDow has worked with SheKnows for more than seven years. She currently runs the SheKnows Message Boards and the Soap Opera Fan Message Boards. She is also editor-in-chief of Reality TV Magazine, which covers everything reality on television today from American Idol to The Biggest Loser. When she is not interviewing Jake the Bachelor or Dancing with the Stars' Derek Hough, she is a wife and stay-at-home-mom of four kids, ages 1 through 9, and resides in Texas.
Crystal Patriarche
Queen bee mommy blogger Crystal coordinates and hosts our interactive online SheKnows Book Club, along with RealMomsGuide.
For the past five years, she's written about entertainment, books, motherhood, parenting, women's lifestyle, fashion and family health. She is a public relations professional with clients that range from authors to Fortune 500 companies and has launched products and campaigns including Microsoft's Sync technology in Ford vehicles, Windows Media Player, Sony's playstation and other consumer electronic products.
She is a mother to three of the world's most adorable children -- but admits she could be biased.
Joanie Segall
Food Editor
Joanie is the editor of SheKnows Food, Fabulous Foods and ChefMom.
Joanie's culinary adventures began as a picky eater forced to be raised by an award-winning chef. She eventually learned to cook for herself after years of being spoon-fed restaurant-style portions. She received her degree in Creative Writing from The University of Arizona and has been writing professionally ever since. She has held positions in the magazine and advertising industries from writer to account manager to managing editor. At SheKnows, Joanie combines her passion for the written word with her rebellious relationship with food to bring readers content that is fun, unique and oftentimes brow-raising.
Lauren Swanson
Entertainment Editor
Lauren's career in the publishing biz began as a general thirst to read every magazine she could get her pink manicured mitts on. Somewhere between the beautifully lacquered cover lines and the gentle fwip of the pages, she fell irrevocably in love. After graduating from Butler University with a degree in journalism, she worked as a film critic, op/ed writer, copywriter and, later, editor at Desert Living.
Lauren is the Celebrity Gossip Editor of SheKnows Entertainment.
Experts
Robin Baron
SheKnows Home Design Expert
Baron, a creative, energetic New York City native, has successfully built her interior design firm, Robin Baron Design, over the past 20 years. Robin began her career as a fashion designer and understands that like fashion, home design has a significant influence on attitudes, energy, and inspiration.
Check out Robin's design and entertaining tips on SheKnows Home Design Expert >>
Michelle Dudash
SheKnows Health Expert
SheKnows Health Expert Michelle Dudash, Registered, Certified Dietitian, is nationally recognized as an expert in teaching people how health and food can happily co-exist. Through her 18 years of food business experience as a Le Cordon Bleu certified chef having cooked at a five star restaurant and as a private chef for the rich and famous, Michelle knows good food.
Michelle is our nutritionist in the SheKnows Delicious Life Challenge, a SK TV show challenging four women to transform their lives inside and out.
Get more about Michelle on SheKnows Health Expert >>
Dr. Noelle Nelson
SheKnows Love Expert
Dr. Noelle Nelson is a relationship expert, psychologist, author and speaker. She has given life-changing guidance to couples for more than 20 years.
Dr. Nelson is the author of nine books including Your Man is Wonderful, a warm and realistic account of how to turn your "toad on the couch" into the prince of your dreams, and Dangerous Relationships that identifies the warning signs of a potentially violent relationship.
She has been featured in publications such as Cosmo, Glamour, Redbook, Women's Health and People and has appeared on national television including ABC's "The View" and CBS's "The Early Show."
Check out Noelle's Love Expert column >>
Nina Sutton
SheKnows Beauty Expert
Nina Sutton is a Beauty and Mommy Lifestyle expert and author of The Chic Mom's Guide to Feeling Fabulous. Nina also has an MBA and over 15 years experience in the beauty and fashion industries.
Nina has also been the host of shows such as Pretty.Smart and Style Showdown. She has appeared as an expert on many shows including The Doctors, My Own Time (OWN), E Fashion Police, The Tyra Banks Show, TV Guide Channel, ABC's View from the Bay, Fox News and Better TV to name a few.
Check out Nina's SheKnows Beauty Expert section >>
Writers
Jamie Beckman
Love & Sex Writer
Jamie Beckman is the lead blogger for the Sexcerpts blog on SheKnows and is a regular columnist on SheKnows Love. She has written about relationships, health, and lifestyle trends for Men's Journal, Men's Health, Best Life, First for Women, and Better Homes and Gardens magazines, as well as websites including TheFrisky.com, Crushable.com, CNN.com, CMJ.com, and Knot Magazine. She lives in New York City.
Julie Bielenberg
Writer
Julie Bielenberg is a Denver-based writer who served as managing editor for a regional home and lifestyle publication before starting Tweeter Communications, her editorial services boutique. With a BA in journalism from the University of Wisconsin, an MA in Humanities from the University of Colorado and five years' experience in Mexican radio and television, Julie has a very diverse background and bilingual career.
Her passion is writing, and she currently contributes to numerous lifestyle publications and outlets. When not working, she enjoys spending time with her boys -- two dogs, a son and husband -- in the mountains of Colorado.
Beth Blair
Writer
Beth Blair is a former flight attendant who traded her wings for a laptop and now works as a freelance writer specializing in lifestyle, culinary, spirits, spas, weddings, parenting and travel, which runs the gamut from aviation topics to exotic destinations.
She is co-founder of TheVacationGals.com where she blogs about her adventures and offers valuable insight and tips for hitting the road and skies. Beth is married, mom of two young children (a boy and girl) and step-mom to two teenage boys. She currently lives in the Twin Cities area.
Jenna Busch
Beauty Writer
Jenna Busch is regular columnist on SheKnows Beauty. She is also host and writer of all things geek for SCI FI Wire, JoBlo, Huffington Post, AOL, Popeater, Newsarama, UGO, IGN, Moviefone and Geek Week. A New York transplant living in Los Angeles, Jenna has been on many sides of the entertainment industry. Makeup artist, (don't stand too close, or she'll glue something to you) actor, (stopped because she felt that replacing body parts with silicone was the first step towards becoming a cylon) and finally writing, which allows her to work in her pajamas.
Sarah Caron
Writer
Sarah W. Caron is an award-winning freelance writer and editor with a passion for parenting, food, technology and style. A graduate of Barnard College, Sarah has written for numerous publications including iVillage, Glamour.com and Tablespoon.com. Her work writing about local news for the New Haven Register newspaper earned her several Connecticut Society of Professional Journalist awards.
She contributes to Fabulous Foods and also writes a food blog, Sarah's Cucina Bella. She lives in Connecticut with her two young children, two beagles and wonderful husband.
Jennifer Chait
Writer
Jennifer Chait loves blogging about everything pregnancy and baby at SheKnows Pregnancy & Baby News. Beyond P&B, Jennifer is a full-time freelance writer in the Pacific Northwest. Her writing background includes business proposals and grants, web projects, national magazine articles and more. She's currently the About.com Guide to Organic Business, and also writes for Growing a Green Family, Inhabitots and a handful of other eco-websites. Interests other than writing include hanging out with her amazing 10-year-old son Cedar, books, music, hiking, unschooling + Free Schooling and way too much coffee. Follow Jennifer on Twitter @jenniferchait.
Kori Ellis
Writer
Kori Ellis has been writing for SheKnows.com since 2007. Kori contributes regularly to various SheKnows channels including Beauty, Home, Living and several others. She is also a writer for SheKnows.com's Real Moms Guide, Loving You and CityGuide. As a freelance writer, editor and blogger for over 10 years, Kori's work has been published in dozens of magazines, newspapers and websites worldwide, covering everything from wedding planning to fantasy sports.
Kori lives in San Antonio, Texas with her husband and three young children. She enjoys watching NBA basketball, reading crime novels and amassing her shoe collection.
Kim Grundy
Writer
Kim Grundy grew up in Oklahoma and began writing at an early age when she started her own newspaper... that only her parents would read. After graduating from college, she began her writing career and has since written on everything from baby names to entertainment news. She is still pinching herself (and bragging to anyone that will listen!) that she got to interview Jim Carrey, Russell Brand, Zac Efron, Jack Black and Jason Segel.
Kim writes on SheKnows Entertainment & Parenting, Pregnancy & Fashion, CelebrityPhotos and Daily Delights.
Julia Kelly
Writer
Julia is founder and owner of Hey Julia! Inc., a marketing consultancy based in Scottsdale, Arizona. She built the company on 23 years of experience working for some of the largest and most respected companies in the southwest. Her reach has extended into a diverse array of industries, including real estate, banking, law, hospitality, mortgage services, golf and retail. She is currently handling all SheKnows and LovingYou newsletters.
Jen Klein
Parenting Columnist
Jen Klein has been writing for SheKnows.com since 2008, including the weekly, "Monday Mom Challenge" series, often inspired by the ways her kids knock her world upside down on a regular basis. She the author of SheKnows.com Presents: The Mommy Files: Secrets Every New Mom Should Know (that no one else will tell you!).
Jen is also a part of the Barnes & Noble Kids' Expert Circle, has over 20 years of experience in technical writing in the computer software industry, and is active in education and schools advocacy in her community. And she needs a nap.
Julie Kraut
Writer
Julie Kraut is a writer living in Maryland. She is the co-author of Hot Mess and author of Slept Away. She's enthusiastic about cheese, the Internet, and free samples but definitely not about parallel parking or goatees. For more about her, go to JulieKraut.com.
Laura Lewis
Writer
TV personality, life change expert, wellness coach and nutritionist Laura Lewis is the author of several books including her most recent release, 52 Ways to a Healthy You. She is currently the host of the national television series Empty Nesters on Veria TV, a natural health TV network.
With a BS in food and nutrition and as one of the first "gold" American Council on Exercise (ACE/IDEA) group exercise instructors, Laura has been helping people live extraordinary lives for more than two decades. Through television, radio, books, speaking and one-on-one and group consulting, Laura has inspired, educated and motivated many individuals on how to live extraordinary lives in body, mind, beauty and more.
Suzi Milovanovic
Writer
As a mommy blogger for Real Moms Guide, as well as contributing writer for SheKnows and other sites and publications, Suzi brings her real-life experiences as a woman, wife and mother of two into her writing. She currently resides in the Phoenix area and can be seen around the Valley of the Sun volunteering for education and community outreach organizations, as well as educating businesses on how best to reach and talk to moms.
Minsun Park
Parenting Columnist
Minsun Park fancies herself as a Jill-of-all-writing-trades and mistress of some. In addition to being a blogger and freelance writer, she's a sometime screenwriter and a script analyst who has written for 20th Century Fox and Warner Brothers. Her print work has been published in Total Health Magazine, Epregnancy Magazine and in the upcoming book The Hot Moms to Be Handbook.
She regularly writes for SheKnows and iVillage and keeps a humorous parenting blog, Valley Girl, Interrupted, on SheKnows. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, two sons and a senile cat.
Abbi Perets
Writer
Abbi Perets has been writing about parenting, children's special needs and technology for more than 10 years. She is a regular contributor to SheKnows.com, Disney's Family.com, CNET.com, and other high-profile sites.
Abbi lives in Houston, Texas with her husband and their five children.
Stephanie Precourt
Writer
Stephanie Precourt works from home as a writer for her blog, AdventuresInBabywearing.com, as well as for Real Moms Guide. She also is a contributing editor at NWIparent Magazine and the NWIparent blog Close To Home, and is managing editor of 5 Minutes for Parenting.
Stephanie has been married to Jeff for 10 years. She is a mom to three boys (Noah, Carter and Grayson) and a home-birthed little girl, Ivy LaRue. They all live in a very tiny (but lovely) home in Valparaiso, Indiana.
Anna De Souza
Beauty Writer
Excelling in interpreting and anticipating trends, Anna De Souza enjoys a dual career as a lifestyle reporter and publicist. When not out testing waterproof makeup for SheKnows Beauty while jogging with her cuddle-monster pup, Lella, you can also catch her as the Fashion and Beauty Expert for Valerie's New York on WOR radio, writing for the Huffington Post and more. Anna has also hosted segments as a Trend Expert for nationally syndicated BetterTV, appeared on local NYC morning shows as well as Martha Stewart Radio to dish out tips from her latest articles.
Aly Walansky
Writer
Aly Walansky is an editor, blogger, and writer based in New York City. Specializing in style, travel, and relationships, she's traveled the world in search of the best in spa treatments and shopping experiences. Recently rated by New Beauty magazine as one of top four beauty bloggers on the internet, she has thousands of loyal Twitter followers, and considers herself a social networking demon. (When she's not shopping, that is.)
Functional Editors
Giana Choroszewski
Photo Editor & Formatter
Giana is a graduate of New York University with a degree in Music Technology and Computer Applications. She previously worked at Atlantic Records as a Web Projects Manager and an engineer of rapper ringtones. Along with her husband, Giana also designs custom wedding invitations and greeting cards.
Diane Mallek
Lead Copy Editor
Diane is a graduate of New York University, and although she started out working on Wall Street and teaching in France, she has always had a passion for writing. From entertainment and breaking news to beauty and fashion, Diane has covered it all and loves working with the SheKnows team as a blogger and copy editor.
Vanessa Sands
Copy Editor
Vanessa Sands is responsible for ensuring adherence of articles to SheKnows' editorial and journalistic standards. She has been a copy editor and contributing writer for SheKnows since the site's inception more than 10 years ago.
A former research assistant for a psycholinguistics professor, senior copywriter at an ad agency, and technical editor at a think tank, she first escaped the corporate cubicle to become a freelance writer, editor and web designer in 1990 when the first of her four children was born. She has a BA in English/communications from Le Moyne College and more than 25 years' experience with a wide variety of clients, and has served as editor-in-chief of several national print magazines.
