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101 NE 3rd Avenue, Suite 1220

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 USA

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EDITORIAL

Editor-in-Chief: Kate Simpson Lardy

Managing Editor: Lauren Beck
Assistant Editor: Janine Ketterer
Mediterranean Editor: Claire Griffiths

ADVERTISING

Head of Sales, Captains & Crew Division: Jon Banks

National Account Manager Florida/Caribbean/South America: Douglas Hunter

European Account Manager: Emilie Bigot
Australia/New Zealand Account Manager: Pippa Johnson

DIGITAL

Online Product Manager: Nick Martin

PRODUCTION

Art Director: Richard Taranto

Associate Art Director: Dan Brooks

Ad Production Coordinator: Cheri Betz

Meet the Dockwalk crew

EDITORIAL

Kate Lardy has been Editor-in-Chief of Dockwalk for four years. Before her magazine career, which began at ShowBoats, she worked as a stewardess and stew/mate for six years, cruising The Bahamas, Caribbean, Central America and New England. In what little spare time two small children afford, Kate enjoys reading and wishes she had more time for reality TV. In her previous life she was an avid backpacker and hiker. Email kate@dockwalk.com

Managing Editor Lauren Beck has been with Dockwalk for four years. At 13, she left South Africa aboard a 34-foot sailing boat with her family and ended up in St. Maarten for six years. Before college, she exercised her chamoising muscles during a year-long stint as crew. She cut her journalistic teeth at Better Homes and Gardens and Ladies’ Home Journal online and loves traveling, reading, tennis and rooting for the Boston Red Sox. Email Lauren at lauren@dockwalk.com

Assistant Editor Janine Ketterer has been with Dockwalk for two years. A 2007 graduate of Temple University in Philadelphia, she found her way to Florida to begin her journalism career near the marinas of Fort Lauderdale. Her hobbies include running, kickball, soccer, softball and tennis as well as reading, traveling, having cocktails with friends and rooting for the Phillies and Eagles. Email Janine at janine@dockwalk.com

Claire Griffiths, Dockwalk’s Mediterranean editor, has been at her post for the past two years. She fled to the sunny south of France from Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Claire has a background in journalism for national and regional UK press and a career in political and corporate PR prior to that. Claire’s hobbies include eating, sleeping and dancing at inopportune times. She tries to avoid sheer drops and Olympic bobsled runs. Email Claire at claire@dockwalk.com

PRODUCTION

Richard Taranto is Dockwalk’s art director, a role he has held for the past three years. Hailing from Stamford, Connecticut, Rich gained his experience in the New York metropolitan area. His hobbies include going to the gym, golf and megayacht spectating. Email Richard at richard.taranto@boatinternationalmedia.com

Dan Brooks is Dockwalk’s senior designer and self-proclaimed weapons expert. The talented designer joined the Dockwalk crew in May 2007 and “has quickly risen through the ranks to become the magazine’s biggest and brightest star” … or so he says. Dan, known to his co-workers as “Mr. Word,” spends his time “being awesome” and napping. Email Dan at dan@dockwalk.com

Cheri “Cher Bear” Betz has been ad production coordinator of Dockwalk since November 2005. Originally from New Orleans, Cheri is a freelance designer/photographer. She spends her free time warming her co-worker’s hearts, working out, traveling and snapping photos. Email Cheri at production@dockwalk.com