Hallmark

Nate Bolt is fascinated by the personal, social, and cultural roles of technology, and the ways that research and design can transform them. After pioneering and directing the User Experience department at Clear Ink in 1999, which included the construction of Natural Environment and Remote Observation laboratories, Nate co-founded Bolt | Peters. He now serves as president and CEO, overseeing hundreds of user research studies for Hallmark, Oracle, Time Warner, Levi's, Restoration Hardware, and many others. Beginning in 2003, he led the creation of the first moderated remote user research software, Ethnio, which is being used around the world to recruit live participants for research on web sites and applications. Nate regularly gives presentations on native environment research methods in both commercial and academic settings. Working with faculty at the University of California, San Diego, he created a degree titled "Digital Technology and Society," which focused on the intersection of technology and mass population usage. He also completed a year of communications studies at the Sorbonne in Paris, where he was jailed briefly for playing drums in public without a license.

Denise Trowbridge is Hallmark's Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Board of Directors. She was responsible for the implementation of our credit card operation and has overall day to day responsibility for our credit card operations. A successful business operator prior to joining Hallmark Bank & Trust Ltd., Mrs. Trowbridge brings a wealth of operational experience to the Bank.

Previously Director of Event and Sponsorship Sales for the Meredith Publishing Group, Carol marketed events to major clients. She served as Director of Strategic Alliances at More magazine, where she developed and sold sponsorship packages for both The More Marathon and The More/Wilhelmina 40+ Model Search. She was Publisher of More magazine and the Associate Publisher of Bon Appetit. Carol's background makes her perfect to manage ad sales, as well as the integration and utilization of the Hallmark corporate assets into marketing programs and additional advertising sales opportunities that can be leveraged strategically to deliver everything an advertiser needs to be successful.

Barry Brown, Hallmark's construction director, is responsible for the design and construction of all developments. Starting work at the London Borough of Haringey, he quickly moved on to Nigel Rose & Partners in the West End as a quantity surveyor. He subsequently worked for contractors and in consultancy as well as running his own business, before joining Hallmark in 2000. In his career to date he has worked on refurbishment and new build public housing schemes, schools, hospitals, shops, offices, factories, sports stadiums including Windsor Race Course, and prestigious private housing.

Laura Beddini joins the Hallmark Magazine launch team as Circulation Director with 17 years of magazine circulation and consumer marketing experience. Most recently Group Circulation Director at Ziff Davis Media and Vice President of Time Inc. Consumer Marketing, Laura also held posts at Reader's Digest and Art and Antiques magazine. She is a Board Member and past President of the Fulfillment Management Association.

With 15 years experience at Hallmark Cards, Inc., Mary has a deep understanding of the Hallmark brand and consumer. Mary is an expert in leveraging brand assets in new, breakthrough ways to meet client objectives. Before joining the magazine team, Mary spent six years creating integrated marketing solutions for Hallmark Gold Crown stores and Hallmark retail mass accounts, including discount, drug and supermarket chains. Mary has successfully managed hundreds of retail and consumer events, programs and partnerships for Hallmark.

CYNTHIA VAN RODEN, Hallmark's first Photo Editor, now manages its Photography Collection and team of photo editors, researchers and buyers. Recruited to edit over a million images she created a department and collection that now function as an in-house photo agency. She strategizes with Hallmark's in-house photo studio regarding shooting for the company's needs while keeping up-to-date on what can be acquired from the global marketplace. Cynthia has worked at The TIME/LIFE Picture Collection, SIPA Press, Conde Nast Traveler, Times Mirror Magazines and Fortune. She also consults with individual photographers on their portfolios, exhibitions, collections and rights.

Lisa Jones started in publishing at Rodale Inc., where she was most recently a Senior Associate Editor for Men's Health magazine and a contributing editor for Best Life magazine. She also contributed editing and planning to the launch and initial issues of Women's Health magazine. Her writing includes reported features, personal essays and celebrity profiles and has appeared in the publications listed, as well as in Runner's World magazine. She has appeared on the WB-11 Morning News, FOX 5's Good Day New York, and has done hundreds of radio spots nationwide.