BaltimoreStyle.com is the online version of Baltimore Style Magazine publication
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Style Magazine
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Claudia Meyers is the publisher of Style Magazine. She is also president of the Alter Magazine Group of Alter Communications, Inc., parent company of Style Magazine. She holds similar positions at Chesapeake Life Magazine and PaperDoll. Additionally she is the company’s COO. Meyers joined Alter in 1995 as Sales & Marketing Director. Prior to that she held positions of increasing responsibility at the Baltimore Sun, finishing her 10-year career there as Division Manager of Advertising. She began her career in advertising sales with the Desert Sun Publishing Company as an Account Executive and Advertising Manager. Claudia is a graduate of West Virginia University with a B.S.J. in Public Relations. She can be reached via email at publisher@baltimorestyle.com.
Brian Michael Lawrence, editor, holds degrees in graphic design and business management from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. His magazine work has merited awards from CRMA, CASE, the AIGA, Financial Week, and the Society for Technical Communications. He has been involved with Style magazine since 1992, holding positions as art director and creative director, before being named as editor. Brian is a member of the American Institute of Graphic Arts, and his voluteer affiliations include co-chairing the1844 Committee at the Maryland Historical Society, and Maryland Art Place, where he has served on the Board.
A native of Philadelphia, senior editor Joe Sugarman moved to Baltimore in 1991 and, despite the lack of good cheesesteaks, has refused to leave. He is the author of City Smart: Baltimore, an opinioned guidebook to Charm City. (Avalon, 2000) Previously, he was senior editor at Mid-Atlantic Country magazine, and wrote about recreation and regional travel for Microsoft's online city guide, Sidewalk.com in Washington, D.C. He was also an associate editor at College Park magazine, the alumni publication of the University of Maryland. His freelance writing has appeared in the Washington Post, The Sun, Smithsonian's Air & Space magazine, Washington Flyer, and other regional and national publications. An avid traveler, Joe has visited and written about his experiences in Asia, the South Pacific, Europe, Central America, and locations throughout North America. Before embarking on a career in journalism, Joe was promotions coordinator at the Maryland Science Center, a position that required, among other duties, to attend parades and festivals dressed as T. Rex, the museum's dinosaur mascot. Joe holds a bachelor's degree from the S.I. Newhouse School of Publication Communications at Syracuse University.
