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National Geographic Magazine Online
Managing Editor/Creative Director:
Rob Covey
  • Senior Producer: Paul Heltzel
  • Senior Producer (Video): Hans Weise
  • Associate Producer: Simran Chawla
  • Copy Editor: Nancy Gupton
  • Director of Photography & Video: Melissa Wiley
  • Senior Photo Editor: Monica C. Corcoran
  • Art Director: Shawn Greene
  • Production Assistant: Web Barr
National Geographic Magazine
  • Editor in Chief: Chris Johns
  • Managing Editor: Victoria Pope
  • Executive Editors: Tim Appenzeller,
    Dennis R. Dimick, Bill Marr
  • Director of Photography: David Griffin
  • Director of Photo Editing: Kurt F. Mutchler
  • Assistant Managing Editor: Lesley B. Rogers
  • Mission Projects: Christopher P. Sloan
Text
  • Deputy Director: Barbara Paulsen
  • Articles Editor: Oliver Payne
  • Senior Editor: Lynn Addison
  • Senior Editor: Don Belt
  • Senior Editor: Robert Kunzig
  • Senior Editor: Peter Miller
  • Senior Editor: Jamie Shreeve
  • Editor at Large: Cathy Newman
  • Features Editor: Glenn Oeland
  • Features Editor: Jane Vessels
  • Legends Editor: Lynne Warren
  • Senior Writer: Jennifer S. Holland
  • Senior Writer: Karren E. Lange
  • Senior Writer: Tom O'Neill
  • Senior Writer: A.R. Williams
  • Writer: Chris Carroll
  • Writer: Peter Gwin
  • Administration: Valarie Cribb-Chapman,
    Nicholas Mott
  • Contributing Writer: Caroline Alexander
  • Contributing Writer: Joel K. Bourne, Jr.
  • Contributing Writer: Robert Draper
  • Contributing Writer: Cynthia Gorney
  • Contributing Writer: Peter Hessler
  • Contributing Writer: Mark Jenkins
  • Contributing Writer: David Quammen
  • Contributing Writer: Neil Shea
  • Departments Director: Margaret G. Zackowitz
  • Deputy Director: Marc Silver
  • Editor: Jeremy Berlin
  • Editor: Hannah Bloch
  • Administration: Catherine L. Barker
  • Copydesk Director: David Brindley
  • Assistant Copydesk Director: Alice S. Jones
  • Copy Editor: Kitry Krause
  • Copydesk Production: Sandra Dane
Photography
  • Deputy Director: Susan A. Smith
  • Senior Editor: Bill Douthitt
  • Senior Editor: Ken Geiger
  • Senior Editor: Kathy Moran
  • Senior Editor: Susan Welchman
  • Editor at Large: Michael Nichols
  • Senior Photo Editor: Gail L. Fisher
  • Senior Photo Editor: Todd James
  • Senior Photo Editor: Elizabeth Krist
  • Senior Photo Editor: Sarah Leen
  • Senior Photo Editor: Sadie Quarrier
  • Research Editor: Mary McPeak
  • Staff Photographer: Mark Thiessen
  • Studio: Rebecca Hale
  • Digital Imaging: Edward Samuel
  • Digital Imaging: Evan Wilder
  • Photo Engineering: Walter Boggs
  • Photo Engineering: David Mathews
  • Photo Engineering: Kenji Yamaguchi
  • Rights Manager: Elizabeth Grady
  • Administration: Sherry L. Brukbacher
  • Administration: Trish Dorsey
  • Administration: Whitney Hall
  • Administration: Jenna Pirog
  • Administration: Elena Sheveiko
  • Administration: Christy Steele
  • Administration: Cristen Wills
Design/Art
  • Design Director: David C. Whitmore
  • Art Director: Juan Velasco
  • Maps Director: William E. McNulty
  • Senior Design Editor: John Baxter
  • Senior Design Editor: Elaine H. Bradley
  • Design Editor: Oliver R. Uberti
  • Senior Graphics Editor: Fernando G. Baptista
  • Senior Graphics Editor: Martin Gamache
  • Senior Graphics Editor: Sean McNaughton
  • Senior Graphics Editor: Alejandro Tumas
  • Graphics Editor: M. Brody Dittemore
  • Graphics Editor: Hiram Henriquez
  • Graphics Editor: Virginia W. Mason
  • Senior Cartography Editor: Marguerite B. Hunsiker
  • Senior Cartography Editor: Gus Platis
  • Cartography Editor: Lisa R. Ritter
  • Art Researcher: Amanda Hobbs
  • Graphics Specialist: Jerome N. Cookson
  • Graphics Specialist: Mariel Furlong
  • Senior Designer: Betty Clayman-DeAtley
  • Designer: Mollie Bates
  • Designer: Molly Snowberger
  • Production: Cinde Reichard
  • Administration: Ruben D. Rodriguez
Production Services
  • Vice President: Hans H. Wegner
  • Imaging Director: Thomas J. Craig
  • Imaging Director: Phillip E. Plude
  • Imaging Director: Bernard G. Quarrick
  • Printing: Joseph M. Anderson
  • Printing: Edward J. Holland
  • Advertising Production: Jennifer A. Darnell
  • Quality Director: Ronald E. Williamson
  • Quality Director: Clayton R. Burneston
  • Quality Director: Michael G. Lappin
  • Quality Director: William D. Reicherts
  • Distribution Director: Michael Swarr
Research
  • Director: Abigail A. Tipton
  • Research Editor: Marisa J. Larson
  • Research Editor: Kathy B. Maher
  • Research Editor: Heidi Schultz
  • Research Editor: Christy Ullrich
  • Research Editor: David W. Wooddell
  • Research Editor: Barbara L. Wyckoff
  • Senior Researcher: Karen C. Font
  • Senior Researcher: Nora Gallagher
  • Senior Researcher: Dave A. Lande
  • Senior Researcher: Nancie Majkowski
  • Senior Researcher: Elizabeth Snodgrass
  • Senior Researcher: Shelley Sperry
  • Researcher: Taryn Salinas
  • Researcher: Brad Scriber
  • Translations: Camilla Bozzoli
  • Administration: Jacqueline Rowe
Administration
  • Karen Dufort Sligh
  • Carol L. Dumont
  • Julie Rushing
  • K. Ressler Evans
  • Maria Izaurralde
  • Nikisha Long
  • Communications, Vice President: Mary Jeanne Jacobsen
  • Communications: Beth Foster
  • Communications: Barbara S. Moffet
  • Image Collection and Sales, Vice President: Maura A. Mulvihill
  • Image Collection and Sales: William D. Perry
  • Image Collection and Sales: Carolyn J. Harrison
Libraries and Information Services
  • Vice President: Susan Fifer Canby
  • Renee Braden
  • Ellen D. Briscoe
  • Barbara P. Ferry
  • Anne Marie Houppert
  • Ann E. Hubbs
  • Karen Huffman
International Editions
  • editorial director: Amy Kolczak
  • Design Editor: Darren Smith
  • Text Editor: Justin Kavanagh
  • Text Editor: Julie McCord
  • Photographic Liaison: Laura L. Ford
  • Production: Angela Botzer
  • Production: Stephanie Sigan
Editors
  • Brazil: Matthew Shirts
  • Bulgaria: Krassimir Drumev
  • China: Ye Nan
  • Croatia: Hrvoje Prćić
  • Czechia: Tomáš Tureček
  • Germany: Erwin Brunner
  • Greece: Maria Atmatzidou
  • Hungary: Tamás Schlosser
  • Indonesia: Tantyo Bangun
  • israel: Daphne Raz
  • italy: Guglielmo Pepe
  • japan: Hiroyuki Fujita
  • korea: Kay Wang
  • latin america: Omar López
  • lithuania: Frederikas Jansonas
  • netherlands/belgium: Aart Aarsbergen
  • nordic countries: Karen Gunn
  • poland: Martyna Wojciechowska
  • portugal: Gonçalo Pereira
  • romania: Cristian Lascu
  • Russia: Andrei Doubrovski
  • serbia: Igor Rill
  • slovenia: Marija Javornik
  • spain: Josep Cabello
  • taiwan: Roger Pan
  • thailand: Kowit Phadungruangkij
  • turkey: Nesibe Bat
Advertising
  • senior vice president and group publisher: Stephen P. Giannetti
  • vice president and u.s. publisher: Claudia Malley
  • national advertising director: Robert Amberg
  • marketing: Michele Murphy
  • business and operations: Margaret Schmidt
  • Manager: John Iavarone (San Francisco)
  • Manager: Karen Sarris (Detroit)
  • international vice president and publisher: Declan Moore
  • director: Charlie Attenborough (Southeast Asia)
  • director: Nadine Heggie (International)
  • director: Rebecca Hill (Marketing)
  • director: David Middis (British Isles)
  • director: Steve Middleton (International)
  • consumer marketing, vice president worldwide: Terrence Day
  • director: Christina C. Alberghini (Member Services)
  • director: Anne Barker (Renewals)
  • director: Richard Brown (New Business)
  • director: John MacKethan (Financial Planning and Retail Sales)
  • director: John A. Seeley (International)