PROFILES

CEO/Publication Director: Marianne Howatson
Marianne Howatson is a career media executive with broad experience in magazines and the internet.

Ms. Howatson has published some of the country's finest magazines including Travel and Leisure and Self Magazines where she was the first female publisher at both Condé Nast and American Express Publishing. Subsequently, as Group Publisher at Gruner+Jahr USA, a division of Bertelsmann, she oversaw the growth and strategic positioning of Parents, YM, Expecting, Baby Care and the Ser Padres network of Spanish language publications.

During the internet boom she was a founding member of ScreamingMedia/Pinnacor (acquired by MarketWatch in 2005) which streamed content solutions and syndication services to Fortune 1000 companies, portals and wireless networks in seven languages.

Ms. Howatson was born and educated in Scotland at Craigie College Ayr, and Jordanhill College, Glasgow, and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. Having lived in Westport for 30 years, Ms Howatson now lives in a home that "hangs over" the Silvermine River in Wilton.

Editor-in-Chief: D.J. Carey
CTC&G editor-in-chief D.J. Carey has a wealth of experience in design media, having begun her career at House & Garden, followed by stints at Ladies' Home Journal and Redbook, among others. At CTC&G, she helps showcase the best Connecticut has to offer. "Connecticut has such a rich history of design that most of us are unaware of," she says. "This is a great opportunity to enlighten those who live in Connecticut about what is in their own backyards." However, her skills influence all Cottages & Gardens products. Carey lives in a 19th-century farmhouse in Norwalk, Connecticut, with her husband and daughter.

Advertising Director for CTC&G: Amy Tambini
Amy Tambini has been with the company from the initial launch of HC&G in 2001. Ms. Tambini, a resident of Westport, Connecticut, was the natural choice to oversee ad sales for CTC&G. She is intimately acquainted with our magazines and capable of providing original marketing programs for clients.