Realist Ventures & Advisory Services. He advises venture capital firms, early-stage consumer digital media companies, retailers and media companies on disruptive innovation. He began his career as a senior editor and technology columnist for Better Homes and Gardens.

Discussion Leaders

Jon Halvorson, BJ ’04
Jon Halvorson is an account manager for OMG Digital. He works with Omnicom’s top clients including Visa and Intel in driving innovation and best practices in digital marketing. His campaigns have been internationally recognized with a Cannes Media Bronze Lion, Jack Meyer’s Innovation Award and an Effie.

Brian Hamman, MA ’06
Brian Hamman joined The New York Times in 2006 as a Web developer working on internal tools for the newsroom. He now serves as assistant editor in the Interactive News Technology area and is forming a new team within to prototype editorial applications for the Web site.

Becky Lebowitz Hanger, MA ’00
Becky Lebowitz Hanger began her career as picture editor at The Palm Beach Post in West Palm Beach, Fla. Since early 2004, she has been a picture editor at The New York Times, where she was first the national picture editor and is currently the metro picture editor.

Jane Hwang, MA ’03
Jane Hwang is the senior photo editor for abcnews.com. A former news photographer, she started photo editing in 2001 to give voice to photographers who are not usually in the newsroom. Prior to her current position as senior photo editor for abcnews.com, she was the projects photo editor at Newsday and a contributing photo editor at The New York Times as well as Newsweek magazine.

Emem Offong, MA ’07
Emem Offong is a freelance graphic designer in New York City. She is currently at New York Magazine working on New York Look, the publication’s award-winning fashion issue. She also designed its winter 2009 Weddings’ issue. Previously, Offong was at InStyle working for the magazine and its special issues, including InStyle Weddings and Makeover.

Lori Taylor, BJ ’89
Lori Taylor is the senior director of multimedia sales for ESPN where she manages a team of account executives representing the company’s television, digital, print and radio media outlets. She joined ESPN in 1997 as a member of the launch sales team for ESPN The Magazine and has served as an account executive and sales manager for the publication.