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Caroline Bailey Caroline Bailey is a freelance writer & designer, avid rock climber, runner, wife, and mother of a 2.5 year old son who makes all of the aforementioned roles more easily accomplished between the hours of 9 pm and 5 am.
Dr. Joan Emerson Dr. Joan Emerson is a psychlogist specializing in couples counseling and practices in Park Slope.
Susan Fox, Ph. D. Founder of PSP, Goddess of all things fun, big hearted woman who doesn't consider herself a writer but likes to do it anyway. She's had many a wild job, including blackjack dealing, can-can dancing, coordinating programs at a camp for kids with disabilities, college professor, and market research director, but she most enjoys the varied tasks and community involvement that go with running the largest online parenting group in New York City.
Isabel Hill Isabel Hill has been engaged in urban issues and advocacy work for over three decades. She first worked in the field of Historic Preservation for the Historic American Buildings Survey in Washington, D. C. Later Isabel served as Associate City Planner for the Brooklyn Office of the Department of City Planning. In addition to being a City Planner, Isabel is a documentary filmmaker, with two award-winning films about Brooklyn urban issues both of which have been aired on public television. Most recently, Isabel has completed Urban Animals, an architectural primer for children with photographs of architectural animals in Brooklyn and Manhattan. A Park Slope resident, Isabel is committed to her neighborhood and feels very strongly that her passionate work life is directly correlated to her love of the community here in Brooklyn.Hill.
Heidi Hoover Rabbi Hoover is a local mom, who is both wise and articulate serves on the PSP Ad board
Dan Janzen Dan Janzen has been a Park Slope dad since the final days of 2002 and a PSP member throughout his parenting career. A native of Indiana, he spent his early adulthood in San Francisco before arriving in New York, at which point the music stopped and the babies started. When not accompanying Bobby and Lulu on their neighborhood rounds, or sneaking out for a date with his wife Amy, Dan makes his living as a freelance PR copywriter.
Meredith Little Meredith Little has been a Park Slope parent since 2007. A Midwestern/Southern hybrid who never in a million years thought she'd reside in New York City, Meredith gets her farm fix out in Long Island's East End. A former promotional staffer for the dear and departed Gourmet, Cookie and House & Garden publications, she is amazed she still gets freelancing work at magazines.
Nancy McDermott Nancy McDermott is the chair of the Park Slope Parents Advisory Board and editor of the PSP Blog. She is a member of the New York Salon. She enjoys Lego, knitting shapeless garments and watching Dr.Who with her children. You can find more of her writing here, contact her This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , or buy her a coffee here.
Dale Rosenberg Dale Rosenberg is a lesbian mother living in Park Slope and a (currently unemployed) IT professional. She has been a member of the Park Slope Parents Advisory Board and Moderation Team since time immemorial. Having never met a standardized test she couldn't bring to its knees, Dale also does test prep tutoring for both the SAT and ACT exams. In her spare time, Dale likes to cook for her family and friends, make beaded jewelry, and write (essays and X-Men fanfiction). See her resume here; read some of her essays on gay parenting here; learn more about X-Men fanfiction here.
Lisa Stein Lisa is a professional photographer who started with fashion and runway and now shoots musicians for CD covers and packages, weddings, portraits and tons of kids. She started in the darkroom and now is thrilled with all the benefits of the digital age. Lisa has traveled halfway around the world to shoot for clients and been published in magazines, and books, including the recent retrospective of the late designer Stephen Sprouse. Now of course, one of her favorite subjects is her son and his various adventures. See her work here.
Joyce Szuflita Joyce is NYC School Help. She speaks publicly and consults privately with Brooklyn parents who are trying to find the most appropriate school choices for their children, nursery school through high school, public and private. She helps families relocating to Brooklyn with schools in mind. She is a longtime Brooklyn resident and mother of teen age twins. She blogs about school issues here http://www.nycschoolhelp.com/blog/ and you can subscribe to her free email newsletter here.
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Eleanor Traubman A professional organizer since 1999, Eleanor helps busy Brooklyn moms de-clutter and make better use of desks, closets, filing systems, and more. She has been featured in The New York Times; Time Out New York; The Brooklyn Paper; Family Circle; The Sun Times Chronicle; and Fitness and was listed as one of the Park Slope 100. Eleanor is also an early childhood educator and an expert on play. She is Editor-In-Chief of Creative Times: A Blog for Artists & Entrepreneurs. To contact Eleanor: 917-499-7395 * This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Adriana Velez Adriana Velez is Communications Coordinator and Steering Committee member of the Brooklyn Food Coalition and an occasional food writer. She was a contributor to Cookie Magazine's food blog, One Little Bite, and wrote web-exclusive content for the magazine as well. As the mother of a six-year-old she is especially interested in food for the whole family and in teaching food literacy to kids. Adriana blogs at Dinner4Three.com and is a contributor The Stir. She has just launched a farm-focused blog with Ulla Kjarval called GreenStateFair.com. She eats all her vegetables.
Carla Weiss Carla Weiss was most recently a creative director for an experiential marketing company in Hong Kong, where she spent four delicious years with her family eating dumplings. Before that she developed musicals for the commercial theater. She and her husband, Peter, daughter, Kate, and deranged cat, Mowzer, miss Hong Kong but love Park Slope. She has written for literarymama.com and babyconspiracy.com.
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