Lavinel Savu is Managing Editor of O, The Oprah Magazine. Prior to O, Lavinel was assistant Managing Editor of Cosmopolitan magazine and held various positions at Redbook magazine, Good Housekeeping and House Beautiful Special Interest publications. He received his M.S. in Publishing from NYU and his B.A. from Columbia University.

Lindy Humphreys is currently Director of Business Development at Bookface. Lindy previously worked as an Editor at Content Licensing & Development at Earth Web, Inc. and was an Associate Managing Editor for New Media Professional Products at John Wiley & Sons. She obtained her M.S. in Publishing from NYU and her B.A. in English from Oregon State University.

Erin M. Hovanec is presently Content Editor and Associate Producer for Screaming Media. Prior to Screaming Media, Erin held various positions at The Rosen Publishing Group. In addition, Erin worked as Associate Editor for The McGraw-Hill Companies and as Editorial Assistant for St. Martin's Press. She obtained her M.S. in Publishing from NYU and her B.A. from Cornell University.

A. Neil De Young is currently the Internet Marketing Manager at Scholastic, Inc. While at Scholastic, Inc. he held such key positions as Senior Marketing Coordinator, National Accounts Coordinator and Sales Coordinator. In addition he is the Task Force Manager for NYU's web site launch team for Center for Publishing @ NYU. He was also a Sales Assistant at Hyperion/Disney Publishing. He received his M.S. in Publishing from NYU and his B.A. from Hofstra University.

Andrea Sachs Otto is currently an account manager at Variety, the leading source of news and information about the entertainment industry. She had previously worked at PC Magazine, which is owned by Ziff-Davis. Andrea earned her BA from the University of Pennsylvania in 1996 and her MS in Publishing from NYU in 2000.

Jennifer K. Ryan is currently Account Executive, East Coast for ZDNet, the leading Web destination for people who want to buy, use, and learn about technology. ZDNet consistently ranks among the top 20 Web properties in unique visitors, and the top 15 among the Media Metrix At Work audience. Jen previously worked for Windows Sources magazine and Computer Shopper magazine of Ziff-Davis. She earned her BA in Communications & Marketing at King's College, PA in 1993 and her MS in Publishing from NYU in Spring 2000.

Siobhan M. White is currently a Copywriter in Promotions at Time Consumer Marketing, Inc. She writes copy for direct mail, renewals, billing, and donor packages (both sweeps and non-sweeps). Previously, Siobhan worked as a Copyeditor at Book-of-the-Month Club; as an Associate Editor at Universe Publishing; and as a Publicist for Island Press in Washington, D.C. She earned her BS in Journalism from the University of Florida in 1991 and her MS in Publishing from NYU in 2000.

Kathleen Ball is currently a graphic designer for Cendant Corporation, a global provider of real estate, travel and direct marketing-related consumer and business services, in Parsippany, NJ. Previously, she worked for three years at New Jersey Country Roads Magazine (now NJ Countryside) as the Managing Editor. She earned her B.A. in American Studies from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and her M.S. in Publishing from NYU in 2000.

The class of 2000 is the largest graduating class the Center for Publishing has ever had since its inception in 1996. These graduates represent all branches of the publishing industry: book, magazine, and for the first time, electronic publishing.

We congratulate the class of 2000 for their achievements. Most of these students worked full time and finished their degree part time by taking classes in the evening. This is indeed an accomplishment. Amongst the graduates were international students that represented 6 different countries.

List of Master of Science and Publishing 2000 Graduates:
Ball, Kathleen M.
Balwin, Brooke
Banner, Jonathan E.
Bruschi, Adele M.
Chen, Wen-Peiv De Young, Alfonso N.
Ding, Yunfei
Ebro, Maria Concepcion G.
Flynn, Rynagh M.
Fogelberg, Mark A.
Gabrino, Orlene V.
Garrido, Lucille
Guidone, Lisa M.
Guitierrez, Oriol
Hennessey, Anita E.
Kanza, Laurence
Klein, Joanna N.
Knowlton, Andrew O.
Kriesel, Stephanie
McLaughlin, Kerry
Nakata, Tomoko
O'Connor, Heather A.
Otto, Andrew S.
Palmore, Dennis
Park, Sook-Hee
Penn, Michael
Prokos, Anna
Rossi, Celia
Ryan, Jennifer K.
Schneider, Marc F.
Sequeira, Kevin
Silva, Maura I.
Smith, Shawnee
Sylvestre, Marie J.
Wallace, Tamara L.
Wert, Shelly A.
White, Siobhan M.