Hello, not goodbye!

I am so happy to introduce Desiree Forsyth as the next publisher of Inside Northside!

After 21 years, this will be my last issue as publisher. I look back with pride and gratitude to have met and collaborated with so many incredible people. As this season of my life was being overtaken with new blessings, I was fortunate to meet Desiree. From the start, I knew she would be the perfect next steward of the magazine. She cherishes the same things about the magazine that I do, and hope you do too! She is a northshore native and an alumna of SLU; her tenure in the magazine publishing business and powerful marketing background promise great possibilities for the next generation of Inside Northside.

What you love about the magazine will remain the same. Brad Growden, the art director who makes us all look good, will be right next to Desiree, as he has been next to me since the beginning. Most of the team will carry on under her leadership. Jan Murphy, my mother-in-law and editor extraordinaire, and I are the ones riding off into the sunset! We are expecting a bundle of joy to arrive in June and are all set to spend our hours pushing strollers and bouncing a grandbaby on our knees.

I was reminded recently by a message I read from Sam Parker, a marketing guru with Inspire Your People, that the work we have the opportunity to pour ourselves into belongs to us for a relatively short period of time. I have really enjoyed being steward to Inside Northside, but the time has come to hand it off to someone else.

It’s natural for me to hope Desiree thinks my work is good, but I am sure you will see her bring great new ideas and inspiration to the pages of the magazine. She embodies what is new in the publishing business, but has an appreciation for what has made us successful since the ’80s. I am leaving Inside Northside in better hands than my own.

This isn’t a goodbye since I will be here supporting Desiree and the work of Inside Northside—always.