Our Team
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Cameron Strang
CEO, Editor, Publisher
EmailCameron founded Relevant in June, 2000. He's a lover, not a fighter, and is a huge fan of the Orlando Magic. You can follow his Twitter here.
(Press: Here's a shot of Cameron minus the fake mustache. Though we think he looks better with it.)
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Maya Strang
Operations Manager
EmailMaya is Cameron's wife and partner in crime. She also handles all of the money for the company, so if you owe us any, watch out. She's really nice, but can flip on you faster than a Chinese gymnast.
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Josh Babyar
Associate Publisher
EmailJosh joins the Relevant team after spending the last three years as executive publisher of the very cool arts and culture magazine Stop Smiling. He brings a ton of general market connections and growth ideas with him, to which we say, "Yes, please."
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Philip Self
Sales Director
EmailPhilip is responsible for every incoming advertising dollar and overseeing all of our client relationships. When payday comes around and the checks don't bounce, we all send Philip a thank you note.
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Roxanne Wieman
Editorial Director
EmailA Colorado native and fairly new to the team, Roxanne joined us after leading web and book publishing teams for a couple of major publishers. Her versatility and vision make her a perfect fit as we completely overhaul every aspect of what we do in the next six months. You know, because we like to start people out slow and easy.
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Dylan Peterson
Managing Editor, RELEVANT
EmailA Chicago native and former NPR producer, Dylan started out as a music blogger for us. After blowing us away and garnering quite a following because of his impeccable taste, we asked him to be our music editor. Dylan now joins us as managing editor for the RELEVANT, including the print magazine, website and multimedia. His experience as a producer will be pivotal as we expand into more extensive audio and video projects this year.
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Brian Orme
Managing Editor, Neue
EmailBrian joined our team this year to head up content for our ministry brand, Neue: NeueMinistry.com, Neue Quarterly and Neue Resources. In addition to being an experienced journalist, he's also the creative director and young adults pastor at this church, which we think qualifies him pretty darn well.
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Adam Smith
Contributing Editor
After serving as Relevant's managing editor and then editorial director from 2006-2008, Adam now lives in New Zealand and stays connected as contributing editor and member of the podcast crew. Through the mysteries of technology, we're not actually 100% sure he's gone.
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Betsy Hickman
Marketing Director
EmailIf there was a RELEVANT all-star game (which isn't a bad idea, by the way), Betsy would be the MVP. Not only is she creative and skilled, she's the person on the staff who makes everyone better. Think Michael Jordan, not Kobe Bryant.
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Hemarie Vazquez
Circulation & Distribution Manager
EmailHemarie oversees all subscription acquisition and newsstand distribution. So pretty much without her we'd be out of business. Not that she regularly blackmails us with that fact.
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Chad Pendleton
Promotions & Partnerships Coordinator
EmailChad did a podcast in college that sounded a whole lot like the RELEVANT Podcast. Yes folks, he ripped us off. And we hired him anyway.
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Jeremy Kennedy
Production Manager & Senior Designer
EmailIf you've seen anything visual from RELEVANT in the last four years, Jeremy has had a hand in it. He also comes in early every day. Basically, we challenge you to find a harder worker than Jeremy. It's not possible.
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Phil Moody
Web Production Designer
Phil handles all of the build-out and CSS design for the Relevant websites, as well as video design. He's also one of the most polite people you'll ever meet, saying "sir" and "ma'am" a lot.
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Josh Strohm
Systems Administrator
EmailJosh oversees the security, efficiency and backend of the Relevant web world. In short, he makes everything work.
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Theresa Dobritch
Executive Assistant to Cameron Strang & Ad Traffic Coordinator
EmailTheresa is the bolt on the rims of the RELEVANT vehicle. Without her, the wheels would fall off (or at the very least, Cameron's would). She's also from Ohio, which we don't hold against her.
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Wesley Smalls
Fulfillment Manager
EmailWesley heads up RELEVANTstore.com and oversees all shipping for the company. As Newman taught us, when you control the mail, you control ... information.
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Rachel Gittens
Customer Service & Marketing Assistant
EmailRachel is the person you talk to if you have any questions about your RELEVANT or Neue subscriptions, or your RELEVANTstore.com order. She's really nice—you should give her a call if you're bored.
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Linsey Metcalf
Design Intern
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Danny Rivera
Marketing Intern
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Charley Todd
Editorial Intern
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Justin Mezell
Design Intern

