Our Team
Sandra Casagrand
Sandra Casagrand, a publisher in the Boston market for more than 20 years, has a keen interest in quality content and a demonstrated commitment to improving social conditions. As a graduate of Simmons College, Sandra has a long-held passion for women’s issues. It has been her dream to create a women’s media company that tangibly improves the most important aspects of women’s lives. Sandra understands the powerful influence media and its images have on how women see themselves within their society. It’s time for women to lead the conversation, and Sandra launched Exhale Lifestyle to make that happen. sandra@exhalemediaco.com
Leigh Harrington
Leigh Harrington is as comfortable brainstorming just the right word for a headline as she is chasing her daughter through the woods hunting for fairies. She’s been a professional writer and editor for nearly two decades and a mom for 6 years. While balancing work and play, Leigh served as the Regional Editorial Director for Morris Media Network’s Where brand and custom publications, wrote and published the book “100 Things to Do in Boston Before You Die,” and freelanced for a variety of print and digital titles, including the Boston Herald, Huffington Post and Muscle & Fitness HERS. Leigh holds two bachelor’s degrees from Syracuse University — because one just wasn’t enough — in magazine journalism and French literature, language and culture. exhale@exhalemediaco.com
Shannyn De Arman
Shannyn De Arman is the Director of Sales at Exhale Lifestyle. Shannyn’s passion for selling comes from a need to help people succeed in business and in life. Her advertising sales experience began in Boston at a mobile marketing start-up where she helped large and small businesses navigate the new and complex world of advertising in mobile. Originally from Arizona, Shannyn is a major volleyball fan and sometimes player when the Boston weather cooperates. Find her at shannyn@exhalemediaco.com
Dawn Curtis Hanley, Principal, Anchor18 Marketing + Events
Dawn Curtis Hanley is principal of Anchor18 Marketing + Events, an award-winning, full-service strategic events agency. Versatile and multifaceted, Anchor18 applies a holistic approach to experiential marketing to achieve game-changing results and lasting impressions. Dawn brings over 20 years as a marketing and communications executive, with expertise in innovative event strategy and production.
Karen E. Miller, Dr.P.H.
Karen E. Miller, Dr.P.H., has an extensive background in the health care industry. Karen’s experience includes direct patient care, education, consulting, and public health. Karen was instrumental in developing and managing one of the first “Centers of Excellence” programs for a large Fortune 500 company. Karen received a bachelor’s degree from Boston University and master’s degrees from Columbia University and New York University. Karen also received a doctorate in public health from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Karen serves on the board of the Massachusetts Association for Mental Health and as an advisor to Community Conversations: Sister to Sister, a women’s health initiative to improve the health of women of color.
Kalman Gacs
Kalman Gacs is the Project Manager and Creative Director of Viv Web Solutions—the web development company building and managing Exhale’s website. They were selected because of their impressive experience and overall business philosophy. Viv Web Solutions is a full-service online marketing firm dedicated to helping companies grow and prosper on the web. Their obsessive attention to detail, creative thought process, and unwavering support—coupled with their extensive technical expertise—are a perfect fit for Exhale.
Jill Beresford
Jill Beresford became the CEO and chairman of the board of a publicly held corporation during the 1990s. The company teetered on the brink of bankruptcy and she was successful in turning it around into profitability. At that time, only 3 percent of the world’s companies were led by female CEOs. Today, that number is only 5 percent. Most recently, the American Small Business Development Centers recognized Jill as the top small business advisor in Massachusetts, where she was awarded the coveted State Star Performer award. Prior to her small-business advising focus, Jill spent 25 years successfully working in the turnaround and restructuring industry, filling the positions of CEO, CFO, CRO, and/or CMO. Jill has worked in a wide variety of corporate environments, including private, public, international, startup, family-held businesses, Chapter 11 bankruptcies, orderly liquidations, and turnaround situations. Jill received her M.B.A. from Boston University.