Our editorial team is comprised of veteran health editors and writers who carefully assess all potential health writers, as well as new members of our Medical Advisory Panel. Our editors uphold our editorial standards and values and ensure that all our contributors are trained to create accurate and trustworthy content. To a person, the team is deeply committed to serving our readers; we work tirelessly to maintain excellence and caring in everything we post or publish.
Susan Caughman, Founder & Advisor
Susan Caughman served in a number of senior executive positions during her publishing career, including general management, consumer marketing, and editorial roles at Time Inc magazines and at Newsweek. Earlier in her career, she worked in international economic development managing small business start-ups at grassroots levels in West Africa. A graduate of Middlebury College and the Yale School of Management, she lives in New York City with her family.
Anni Layne Rodgers, General Manager
A veteran of Rolling Stone Online and Fast Company, Anni earned her MBA from UCLA’s Anderson School before founding an independent consulting company delivering digital strategy to growing magazines. As web director for The Build Network at Inc.magazine, she relaunched TheBuildNetwork.com and forged a custom microsite business. Anni manages editorial strategy and operations for ADDitude. Anni is a graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and lives in Mystic, Connecticut, with her husband and two children.
Carole Fleck, ADDitude Magazine Editor
Carole Fleck has worked for mission-driven publications for many years, including as director of content for Diabetes Forecast magazine, as a medical literacy editor for patient engagement at Elsevier, and as a senior editor at AARP publications. She has devoted much of her career to helping to inform people with chronic conditions and improve health outcomes.
Eve Gilman, Managing Editor
With over fifteen years experience as a health journalist, Eve is the managing editor of ADDitude‘s print magazine, oversees production of the digital and app editions of the magazine, and is responsible for writing, editing, designing, and tracking ADDitude’s email newsletters.
Melanie Wolkoff Wachsman, Senior Editor
Melanie edits and produces articles, oversees download and eBook production, and writes news and features for ADDitude’s magazine and website. She has 20+ years of publishing experience and previously worked at ViacomCBS and Red Ventures. Melanie is a graduate of Indiana University Bloomington and lives in Louisville, Kentucky, with her husband and two children.
Nathaly Pesantez, Assistant Editor
An experienced health journalist, Nathaly Pesantez writes and edits feature stories and news reports for ADDitude magazine and website. A graduate of both NYU and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Nathaly earlier worked as a local news reporter. She lives in her home borough of Queens, New York.
Hope Goodrich, Web & Social Media Assistant
Hope, a native New Yorker, graduated from Oberlin College in 2014 with a degree in Environmental Studies. She spent a year doing community service and land management for the AmeriCorps Cape Cod Program. She now lives in Philadelphia and works as a web assistant for ADDitude. She has certificates in graphic design and photo retouching from Noble Desktop.
Ron Anteroinen, Consulting Art Director
Ron is a New York City-based art director and designer with a background in fine art and a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University. He studied digital design at Pratt Manhattan and School of Visual Arts. Ron has worked in many areas of graphic design over the years, from advertising at Y&R to POP retail at Medallion Retail, web production at softObjects inc, and publishing at Kaplan and Scholastic. His desire to work on material with a deep sense of community purpose has led him to become Consulting Art Director for ADDitude magazine.
Joseph Caserto, Consulting Art Director
Joseph Caserto is an award-winning graphic artist, educator, and consultant, who is based in New York City and specializes in publication design. Joseph earned a BFA with honors in Graphic Design from Pratt Institute, and has worked for many magazines including Billboard, BusinessWeek, Marie Claire, and Vibe. He has won American Graphic Design Awards from GD USA magazine annually, since 2008, when he also received a Create Award. Joseph is an active member of AIGA, Freelancers Union, Graphic Artists’ Guild, and SPD, the Society of Publication Designers. He teaches at NYU and Pace University.
Susan Sidler, Circulation Director
Susan is a magazine circulation and direct marketing professional with 33 years of experience. Prior to starting her own business in 1997, she held senior consumer marketing positions at companies including Meredith Corporation, Rodale Press. Her extensive list of clients has included Nickelodeon, Children’s Television Workshop, Yankee Magazine, Archaeology, Love of Quilting, American Woodworker, Make: Magazine, and other special interest consumer magazines. Susan lives with her husband, two dogs, lizard, and guinea pig in Cornwall, Pennsylvania.
Rebecca Brown Wright, Social Media Editor
Rebecca Brown Wright is a writer, blogger, and content marketer with a passion for telling the world about ADHD. She honestly writes in her sleep, but every now and then she surfaces from the world of words long enough to go hiking, visit a museum, or see a movie with her family.
Carly Broadway, Editorial Project Management Specialist
Carly’s desire to empower others to live better led her to the ADDitude community, where she works as a webinar producer. She graduated from Virginia Tech with a double major in Public Relations and Psychology and currently resides in northern Virginia. In her free time, she’s listening to music and podcasts and spending time with her close friends and family.