Bios

Deborah Burns

Senior Vice President/Chief Brand Officer, Luxury Design Group

As SVP/ Chief Brand Officer for the Luxury Design Group, ELLE DECOR and Metropolitan Home, Deborah Burns oversees the group’s editorial, publishing and business development across the platforms. Since April 2006, she served as SVP of the Luxury Design Group overseeing sales and marketing for both magazines.

Donna Warner

Vice President/Brand Content and Editor-in-Chief, Metropolitan Home

As Vice President, Editor-in-Chief/Brand Content of Metropolitan Home, Donna Warner has been with the magazine since its inception as Apartment Ideas (1969), then Apartment Life (197l) and finally Metropolitan Home in 1981. She has served as Editor-in-Chief since 1992, when the magazine was purchased by Hachette. Under Donna’s leadership and direction, Metropolitan Home has become regarded as the chronicle of contemporary American design. It has always been the first to report the latest trends and the hottest products, as well as the work of the world’s top designers and architects.

Barbara Friedmann

Vice President/Brand Publisher, Luxury Design Group, ELLE DECOR and Metropolitan Home

Barbara Friedmann is a magazine veteran with over thirty years of experience. Named Vice President/Brand Publisher, Luxury Design Group, ELLE DECOR and Metropolitan Home in March 2009, Barbara Friedmann is responsible for the magazine’s advertising sales and marketing.

Christie Boyle

VICE PRESIDENT, BRAND DEVELOPMENT, LUXURY DESIGN GROUP

As the VP/Brand Development since March 2009, Christie Boyle is responsible for supporting, facilitating, discovering, managing and executing existing and new opportunities and partnerships that extend the ELLE DECOR and Metropolitan Home brands beyond the magazines. Including but not limited to the following areas: broadcast, licensing, mobile, digital, book publishing, contract publishing and branded content.