Regan Hofmann, Editor-in-Chief, POZ
In her current position as editor in chief of POZ magazine, Regan Hofmann is responsible for the editorial direction of this award-winning, monthly publication. Her vision includes raising awareness of HIV/AIDS, highlighting how the profile of the epidemic has changed dramatically to include women and people of color and fighting the stigma that has barely lessened in a quarter of a century since the disease was first identified. Hofmann believes that combating stigma is key because fear of stigma prevents people from talking about HIV/AIDS, which, in turn, hampers education and prevention efforts and compromised the level of care people get for themselves.

Offering a strong blend of creative strengths, Regan began her career working as a research assistant for CBS News (on “60 Minutes”). She then took her talents to account management and copy editing positions at top-tier advertising agencies, including: Young and Rubicam, Saatchi & Saatchi and Cliff Freeman and Partners.

Hofmann then founded and published an arts and entertainment magazine, Poets, Artists & Madmen, and worked as a journalist for various publications including Departures and Hamptons. She also helped launch and served as executive editor and editor in chief for New Jersey Life, a lifestyle and home design magazine.

Prior to becoming editor in chief at POZ, Hofmann penned the publication's Anonymous column for four years. In the column, she explored the notion of disclosure, telling a new person for each column. Her decision to publicly disclose her HIV positive status at this time in her life is the result of her belief that awareness of AIDS is at an all-time low and that there is significant need for leadership by positive people in AIDS service organizations.

Regan graduated from Trinity College with a B.A. in creative writing. She also studied in London at the British and European Study Group, and took classes at the School of Visual Arts and the Cooper Union, post graduation. In her free time, she enjoys competing her horse in the sport of 3-Day Eventing, an equestrian triathalon. She has been a competitive rider for more than 30 years. She has also played rugby, and rowed crew.

Sean O. Strub, Founder and Advisory Editor, POZ
Sean Strub is well known as an activist, writer and entrepreneur. Sean has founded many successful fundraising, publishing and marketing organizations, virtually all in support of progressive social change efforts. He founded POZ in 1994. Strub's companies have also launched POZ en Español, Mamm (for women impacted by breast and gynecological cancers) and Milford Magazine (a regional title distributed in the Delaware River Highlands area of northeast Pennsylvania).

He has written extensively on corporate social responsibility, smart growth and land development issues, direct marketing and AIDS, among other topics. Sean co-authored, with Dan Baker and Bill Henning, Cracking The Corporate Closet, (Harper Business, 1995) and co- authored, with Steve Lydenberg and Alice Tepper Marlin, the seminal guide to corporate social responsibility, Rating America's Corporate Conscience, (Addison-Wesley, 1987).

Sean's involvement in the social responsibility and ethical investment movements dates to the early 1980's, when he worked with Alumni Against Apartheid and the Harvard Endowment for Divestiture through his direct marketing firm which specialized in social change and mass marketed fundraising techniques. Direct mail campaigns created by Sean have been labeled "slick" by The Wall Street Journal, "highly sophisticated" by The New York Times, and "inventive and unusual" by Business Week.

Strub has also produced theatre and large-scale fundraising events. In 1992, at the Perry Street Theatre in New York, he debuted his production of The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me, written by and starring David Drake. The Obie Award-winning hit became one of the longest running one-person Off-Broadway shows ever.

In 1990, Strub was a Democratic candidate for the US Congress from New York's 22nd congressional district, running as an openly (but incidentally) gay/HIV+ man. He was defeated by a former member of Congress by fewer than 600 votes.

He has received numerous awards and honors from AIDS organizations, community and professional groups, including the 1995 AIDS Action Foundation's National Leadership Award, the 1996 Cielo Latino Companero award from the Latino Commission on AIDS and Los Angeles-based Being Alive's Spirit of Hope award in 1997.

A native Iowan, Sean attended Georgetown and Columbia Universities. He lives in Milford, Pennsylvania and New York City.

Bob Ickes, Deputy Editor, POZ and Real Health
Bob Ickes has been with Smart + Strong since 2002. Prior to joining Smart + Strong, he worked as an associate editor at Newsweek; as a senior editor at New York Magazine, Brill's Content Magazine and Details; and as executive editor of Inside.com. He has also written cover stories and profiles for The New York Times Magazine, Vogue, New York, Allure, Us, and Interview, among other publications.

Jeremy Grayzel, CEO, Smart + Strong and CDM Publishing LLC
With over 30+ years of business and publishing expertise, Jeremy Grayzel bought Smart + Strong in the fall of 2004. As CEO, he has spearheaded the redesign of POZ magazine and POZ.com. Prior to Smart + Strong, Jeremy served as president of VNU eMedia and headed a new division to web-enable VNU Business Media, the second largest B2B publisher and trade show operator in the country.

As founder and CEO of Facsimile Marketing, he developed broadcast fax and fax-on-demand technology and developed leading-edge custom publishing software. The company also became a website developer and hosted customized publishing services for third party publishers.

Jeremy's other experience includes a position as President and COO of Family Media Inc., as well as directorial roles at both Charter Publishing Company, where he served as general manager of Ladies' Home Journal, and RCA Global Communications, where he was responsible for financial planning of the domestic satellite communications business. He is on the board of directors of the Metro Chapter of the World Presidents' Organization and the past chairman of the Emerging Business Council of the Information Industry Association.

Jeremy earned his MBA at New York University's Graduate School of Business.

Ian Anderson, President, Smart + Strong
Ian Anderson joined Smart + Strong as General Manager/Vice President in June 2005. Ian has responsibility for internal business management including technology and print production services, circulation and product development, and business planning.

For the last six years, he worked at VNU eMedia as Director of Operations and then as Director of Product Development. Prior to VNU, Ian spent 6 years at Editor & Publisher magazine as Research Director and General Manager.

Ian earned his BA in Communications at Ramapo College, Mahwah, New Jersey.

Megan Strub, Publisher, Executive Vice President, Smart + Strong
Megan was part of the launch of POZ in the spring of 1994 and has been working with pharmaceutical companies and agencies focused on reaching the HIV community ever since. Early on, she demonstrated the value of direct to consumer advertising to people with HIV. Megan has continued to develop additional educational programs and publications including the POZ Life Expo, MAMM, InfoPack treatment newsletter, ComboCards and Real Health.

Prior to joining Smart + Strong, Megan was an account executive with The Caribiner Group (now owned by Jack Morton Wordwide), a multi-media production company specializing in corporate events, national sales meetings and product launches. Megan has over 16 years of sales experience and has been profiled in Sales & Marketing Management magazine, New York Magazine, and MIN, a trade publication for the magazine publishing industry.