Founder and CEO
Chief Product Officer
President
President
Carolyn has led world-class brands (Conde Nast Traveler, Brides, Epicurious, Elle) and launched start-ups (Maxim, Cookie, The Week) to great success. Her wanderlust has taken her to all seven continents. As President of Skift she has found the perfect home, combining her love for building brands with her twin passions for media and travel. But her shining success, above all else, is her family.
CFO
Editor-in-Chief
VP of Research
Executive Editor/Founding Editor
Executive Editor/Founding Editor
Skift employee #1, after the founder and co-founder, Executive Editor/Founding Editor Dennis Schaal helps lead news coverage and analyzes online travel in his reporting. He likes receiving sensitive documents in the mail and breaking news. Dennis has written for many publications, such as USA Today.
Senior Travel Tech Editor
Senior Travel Tech Editor
Sean O’Neill is our first travel tech editor, focusing on business-to-business tech (not consumer tech). He was previously editor-in-chief of Tnooz and an expat in London. He now lives in the Philadelphia area. Please stop him before he begins another home improvement project.
Corporate Travel Editor
Corporate Travel Editor
Matthew covers the corporate travel sector, with his eye on the intersections of procurement, technology and culture. He was previously editor of Buying Business Travel, overseeing its transition to BTN Europe before becoming a Skifter. He lives in London with his young family, but as a self-confessed Francophile loves to hop across the channel for a taste of the good life.
Editor-At-Large
Editor-At-Large
Lily is Skift's global tourism reporter. Prior to that, she wrote travel stories focused on culture and sustainability for BBC, CNN, and Travel + Leisure, and others. Born in Ethiopia and raised in Côte d’Ivoire, she calls herself a serial expat and loves to debate the power of tourism to tip the scales of imbalance in the world. Lily splits her time between the Dominican Republic and the eastern U.S.
Airlines Reporter
Asia Editor
Asia Editor
This Darjeeling girl’s job has taken her places — five continents so far — and she wouldn’t have it any other way. She enjoys exploring new places and keeping abreast of things, and took to travel journalism like a cartophile to an atlas. Her career with leading Indian media houses saw her setting up ET TravelWorld in her most recent role. She has tons of stories to share, but first, get her a flat white.
Editor, Airline Weekly
Editor, Airline Weekly
Madhu is the San Francisco-based editor of Skift Airline Weekly. He previously covered airlines for Aviation Week & Space Technology and Aviation Daily, and he worked in corporate communications for two airlines. He loves typewriters and fountain pens, bicycles, and running trails.
Editor-At-Large
Editor-in-Chief, EventMB
Editor-in-Chief, EventMB
Miguel has a Portuguese soul. He built his career in the UK and is now raising a young family in rural Denmark. He is passionate about the events industry and considers himself a curious creator and caring curator of computerized content and a conscious connector of charismatic characters.
Branded Content Editor, EventMB
Branded Content Editor, EventMB
Angela Tupper is the Branded Content Editor for EventMB, a branch of the Skift media company. She has been reporting on both event industry news and event technology for over three years. Angela’s background includes a combination of writing, editing, marketing, and teaching roles, as well as hands-on experience with association events. With an interest in all topics related to events, she is keen to learn more from industry professionals. She currently calls Montreal, Canada, her home city.
Editor, Daily Lodging Report
Editor, Daily Lodging Report
Alan is the founder of the Daily Lodging Report, now owned by Skift, and remains editor. He also founded the Gaming Industry Daily Report and Gaming Industry Weekly Report which remains under the ownership of Gaming USA Corporation, owned by Alan and his wife Kim. Alan and Kim recently moved from Bergen County, NJ to Southwest, Florida and are loving the SWFL lifestyle. Both Alan and Kim recently became grandparents for the first time to a beautiful baby girl.
Writer, Daily Lodging Report
Writer, Daily Lodging Report
Kim is Vice President of Gaming USA Corporation, the previous owner of the Daily Lodging Report, now owned by Skift. Kim is the primary writer of the Daily Lodging Report – North America. Kim moved to Southwest Florida in July of 2020 and recently became a first time grandmother to baby Susie.
Senior Editor, EventMB
Senior Editor, EventMB
Andrea has been covering meetings, events, and trade shows for more than three decades. She is the proud recipient of many journalism awards, the most recent of which was a story featuring Ron Walden, Reed Exhibitions USA’s first Global Executive Sponsor for Race. She received a B.A. from New York University, majoring in English and journalism. She kicks off every summer by participating in the Spring Lake Five Mile run and spends many weekends “down the shore” enjoying Asbury Park’s dynamic music scene.
Branded Content Writer, EventMB
Branded Content Writer, EventMB
Some say her experience and skill set is as colorful as her personality. Lisa Jade inspires new possibilities by telling human and brand stories. Born and bred in Johannesburg, South Africa, she is the Branded Content Writer for EventMB. Her greatest inspirations come from creative expression, everyday people and authentic connection.
Editorial Assistant
Editorial Assistant
Rashaad covers tour operators and travel advisors. Before finding his way to Skift, he bounced around the U.S., France, Japan and UK. He greatly misses the all-you-can-eat Vegetarian curry at his favorite restaurant in Japan. He is also adept at running half-marathons and, despite living in New Jersey, rues the fact he doesn't spend enough time on the Jersey Shore.
Editorial Intern
Editorial Intern
Currently an undergrad at Northwestern University, Mary Ann has so many passions she can barely keep up with them. As a journalist, marketer, artist, home-chef, baker, designer, musician, film-enthusiast, and traveler, her biggest dream is to be a future-forward, soul-touching storyteller.
Senior Research Analyst
Senior Research Analyst
Seth is the kind of person who actually enjoys crunching numbers in Excel. He has experience in financial analysis, corporate strategy, economics, and capital markets. He is passionate about travel and loves how it always provides him with new perspectives. In his free time, Seth likes to obsessively theorize over how Game of Thrones will end.
Senior Research Analyst
Senior Research Analyst
Senior Research Analyst
Varsha is the first India-based Skifter. Prior to Skift, she was working as a consultant with Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) and worked in the Revenue and Network strategy department of two airlines. A traveler by heart, she has a collection of 30+ souvenirs from all over the world. A yoga enthusiast who is also extremely fond of cooking and eating. Often compared with Monica, from Friends, for her obsessive cleaning and organizing habits.
Research Analyst
Research Analyst
Saurabh is an India-based Research Analyst. He comes from an aviation background with experience in business analytics and sales & operations. He is passionate about exploring new places and meeting new people. Saurabh is an occasional musician and enjoys playing J.S Bach’s notations in his free time.
VP, Head of Sales
Executive Director, Sales
Executive Director, Sales
First and foremost, Deb is having the time of her life watching and learning about the world through the eyes of her amazing 11-year-old twin boys. Deb went to college to be a teacher but has spent most of her career in the media world and feels like she’s gone full circle by coming to Skift. A Jersey girl at heart, she lives with her boys and husband/best friend in Montclair, New Jersey.
Director, Business Development
Commercial Director, Europe + Middle East
Subscription Sales Director
Account Executive, Subscription Sales
Account Executive, Subscription Sales
Lindsay is our Subscriptions Sales Account Executive hailing from South Florida. She merged her career with her love of traveling when she joined Skift as our Account Manager, eventually building her way to subscription sales. Find her in Central Park or at NYC's latest art exhibit in her free time.
Global Sales Operations Manager
Global Sales Operations Manager
Jennifer is Midwest expat with Polish roots currently enjoying what East Village has to offer. As an avid sports fan she is often found shouting at TVs with unwavering, and questionably blinded, support. She’s always been an explorer, recently returning from an around the world trip (go to Budapest!), and has found her home at Skift where she is excited to continue living the Skift brand.
Subscriptions Sales & Customer Support
Account Executive, Sponsorship Sales
Account Executive, Sponsorship Sales
Bronx born and raised, with a love for travel, fashion and entertainment. Jeunesse enjoys exploring the world from shopping in Japan, sipping champagne in France, to tanning on hot sand beaches in the tropics. Being a social butterfly and a lover of music, when not traveling, Jeunesse loves the nightlife in NYC.
Head of Studio, SkiftX
Content Director
Content & Event Producer, SkiftX
Project Manager Digital & Events, SkiftX
Project Manager Digital & Events, SkiftX
London-based Lena manages the digital and events projects for Skift’s partners and sponsors. She’s previously led projects for governments, travel brands and major banks, and considers herself every part the global citizen. She loves weekend city breaks, specialty coffee, and social impact.
Creative Content Strategist
Senior Manager, Operations & Events
Senior Manager, Operations & Events
Gianna is a project manager with strong passion for event planning. She’s able to keep calm in chaos, multitask well, and loves organization. She currently resides in New Jersey. Catch her on a long walk, listening to true crime podcasts, cooking something new she found on TikTok, or binge watching Friends.
Research Editor, SkiftX
Research Editor, SkiftX
Based in Atlanta, Dan is overjoyed to be back in an editorial role after stumbling onto the dark side of the media business for a few years (no offense intended, PR friends) Outside of work, you'll find him writing and recording music with his band, tasting a new beer, or playing outside somewhere with his wife, toddler, and dogs.
Branded Content Editor
Branded Content Editor
Based in New York, Darren has been helping travel brands tell their stories for over a decade. He finds creative inspiration hiking in the great outdoors, reading about popular science and technology, listening to all kinds of music, and keeping up with all things Marvel.
EventMB Project Manager
EventMB Project Manager
Colette lives in Glasgow, Scotland with her rather rambunctious Romanian rescue Otis. She’s all about lists and organization, which comes in handy at work! Outside of work you’ll most likely find her with her nose in a book (if you need a recommendation, she’s your gal!), listening to a podcast, watching some form of sport, creating some kind of disaster in the kitchen, or spending time with her family and all their dogs.
Director of Events
Director of Events
A native New Yorker. She talks fast and moves even faster. Her pride and joy is putting on a seamless event. When she's not planning events, you can find her looking for the next destination to explore and RUNNING! Her goal is to eventually run all 6 Abbott World Marathon Majors.
Events Editorial Director
Events Editorial Director
Over the last 15 years, Brian has created, curated and produced hundreds of events and experiences across tech, business, media, food, music and design. Originally from upstate New York, he studied jazz performance at The New School in NYC. He lives with his wife and daughter in Brooklyn.
Editorial Events Producer
Editorial Events Producer
Jane is a hummus-loving editorial events producer with a variety of experience in the worlds of media and events production. She learned a love of travel out of the need to escape the winters of her hometown of Detroit, Michigan. In her free time, she can be found running, hiking and drinking coffee by the gallon.
Events Manager
Events Manager
Events Manager
Originally from a small island off the coast of Maine, but currently residing in Utah, it's safe to say that Sam is a cold weather person. She enjoys being involved in all aspects of event planning. When not working on an event you can find her in the great outdoors, or finding any excuse to visit a tropical destination.
Senior Marketing Manager
Senior Marketing Manager
A native-Baltimorean turned Gamecock, Hailey loves all things culture and travel. At work, you can find her diving into the latest marketing trends, writing up a storm, and analyzing as much data as she can get her hands on. Outside the office, she spends her time perusing record stores, catching last-minute flights and concerts, and endlessly searching for the best Chipotle-style restaurant.
Marketing Associate, Events
Retention Marketing Manager
Engineering Manager
Developer
Head of Creative Strategy
Junior Designer
Designer
Designer
Spain-based Skifter, 100% Italian. Bea, for friends, is the graphic designer behind Skift's events brand, EventMB, and recently became part of Skift’s creative team. Not only a huge pizza lover but equally passionate about design in all its forms, wilderness, and animals. When not at her computer, she is probably traveling somewhere new, crafting something by hand or taking pics with her analog camera.
Senior Video Producer
Head of HR
Head of HR
With 25+ years of HR leadership experience in media and mission-driven organizations, she has focused on helping small companies scale while keeping their unique culture. Linda has experience working throughout the US, Europe and Asia. Home, however, has always been New York. She is a volunteer community mediator in NYC and loves listening to people tell their stories.
HR Generalist
HR Generalist
Mariana is an HR enthusiast with a broad background in hospitality and finance, focusing on the full employee life-cycle, DEI and engagement. Originally from Peru, you can find her looking for the best Peruvian eats in NYC, running at Astoria park or adding to her plant collection.
Staff Accountant
Staff Accountant
Ernest is a George Mason University alumni. Each year during March Madness I hope to see another Final 4 run out of the Mason Patriots. When I'm not watching New York sports teams you can find me with friends or family or at an ice rink/baseball field pretending like I’m still a serious athlete.