Welcome Gayle Kesten as our Managing Editor.  Gayle leads the charge at Extra Mile Editorial. A Long Island-based writer and editor specializing in technology and trends that matter most to entrepreneurs, microbusinesses, home-based companies, and women-run organizations, Gayle blogs for SmallBizResource.com and Working Mother. She also writes and edits for a variety of online and print publications, and has more than a decades worth of editorial and site-based management experience. Gayle is especially proud of her son's spelling prowess.

Sheryl Victor is the owner of Savvy Strategy, which develops marketing and licensing programs for entertainment, entrepreneurial and niche brands. Savvy provides cost-effective, 360-degree marketing and licensing solutions for clients, with a specialization in digital and social media.

Sheryl has spent the past 15 years on the client and agency sides of the business. Prior to Savvy, Sheryl led worldwide brand development of products and services at Hearst Magazines for Cosmopolitan, Cosmogirl!, Country Living, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, House Beautiful and Seventeen. Prior to Hearst, Sheryl was VP, marketing director for BaseSix, a boutique interactive firm based in Boston. At BaseSix she was responsible for spearheading the entertainment-side of the business, where she managed such clients as HBO and Showtime.

Sheryl has also led account management at The Sloan Group for Ticketmaster and Nickelodeon, and spent the first eight years of her career in marketing and brand development at MTV, VH1 and USA Networks. Sheryl is a graduate of the Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College.

Dona has a Degree in Accounting from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh. She is an active member of The National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) and the Suffolk County Women's Business Enterprise Coalition (SWBEC) as well as a founding board member of Bayberry Beginnings, an organization dedicated to assisting women in transition.

Dona also offers advice on issues that effect women on Long Island at "Ask Dona!" on TodayLongIsland.com 

Randi Busse is President of Workforce Development Group, Inc, a coaching and training organization focused on enhancing the skills of your employees so that they provide an outstanding experience for your customers! WFD custom designs programs to enhance your employee’s soft skills, improve the way your employees communicate with your customers, and provide your managers with collaborative coaching skills.

Dr. Dan Berger holds a doctorate in Personnel Psychology from Columbia University. His consulting experience is diverse and includes companies such as American Airlines, Good Samaritan Hospital and the State University of New York at Stony Brook (to name just a few). A manager himself, having run the Suffolk Institute for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, he is sensitive to management issues from the inside. He has co-authored "Flow Of Work And The Company's Fortunes: A Playbook For Productivity". and is president of Group Dynamics USA. Dan is married and has three sons, he enjoys playing Tennis, Golf and Kayaking.

 Get Marketing and Advertising advice from Dawn Amato. Dawn is the Creative Director for Slighly Mad Communications . Providing marketing and advertising solutions for over 20 years, Dawn applies her special combination of creativity, intuition and her extensive knowledge of business promotion - both online and offline - to every project to ensure that it's a success.

Lynne Fain, MA, MSW, CSW is an experienced psychotherapist and educator-trainer. She herself lives and works here on Long Island. Lynne has taught meditation techniques in a variety of settings: In hospitals, homes and in businesses as well as teaching fellow practitioners. In her private practice she is able to facilitate a deepening personal understanding of major life issues for self-actualization and growth.
Lynne is also certified in Interactive Guided Imagery and has uses this exciting, groundbreaking technique to aid clients in addressing issues such as addictive behaviors and long term and pervasive anxiety, helping them to achieve a former more fluid state of being.

Ask Sean McGinnis of http://www.longislandpcdoctor.com any computing question and he will answer it here.

Weldome Keith Simmons as our Financial Advisor! Keith has over 30 years of financial and operational experience. Keith's background includes entrepreneurial, rapid growth and corporate improvement situations. His experience includes engineering, software, electronics, printing/converting, distribution, manufacturing and service industries. As CFO he’s also led the Technology, Purchasing, Human Resources and Administrative functions, providing business owners with a well-rounded professional who brings competence to all situations.

After serving overseas in the U.S. Navy, he attended State University of New York at Albany on an academic scholarship, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree with a concentration in Managerial Accounting.

In addition to developing creative business solutions, Keith incorporates creativity into his personal life as a musician and songwriter and maintains a website for local performing artists. He is married and has two children.