KARA ESCHBACH
Co-Founder, Editor in Chief & Publisher
Kara is truly a business nerd at heart. Before starting Verily, she was on the investment team for Credit Suisse’s secondary private equity fund and has picked up experience in corporate finance, accounting, consulting, and investment banking. You’re just as likely to find her swooning over shoes and talking about Vampire Diaries as you are to hear her debating fiscal policy, and she has a serious weakness for cinnamon bread pudding.
JANET SAHM
Co-Founder and Style Editor
Nothing is more exciting to Janet than discovering and celebrating true beauty; whether that be through spontaneous photography, delighting in thrift store treasures, or simply being inspired by cherished girlfriends, women who know what is truly important in life. After interning for over a year at Elle Magazine, writing for Elle.com as well as other online venues, Janet has a new found passion to explore fashion’s ability to enhance and highlight a woman’s irreplaceable worth.
MARY ROSE SOMARRIBA
Culture Editor
Mary Rose is a writer and editor with over 7 years of experience in magazine publishing. Formerly managing editor of the monthly magazine First Things and the quarterly journal The New Atlantis, she has written articles and organized events on women’s issues for several publications and organizations. Among her favorite things in life are Latin dancing, karaoke, and a Woodford Reserve manhattan on the rocks. Her dream is to one day attend the Kentucky Derby.
KRIZIA SAPIDA LIQUIDO
Lifestyle Editor
Krizia has a sincere desire to help today’s renaissance women lead fun, smart, and truly fulfilling lives. A proponent of educational equity and social entrepreneurship, she managed education technology programs in NYC, served as a Teach For America Corps Member with an M.S.Ed. in English, and competed in Miss America with a platform dedicated to preserving the arts in education.
ASHLEY CROUCH
Contributing Editor & PR Manager
Ashley has immersed herself in the world of relationships through her position at the Love and Fidelity Network, coordinating discussion forums, and writing articles for numerous online journals and blogs. She delights in heart-to-heart conversations with women about friendship and romance, while thriving through the twists of her own relationships. Find her in Central Park, latte and good book in hand, polishing up her rusty French vocabulary, or hitting the beach learning to surf.
JANE RILEY
Art Director
Jane is a freelance graphic designer, blogger, wife and new mom. Jane works with a variety of creative professionals designing logos, websites, branding and event design, but she is most fond of editorial design. Jane recently helped launch the popular online and print publication Kinfolk magazine, authors her own blog Jane Reaction and runs an online shop called Chief and Crown with her husband. When Jane isn’t working she can be found cuddling her baby boy or surfing.
MONICA GABRIEL
Web Editor
Monica is a writer, editor, and SiriusXM radio show host. Plucked from a life of advertising at TIME Magazine, Monica now writes about cultural trends and shares her thoughts on relationships and womanhood. Monica can be found watching old movies, telling highly animated stories to her friends, or playing with her many nieces & nephews.
