![Kathryn Minshew, Founder and CEO](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130119145551im_/http://d3rgj9au57pk8c.cloudfront.net/images/team/Kathryn.jpg?v=5e5ac2)
![Alex Cavoulacos, Founder and COO](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130119145551im_/http://d3rgj9au57pk8c.cloudfront.net/images/team/Alexandra.jpg?v=4b3041)
![Melissa McCreery, Founder and Editor-in-Chief](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130119145551im_/http://d3rgj9au57pk8c.cloudfront.net/images/team/Melissa.jpg?v=4fd7f1)
Kathryn Minshew
Founder and CEO
Founder and CEO
Alex Cavoulacos
Founder and COO
Founder and COO
Melissa McCreery
Founder and Editor-in-Chief
Founder and Editor-in-Chief
Kathryn is The Muse’s number one swashbuckler. Kathryn has appeared on CNN and Bloomberg, spoken at MIT and Harvard, and contributes on career issues to the Wall Street Journal, INC and the Harvard Business Review. She was recently named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 in Media for the second year in a row, as well as Inc.’s 15 Women to Watch in Tech. Prior to founding the company, she worked on vaccine introduction in Rwanda and Malawi with the Clinton Health Access Initiative and at the management consultancy McKinsey & Company. Say hi on Twitter @KMin.
Alex makes things work at The Muse. Our #1 list maker, she leads our Product and Operations teams. Alex has spoken on WNYC, at SxSW and was named one of INC’s 15 Women to Watch in Tech. Prior to founding The Muse, Alex was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. She graduated from Yale University, where she reached over a quarter of a million readers on 6 continents with print magazines as Executive Director of Global21. Follow her on Twitter @acavoulacos.
Melissa McCreery is The Muse’s Editor-in-Chief & rogue dev. Melissa was recently named to INC’s 15 Women to Watch in Tech. She previously worked at McKinsey & Company in New York, and was an Executive Editor of The Harvard Crimson, where she graduated summa cum laude with a degree in Physics. She taught herself to code and now regularly speaks on the topic of women in technology. Say hi on Twitter @melissa_quino.
Meet The Team
![Adrian Granzella Larssen, Managing Editor](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130119145551im_/http://d3rgj9au57pk8c.cloudfront.net/images/team/Adrian.jpg?v=e8f3cd)
Managing Editor
![Ana Enders, Senior Front-End Engineer](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130119145551im_/http://d3rgj9au57pk8c.cloudfront.net/images/team/Ana.jpg?v=26b6a1)
Senior Front-End Engineer
![Elliott Bell, Director of Marketing](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130119145551im_/http://d3rgj9au57pk8c.cloudfront.net/images/team/Elliott.jpg?v=9c4e1e)
Director of Marketing
As The Daily Muse's Managing Editor, Adrian's passion is helping you kick ass at your career. Formerly head of online communications for the George Washington University Med Center, she has 9+ years experience in the communications world and an MBA from Pepperdine. She (usually) resides in Los Angeles and spends her spare time on planes. Say hi on Twitter @adriangranzella.
Meet Ana, nerd and designer at heart. Ana likes to spend her time coding up user interfaces and creating beautiful designs for an awesome web experience. She loves interior design, modern and vintage furniture, making delicious home cooked meals, and the French language. She has an elegant black cat and a silly french bulldog; both incredibly adorable. Find this muse on github & on Twitter @anaenders.
Elliott is a graduate of the French Culinary Institute, but opted for early-stage start-ups over 16-hour days as a line cook (for the better hours, of course). Prior to joining The Muse, Elliott spent 6 years as a marketer-of-all-trades, making food-delivery start-up Seamless.com into a nationally known brand, and 1 month as a culinary assistant on Iron Chef America. When he isn't Musing, he can be found playing tennis, making chicken stock, or understanding the meaning of rap lyrics on rapgenius.com.
![Fatima Loeliger, Operational & Creative Director](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130119145551im_/http://d3rgj9au57pk8c.cloudfront.net/images/team/Fatima.jpg?v=31e704)
Operational & Creative Director
![Niki Lowry, Director of Company Relations & Partnerships](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130119145551im_/http://d3rgj9au57pk8c.cloudfront.net/images/team/Niki.jpg?v=987acb)
Director of Company Relations & Partnerships
![Yusuf Simonson, VP of Engineering](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130119145551im_/http://d3rgj9au57pk8c.cloudfront.net/images/team/Yusuf.jpg?v=9936ec)
VP of Engineering
Fatima’s job is to make sure that there are always amazing companies and exciting opportunities to be found. Fatima received her bachelor’s degree from Harvard where she was involved in many editorial pursuits, and came to The Muse after working with TFA in Chicago. When not making The Muse world a better place, she can be found wandering NYC, out for dinner with friends, or embarking on new adventures. Say hi on Twitter @floeliger.
Niki ensures we feature kickass companies on The Muse so you can find an awesome job at a company you love. Prior to joining The Muse, she handled all Marketing strategies for the Lowry Group at MSSB. Niki holds a bachelors degree from the Haas School of Business at U.C. Berkeley and resides in San Francisco. When not musing, you can find her wandering around various Farmers Markets. Say hi on Twitter @nikilowry.
Yusuf is a chef, avid ukulele player, and hip-hop artist. Unfortunately he does all of those poorly, so he sticks to his day job writing software. Prior to The Muse, Yusuf has worked as a developer at companies both big (Microsoft, IBM) and small (dotCloud, Transloc), and as an Associate Product Manager at Google. Find him on github, hacker news, or say hi on Twitter @ysimonson.
Click to meet the rest of The Daily Muse team
Investors include Y Combinator, Great Oaks Ventures, 500startups, Eric Ries (The Lean Startup), Cathie Black (former President & Chairman, Hearst Magazines), Gordon Crawford, Thomas Lehrman, Ori Allon, Susan McPherson, Lisa Blau and Adam Quinton.
Advisors include Rachel Sklar (Change The Ratio; The Li.st), Greg Clayman (Publisher, The Daily) and John DesMarteau.