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Merritt manages SmartBrief’s relationships with its publishing partners, the 50+ trade association, nonprofits and corporations SmartBrief teams up with to create daily, co-branded news services. Communications, circulation growth and problem solving are Merritt's areas of expertise, although her prowess in cat herding doesn’t hurt, either. Before coming to SmartBrief, Merritt served as Director of Content at Streetmail, a Massachusetts-based e-mail news company focused on local communities around the country. She entered the world of e-mail publishing/marketing after starting up the Program in Leadership Studies, an interdisciplinary curricular program at Williams College. Merritt’s not-so-linear professional career began in Italy where she worked for several years teaching and directing Trinity College's Elderhostel programs in the Veneto region. She holds her master’s degree in art history from Williams College and her B.A. from Trinity College in Hartford, Conn. She’s a music nut and can't live without NPR. | 