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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. | 