Andrea (Andi) Herbert

2008-07-28
July 28th, 2008
Andrea Herbert was the validictorian of the Valley View middle school class of 1964. After graduating from MK, she went on to Douglass College, graduating Phi Beta Kappa, and then earned an MBA at Rutgers. She worked for more than 25 years in publishing and editorial management, for two major publishing companies, Primedia, Inc. and McGraw-Hill, Inc.With experience on magazines, newsletters, books, directories and Web sites, she handled every aspect of editorial work including reporting, writing, copy editing, layout, author development, issue planning, staff hiring and training, budgeting and strategic planning.She was Editorial Director of the trade magazine Electrical Wholesaling and the newsletter Electrical Marketing for more than 25 years..She won four Jesse H. Neal awards and three Neal certificates of merit for editorial achievement.
She had three sons with her husband, Joseph Spiers, who died in 1999.

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