JANET MERCEL
Janet is the executive editor of Avenue magazine. She served as editor in chief of DVEIGHT for four years while also holding the role of senior editor at its sister publication, Upstate Woman, where she continues as editor at large. She spent four years as an editor at A Hotel Life and is a regular contributor. Her writing appears in Architectural Digest, Business of Home, Art Basel Miami Beach, Condé Nast Traveler, YOLO Journal and many others.
A career in interiors began at Holland & Sherry, (The finest cloths in the world), while training in French embroidery on a pig farm outside Nuremberg under the same artisans who create passementerie for Louis Vuitton and Chanel. Janet was an integral member of the creative team behind H&S Bespoke at the Elizabeth Street Garden, and held roles at interior design firms such as Pembrooke & Ives, Timothy Brown Studio and Stewart Manger Design. She is currently pursuing an MFA in Creative Nonfiction at Bennington College.
After a pioneering heart procedure that contributed to FDA approval of an experimental medical device, she was featured on CBS New York, NBC, and ABC, became the face of the Pace of Mind initiative for Mended Hearts, the world’s largest cardiovascular support organization, and served as keynote speaker at Medtronic’s Research Summit.
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