WHO WE ARE
One of the world’s leading enthusiast media companies, Active Interest Media (aimmedia.com) produces consumer and trade events, websites, magazines, podcasts, and TV shows that reach millions of readers, fans, and attendees across the globe. Our brands include Anglers Journal, Yachts International, Sail, Power & Motoryacht, Soundings, Trade Only, Passagemaker, Woodshop News, Log and Timber Home Living, Old House Journal, Woodsmith, Garden Gate, Cuisine at Home, Writer’s Digest, Horticulture, Popular Woodworking, Numismatic News, and more. The company’s two groups, Marine and Home, are divided into five divisions — Collectibles, Home Arts, Home Building, Marine, and Writer’s Digest —also operate thriving B2B platforms, online universities, events and offer marketing services. Active Interest Media’s customers are smart, engaged, and loyal, and they look to our brands for trustworthy information and services that will inspire and enable them to enjoy their passions.
AIM LEADERSHIP TEAM
Andrew W. Clurman
President & CEO
Gary DeSanctis
President, Marine Group
Pete Miller
President, Home Group
Stephen Pompeo
CFO
Brian VanHeuverswyn
CTO
Craig Stille
Vice President & General Manager, Home Group
Christine Nilsen
Vice President & General Manager, Marine Group
Julie Zub
Vice President, Events
Eric Dallin
Vice President, Digital Innovation
Amanda Phillips
Vice President, Marketing
Taylor Sferra
Vice President & General Manager, Writer's Digest Corinne Zielke
Vice President & General Manager, Collectibles
Scott Roeder
Human Resources Business PartnerEDITORIAL DIRECTORS
Daniel Harding
Marine Group
Phil Huber
Woodsmith, Popular Woodworking
Maggie Pahl
Numismatics
Kristin Beane Sullivan
Garden Gate, Horticulture
Amy Jones
Writer’s Digest
Donna Peak
Log & Timber Home Living, Cabin Life
Brian Ernest
Military Trader, Old Cars
Paul Kennedy
Antique Trader, Sports Collectors Digest
Patricia Poore
Old House Journal, Arts & Crafts Homes, Traditional Building, Period Homes
Prior to starting AIM with Chairman Efrem (Skip) Zimbalist in 2003, Clurman was Senior Vice President of Time4Media, a division of Time Warner/AOL, serving as President and Publisher of Mountain Sports Media, the world’s leading winter sports media company, which included SKI, Skiing, Freeze, Skiing Trade News Magazines, Warren Miller Films & Entertainment, and Mountain Sports Press, as well as TransWorld Publications, which included Transworld Skateboarding, Snowboarding, Motocross, Surf, BMX, and Ride Magazines. Under his leadership, these two divisions grew to comprise fifteen consumer and trade magazines, an award-winning film and television production unit, and category-leading Internet, book, video/DVD publishing, and event marketing businesses.
Clurman’s career in publishing began at The Vineyard Gazette newspaper. He later joined Ziff Davis where he was a sales representative, regional sales manager, marketing director and, finally, publisher of SKI and Skiing Magazines. He is a graduate of Rutgers College and holds an MBA from the University of Colorado.
He serves as Chairman of the Board of the Independent Magazine Publishers of America, a board member of Yankee Publishing, and is a University of Colorado Leeds School of Business Mentor. Clurman lives in Boulder, Colorado, with his wife, Claire, and three children.
Key Leaders
Gary DeSanctis
President, Marine GroupGary DeSanctis has 30 years of consumer media experience. He has served in a variety of sales and media management leadership positions. Gary is the former President of Showboats International and the former Publisher of Yachting and Motor Boating at Time4 Media.
Peter Miller
President, Home GroupPeter Miller has 30 years publishing experience in consumer and B2B with Active Interest Media, McGraw-Hill, Restore Media and Hanley Wood in publisher/group publisher/president roles. Peter co-founded Restore Media, an event and publishing business for historic preservation professionals (acquired by AIM in 2012).
Brian has spent 25 years driving technology value for various companies – 17 of those years having been spent in the publishing industry. Brian has been with AIM for 6 years and has been a part of many brand, product, and magazine launches over the years and currently leads the Digital, I.T, and customer acquisition efforts at Active Interest Media.
For the past 13 years, Scott Roeder has provided HR support to media business groups across the country for both AIM and previously F+W. His work with these groups has allowed them to enhance their recruiting efforts, workforce development, employee relations, and company culture.
Prior to media, Scott worked as a Corporate Recruitment Manager for a Midwest retailer and a Technical Recruiter for a staffing agency in Seattle, WA. He has his Bachelors Degree in Marketing for the University of Wisconsin-Madison.