Merilee Kern 

Merilee A. Kern is a good life connoisseur who scours the luxury marketplace for new and innovative must-haves and exemplary experiences. The best of the best across all product, service and travel categories are detailed in her exclusive JustLuxe.com syndicated column 'The Luxe List,' which reaches more than 2.1 million affluent consumers each month.

Merilee has been marketing and publicizing multi-industry B2B and B2C programs, products and services since 1994. Over this past decade, hundreds of her articles have been featured by media outlets worldwide. She is also a highly regarded marketing and PR industry expert source within the media, contributing perspective and commentary to leading outlets such as StartupJounal.com - the Wall Street Journal's Center for Entrepreneurs.

Merilee is also a published author whose fictional children's title, 'Making Healthy Choices - A Story to Inspire Fit, Weight-Wise Kids,' (http://www.notfault.com) earned a coveted iParenting Media 'Excellent Product' award in both 2006 and 2007 as well as acclaim from Oprah's personal trainer Bob Greene and media personality Sally Jessy Raphael.

In January 2007 Merilee was named a Finalist in the 3rd annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business - an international competition recognizing the accomplishments of outstanding women executives, business owners, and the companies they run, hailed by the New York Post as 'the business world's own Oscars.'

Merilee holds a Master of Business Administration degree with a marketing specialty and a Bachelor of Science degree, both earned from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She also received 'Marketing on the Internet' certification from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Merilee is currently a member in good standing with the National Association of Professional and Executive Women (NAPEW).