Green Builder® Media Announces Hiring of Award-Winning Editor in Chief for Green Builder Magazine and Green Remodeler Magazine

March 16, 2007

CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Green Builder® Media, the leading national purveyor of information and education about residential green building and sustainable development, today announced that award-winning editor Cati O’Keefe has joined the company as editor in chief for Green Builder Magazine and Green Remodeler Magazine. With over 20 years in publishing, O’Keefe has been intimately involved with several successful national magazines. She was instrumental in the 2000 redesign of Hanley Wood’s Builder Magazine (now owned by JP Morgan Chase & Co, NYSE: JPM) and served as managing editor for publications such as Architecture, Digital Home, Big Builder, Residential Architect, Developer, and Architect. As a member of these teams, O’Keefe has accrued more than 40 editorial awards from American Business Media, The Association of Business Press Editors, and Folio. She was also the recipient of the prestigious William D. Littleford Award for Corporate Community Service. “Cati brings a breadth of experience, passion, and creativity to our team,” says Sara Gutterman, CEO of Green Builder Media. “She has tremendous vision, and we trust that she will lead Green Builder Magazine and our entire publishing division to a new level of sophistication.” With a circulation of nearly 100,000 of the most active and influential building professional firms in the country, Green Builder Magazine is the third largest publication in the residential building space and the only one to focus exclusively on green building and responsible growth. Hungry for information about sustainable development, building professionals consider Green Builder Media to be the authoritative source of information about green products, environmentally appropriate projects, and the people and companies that are making a difference in the residential building marketplace. With its portfolio of sustainability-focused products and services, Green Builder Media is directly responding to the dramatic growth in the green building market. In addition to its publications, Green Builder Magazine and soon-to-launch Green Remodeler, the company offers a series of demonstration projects across the country known as the VISION House Series; an online distance learning platform called Green Builder College; and in-person events for building professionals in select target markets called Green Builder Live. For more information about the company and its products, visit www.greenbuildermedia.com. For editorial inquiries, contact Cati O’Keefe at cati@greenbuildermag.com. For publishing or advertising inquiries, contact Sara Gutterman at sara@greenbuildermag.com. About Green Builder Media Green Builder Media, the publisher of Green Builder Magazine, is the only media conglomerate that focuses exclusively on disseminating information about green building and sustainable practices to a widespread national audience. The company is privately held and funded by venture capital.

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