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– Lisa Wolff, Executive Director FoHVOS
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MercerMe Team
Founder, Publisher & Editor. Mary Galioto is the founder, publisher and editor of MercerMe. Originally from Brooklyn, Mary has progressively moved deeper and deeper into New Jersey, settling in the heart of the state: Mercer County. Formerly the author of an embarrassingly informal blog, Mary is a lifelong writer and asker of questions and was even mentioned, albeit briefly, in the New York Times and Washington Post. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English from SUNY Binghamton and a Juris Doctorate from Seton Hall Law School. In her free time, Mary fills her life with excessive self-reflection, creative endeavors, and photographing mushrooms. Mary also works as the PR & Media Coordinator for the Hopewell Valley Arts Council.
Reporter. Madeline Ference is a current student at The College of New Jersey studying journalism and professional writing and hopes to go into social media marketing in the future. She is a lover of dogs, specifically pugs, classic rock, and anything that will elicit a good laugh. When she isn’t writing or working to fuel her shopping addiction, she can be found soaking up the sun at the beach, binge watching her favorite shows on Netflix, and always making time for a much-needed nap.
Reporter. Harry Becker is a current Journalism and Professional Writing major at The College of New Jersey with a minor in Communication Studies who hopes to enter the public relations field in the future. He’s an avid fan of board games and enjoys nothing more than playing them with his friends. Outside of work and school, he enjoys reading, strategy games and pampering his dog.
Author of “The Taste Chase” column. A lover of all things poetic, colorful, funny and inspiring, Renata is the author of “The Taste Chase,” MercerMe’s own food review column. A native New Yorker, who grew up in Hopewell Valley and spent the better part of her adulthood back in NYC, currently finds herself in a growing love relationship with “the Valley”. Latin food, Indian saris and mehndi, French perfume, African music, Middle Eastern spices, South American jewels, Asian fabrics and anything from just about any island (maybe not Riker’s Island) are things that remind her to go out and taste the world, live passionately and always wear deodorant. The mother of one rambunctious boy and the wife of a mellow fellow, Renata tries to put her too many years of university and her film and writing talents to good use here in NJ. “I’ve spent too much time trying to fit in some where when I probably belong everywhere.  That slow revelation has been freeing.”
Darlene Walsh
Ad Sales. A New England native, Darlene is tickled to call Hopewell Borough home where she resides with her husband, daughter and mischievous rescue dog. Once entrenched in her pharmaceutical career, she left it to focus on family, personal growth and sanity. These days Darlene’s reincarnated self finds much joy as a substitute teacher’s assistant, chocolate maker, children’s art camp counselor and volunteer with various local non-profit organizations. Favorite things: canoodling with her dog Pansie, working a difficult crossword puzzle and consuming mass quantities of coffee.
