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Henri Mattila is the magazine's publisher. He was born in Helsinki, Finland and is an army reservist there. His professional experience is in the pharmaceutical industry and finance. After growing up in the Philadelphia suburbs, Henri received his B.S. at Cornell University and is pursuing an MBA at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Contact Henri at henri@merionwest.com.

Jonathan Church is a contributing editor for the publication. He is a government economist with a background in energy economics and inflation measurement. In addition to authoring several essays, he has published two books: Reinventing Racism: Why “White Fragility” Is the Wrong Way to Think about Racial Inequality and Virtue in an Age of Identity Politics: A Stoic Approach to Social Justice. He holds an undergraduate degree in economics and philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania and a master’s degree in economics from Cornell University. Contact Jonathan at jonathan@merionwest.com.

Johnny Payne is the editor of the Arts section. Johnny is a poet, novelist, playwright, and essayist. He has worked extensively in Latin American Studies, especially literature under dictatorship and Quechua oral tradition. He directs the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at Mount Saint Mary’s University, Los Angeles. He earned his doctorate from Stanford University. Contact Johnny at johnny@merionwest.com.

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