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Common Ground Staff

​Common Ground™ magazine is the flagship publication of CAI. It is led by a small editorial, creative, and advertising staff as well as volunteers contributors and freelance authors.

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Thomas M. Skiba, CAE

VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNICATIONS, MARKETING, & CREATIVE Cori Canady

SENIOR DIRECTOR OF PUBLISHING Daniel Brannigan

EDITOR Joni Lucas​

ASSOCIATE EDITOR Hazel Siff​

SENIOR ​GRAPHIC DESIGNER Amanda Hamati

MULTIMEDIA PRODUCER Chris Lohr

DIRECTOR, SALES & STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS Lauren Piontek

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS

Jennifer M. Flynn, GSP

Laura Otto

Vicki Santaniello


EDITORIAL ADVISORS

Marilyn Brainard

Kathryn C. Danella, CMCA, LSM, PCAM 

Bruce R. Gran, CMCA, AMS, PCAM 

​Kelly G. Richardson, Esq. 

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Daniel Brannigan  

Senior Director of Publishing

Daniel Brannigan is CAI's Senior Director of Publishing, a role in which he oversees CAI's content strategy--from CAI Press books to Ungated blog​ and periodicals such as Common Ground™ magazine, Community ManagerCAI@Home, and Law Reporter. Daniel has helped guide Common Ground to awards for feature article design and single-topic issue from Association Media & Publishing's EXCEL Awards. Community Manager picked up six awards for general excellence and newswriting under Daniel's guidance from 2007-2010. A former reporter, Daniel is a graduate of Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, daughter, pug, and cat. dbrannigan(at)caionline.org


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Joni Lucas  

Editor, Common Ground

Joni Lucas is editor of Common Ground magazine. Previously, she has held a variety of communications roles including reporter, editor, and photographer. She built a monthly magazine for a national association of workplace safety experts and most recently served as communications and marketing strategist for an organization serving eldercare communities throughout North America. A graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign, Joni lives in Rockville, Md., and is the proud parent of three young adults. ​​