ABOUT US

CEO and Publisher

Grace A. Capobianco, CEO, and Publisher of Downtown Magazine NYC has dedicated her professional life to developing innovative media products that engage, inform, and bring entire communities together. She started her first company, Tropical Publishing, when she was 27 years old and created the first Chamber of Commerce magazine for the Palm Beaches, The South Florida Office Guide, as well as Up the Coast, a guide to Jupiter. In addition, she helped launch and relaunch publications like Alternative Medicine and NewBeauty, and custom publications for brands like the American Hotel Motel Association and GNC.

In 2007, Capobianco created Downtown Magazine NYC launching in 2010—a quarterly print and online publication with a readership of over 250,000—to celebrate the strength, perseverance, and sense of community in Lower Manhattan, post-9/11. Downtown immediately filled the information void by providing local, relevant, and luxury lifestyle content about the people, places, and things that make downtown the most vibrant and fastest growing business and residential community in the nation. Grace forged partnerships with the area’s renowned business owners, community leaders, and influential individuals, and today the magazine and its online platforms and social media channels have become the voice of Lower Manhattan, with an impressive advisory board of local leaders who ensure the landscape of content is most beneficial to the community.

Editor in Chief

Deborah L. Martin is a 30–year veteran of the magazine publishing industry. In 1996, she became one of Hearst Magazine’s youngest managing editors, for House Beautiful magazine, a position she held for almost 17 years, serving four editors–in–chief.

In 2005, she formed her own custom publishing firm, MM Publishing Inc., creating and publishing magazines for luxury hotels such as The Hotel Bel–Air in Los Angeles and the Chatham Bars Inn on Cape Cod. She continued her work in the luxury market at GreenGale Publishing, helping to shape titles such as Los Angeles Confidential, Gotham, Hamptons, and Austin Way, eventually becoming the Director of Editorial Operations for the company. Martin also served as both the managing editor and the editor–in–chief of the magazine for Maison&Objet Americas’ Miami launch in 2014. She spent two years as the Executive Managing Editor for New York Spaces, working with Editor in Chief Jason Kontos, and helped launch Exuberance, the first design magazine for the LGBTQ community.

In a freelance capacity, she has worked for clients such as Aspire Design and Home, Metrosource Magazine, and South Florida Interiors, among others.

Executive Director and Associate Editor

Sabrina Little grew up in Nampa, Idaho, and graduated from the University of Idaho with a Bachelor’s in Animal Science. After working in the animal health industry for a decade, she came across an opportunity to follow her other creative passions and step into the world of media.

While working closely with Ms. Capobianco, she’s excited to continue to learn, grow, and experience life through the lens of journalism.

Her hobbies include writing, creating digital art, traveling, and spending time with her cats and dog.

Email: [email protected]

Instagram @dtmag_sabrina

Senior Editor

Hailing from Charleston, South Carolina, the photojournalist Cade Callen has been molded and motivated by his insatiable curiosity about the world from a young age. After graduating from New York University’s globally renowned Philosophy program, he turned his incisive analytical training into a unique editorial voice to address the questions facing our modern world at the cutting edge of business, art, culture, real estate, and philanthropy, with Downtown Magazine.

Contributor

Michael Fiedler discovered his talent and passion for photography more than 30 years ago aboard a Navy aircraft carrier. While traveling the world and experiencing the diversity of many cultures, he was naturally drawn to chronicling the experiences of people – especially in their vocational settings – telling their story through his images.

Michael has a distinct documentary style, often using available or low light, creating pictures with a more intimate, realistic feel. His photographs are visual representations of the message his client wants to convey. Whether photographing a CEO in a board room or a farmer in the field, Michael can capture their individuality and uniqueness of their lives.

A good photographer is curious, confident and even a bit nosey. He interned with the accomplished Magnum Photographer, Hiroji Kubota. In traveling all 50 states with him, Michael learned that it isn’t so much the technical mastery of a camera that ensures a good photographer – but it’s the love of people, the sensitivity of the situation and the drive to capture the story. This is what he strives to give his clients with every project.

Food Editor

Fernanda is a multimedia journalist passionate about New York City. Her love for the diverse cuisines and culture that exists in the city is reflected in her stories. 

She majored in Journalism in Brazil, her home country, and studied at the New York Film Academy. Her studies helped her become a professional capable of creating content in all of its forms: text, video and social media. Plus, through her experiences around the world she has developed a keen eye for different stories.

Fernanda works as a reporter and freelance writer covering the most diverse subjects. On her social media, she shares restaurants tips and experiences in NYC and other cities around the world.

instagram.com/fernandamueller/

Associate Editor

Noemi Florea is a designer and writer seeking to integrate multimedia design with systemic change. She is the Associate Editor of Downtown, where she works with New York business owners, coalition leaders, and stakeholders to explore the social movements that power the city’s progressive change.

Lindsay Fiedler is a Winter and Spring 2022 Layout Editor and Graphic Design intern at Downtown Magazine. She moved from Connecticut to major in Communication Design at Parsons New School for Design in NYC.

Lindsay currently designed the 2022 Downtown NYC, Miami, and LA media kit. She is passionate about designing and creating arrangements of illustrations and graphics. She loves helping Downtown and their creative team GLYPH to publish eye-catching spreads for its readers.

Marley Gifford is a 21-year-old who grew up on the East Coast in Newport, Rhode Island. She currently studies journalism and fashion merchandising at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY. 

Marley is part of the fashion magazine at her school where she has served as a design and layout team member, writer, editor, and spokesperson for the magazine.

You can find Marley writing, painting, scavenging for the best gluten free bagel.