Meet Our Staff
| Susan Quarne - Publisher (email) |
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Susan Quarne is an experienced business publisher. Overseeing the inner workings of Cheese Market News since its inception in 1981, Susan delivers a standard of excellence unmatched elsewhere.
In a world where "content is king," Susan leads Cheese Market News in a direction to deliver the highest level of coverage and service in the cheese business. Her continued enthusiastic approach to helping grow the cheese industry is evident as Cheese Market News successfully combines serious news, analysis, attention to detail, passion and integrity week after week. |
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| Barbara Grayes - Business Development Manager (email) |
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Barbara Grayes joins Cheese Market News as our new Business Development Manager. Barbara is a respected, trusted and successful sales and marketing professional with over 40 years of experience working with the dairy, food, biotech and industrial processing industries. She has a proven track record of increasing sales/market share and a history of building long-standing customer relationships. Barbara has a keen understanding of marketing/advertising and tradeshow programs and has worked closely with the membrane filtration companies over her tenure as well as most of the manufacturing and processing plants, OEMs, system integrators, distributors and independent representatives from across the nation. She holds a bachelor’s in marketing management from the College of St. Thomas and an associate’s degree from Lakewood Community College. |
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| Alyssa Mitchell - Editor in Chief (email) |
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Alyssa Mitchell, CMN’s editor in chief, oversees the daily operations of the editorial office, including editing, layout and market reporting. She also writes original articles and special features. Alyssa has a degree in news editing from the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University. While there, she worked as a reporter and copy editor on the campus newspaper. Post-college, she worked for a year at The Gazette, a group of community newspapers in Gaithersburg, Md., doing layout and copy editing. She also worked as a copy editor for the news department of the Advisory Board Company, a health care strategy firm in Washington, D.C., for two years prior to beginning her career at CMN in 2008. |
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| Rena Archwamety - Managing Editor (email) |
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Rena Archwamety joined the CMN staff in May 2007. As managing editor, she writes and edits news and original feature articles, including CMN’s exclusive monthly Retail WATCH profile. Rena also covers international and food safety issues, updates CMN's website and assists with the layout process. Rena received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Carleton College and a master's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication. She worked as a copy editor for Carleton's The Carletonian and as a food and science reporter for the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s The Daily Cardinal. She also completed internships at The Kearney Hub in Kearney, Nebraska, and Muse Magazine in Chicago. Prior to joining CMN, Rena worked as a freelance writer for local and national publications. |
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| Christina Paschen, Editor/Graphic Designer (email) |
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Christina Paschen joined the Cheese Market News team in 2025 as an editor and graphic designer. In her role, she contributes to editorial content creation, page layout and visual design and also leads efforts to engage readers through social media platforms. She brings nearly two decades of experience in communications and design, including 16 years at American Family Insurance, where she developed a wide range of visual materials, managed magazine production and led strategic communications initiatives. Christina holds a bachelor’s degree in Communication Arts from the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire and has completed graphic design coursework at Madison College. She's passionate about combining visual storytelling, clear messaging and digital strategy to inform and connect with diverse audiences. |
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