About Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles

Gina Christman Publisher, Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles Magazine

Professional:

Gina began her publishing career in 1981. She joined Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles (Formerly Southern Homes) in 1983 and was promoted to publisher in 1986. She has published a limited edition coffee table book entitled “From Plantation to Peachtree—150 years of Classic Atlanta Homes” in 1987.

She founded the Sales & Marketing Council (Atlanta SMC) for the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association in 1983 where she served on the Board of Directors for four consecutive years. She's also chaired the Professionalism Awards in 1988 and 1989.

She founded the Magazine Association of Georgia and the Southeast (MAGS) in 1988 and served as the first President of MAGS. She also organized the first annual conference and awards program; served on the Board of Directors for four consecutive years; and was the first inductee into the MAGS Hall of Fame as well as a recipient of the MAGS Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005.

Board member: Georgia Business Committee for the Arts
International Furniture and Design Association (IFDA)
Active member: American Society of Interior Designers (ASID)
American Institute of Wine and Food (AIWF)
Les Dames d’Escoffier

Community Fundraising:

Board of Directors: Starlight Starbright Children’s Foundation (3 years)
Children’s Museum of Atlanta: Organized Polo fundraiser
Co-organized Atlanta Home Festival to benefit Scottish Rite Children’s Hospital
Honorary Chair for Dining Out event for The March of Dimes 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

Magazine-sponsored charities:

Atlanta Symphony Decorator’s Showhouse (sponsor for 14 years)
Alliance Children’s Christmas House (sponsor for 10 years)
High Museum of Art Wine Auction (sponsor for 7 years)
Wine Opener to benefit Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (sponsor for 2 years)
Flavor of Atlanta to benefit American Liver Foundation (sponsor for 4 years)
Simple Abundance Cooking Class series to benefit the Atlanta Community Food Bank


Danny Flanders, Editor-in-Chief, Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles Magazine

Professional:

Editor-in-Chief  Danny Flanders came to the magazine world via a long career in newspapers, as a editor and reporter covering everything from crime and government to health care and real estate.

For 10 years, he served as Home & Garden writer and later as Home & Garden editor for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Southeast’s largest daily newspaper. He also was a contributing writer for Better Homes & Gardens and Southern Accents magazines.

When not searching Atlanta for the coolest interior and outdoor spaces, Danny’s favorite pastime is working the soil — so much so, he completed training to become a certified Georgia Master Gardener.