Meet Our Team
FOUNDER | PUBLISHER | EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Steve Wyman
A veteran publisher and producer with decades of experience bringing magazine pages to life while building customized multimedia and multichannel advertising solutions for clients. A team builder with a passion for upscale lifestyle, destination, and content marketing — and the business development engine behind Northeast Media Group’s owned platforms and television block.
FOUNDER | CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Dave Dauer
A veteran creative director whose career spans Offshore, Chesapeake Bay and Northeast Boating magazines, BoatingLocal, Lighthouse Media Solutions, New England Boating, and New England Fishing. Dave’s specialties are graphic design and art direction, alongside fine art painting and drawing. He enjoys boating and fishing in Plymouth and on the South Coast, swimming, running, and travel. Dave lives in Plymouth, MA with his wife Deborah; he has two grown children, Ben and Rebecca, and grandsons Eli and Aiden.
FOUNDER | CHIEF DEVELOPER | CYBER SECURITY
Brian Norcross
A veteran web developer whose work has powered BoatingLocal, New England Boating, and New England Fishing. Brian builds and secures every Northeast Media Group platform, and his special talent is making the impossible…possible.
FOUNDER | CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Eric Brust-Akdemir
A veteran creative director with deep experience in editorial design, brand identity, and multi-platform campaign creative across regional publishing and production. Eric leads design across Northeast Media Group’s titles, digital platforms, and broadcast graphics, translating brand strategy into work that looks as good as it performs.
EDITOR | PRODUCER | HOST
Tom Richardson
Massachusetts native Tom Richardson acquired a passion for the outdoors at an early age through family camping, hiking, and fishing adventures. As an outdoor writer, editor, photographer, and videographer, he has worked at and contributed to various publications, including Salt Water Sportsman, Offshore, Field & Stream, Sport Fishing, and Gray’s Sporting Journal. In 2009, he helped launch the regional boating-lifestyle brand, BoatingLocal.com, followed by the New England Boating and New England Fishing brands. He also served as co-host of the New England Boating TV show, and as the host and writer of the New England Fishing TV show.
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Kendra Sousa
Kendra started at Offshore Magazine and has been involved with Chesapeake Bay and Northeast Boating Magazines, Allen Roche Marine, Lighthouse Media Solutions, New England Boating and New England Fishing as well as Explore New England and Visit New England. She enjoys relaxing on the beach, snowboarding, watching her kids’ sports games/meets and walking her dog. She lives in Weymouth, MA with her husband, two teenagers and her crazy, fun-loving golden retriever, Cassie.
WRITER
Tom Schlichter
“Outdoor Tom” Schlichter has been a features writer, columnist, book author, photographer and seminar speaker for over 45 years, with credits in a wide array of national and regional venues. Among other endeavors, he has served as managing editor of The Fisherman Magazine, associate editor at On The Water Magazine, and a features writer for Offshore Magazine, Saltwater Sportsman, Boating Magazine, BoatingLocal.com, plus many others. He is also a current features writer and past outdoors columnist for Newsday, one of the ten largest newspapers in the U.S.A.
