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April 28, 2022
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Jennifer and Jeff Rubenstein, Co-owners of Edible Indy
Jeff and Jennifer Rubenstein, co-owners of Edible Indy + Edible Creative

The 2020 winner of the Kurt Friese Outstanding Community Service Award!

Jeff and Jennifer Rubenstein, PUBLISHERS - Husband and wife, Jennifer and Jeff Rubenstein are the new owners of Edible Indy. Jennifer Rubenstein graduated from Tri-State University (now Trine University) with an advertising and marketing degree. She worked for an NBC television affiliate in a senior account manager position, was the vice president of a video and event production company working with fortune 500 companies, and for the last 15 years owned her own marketing and events company. Jennifer has extensive knowledge of branding, creative marketing promotions and strategy, event production and sales. She is a retired board member for the IWIN Foundation and hosts an annual golf outing and other food events for the Edible Indy Foundation of which she is a co-founder and president. Her passion and hobby is being a foodie and being an activist for understanding the importance of supporting local food and the sustainable food movement. Over the last 30 plus years, Jennifer and her mother traveled to many places and made a habit of finding local off the beaten path places to shop, eat and support local clean food. . She uses Edible Indy as a resource for education and social justice for food sustainability.  Since moving to Indy in 2007, she supports locally owned farmer’s markets, eateries, grocery stores and any other opportunities to promote and support to local business owners.

Jeff Rubenstein has spent the last 20+ years as the Director of Golf at Golf Club of Indiana.  He graduated from Indiana University Bloomington with a degree in Sports Management.  Jeff oversees day to day operations at Golf Club of Indiana and is responsible for over 100 employees, operating budget and hosts over 100 events annually.  Jeff is past president and a founding member of the Epilepsy Foundatio of Indiana and is also co-founder and current board memeber of the Edible Indy Foundation.  Jeff will continue his current role with Golf Club of Indiana and will be the new CFO for Edible Indy.

Jeff and Jennifer have two lovely daughters, Wrigley and Mara.  They reside near Zionsville Indiana on three acres and love to be outdoors. Golf, cooking, entertaining, photography, deep sea fishing and giving back are all important to the Rubenstein Family. They are thrilled to establish Edible Indy as the premiere local food publication, community partner and media company.  Want to know more?  jennifer@edibleindy.com | 260.438.9148| @edibleindyjenn

If you would like to book a meeting with Jennifer to discuss partnerships or other opportunies find her calender here: calendly.com/jenniferrubenstein

On August 1, 2017, the proudly received approval for their Edible Indy Foundation. Find out more about their foundation here.

Our mailing address is:

Edible Indy

PO Box 155

Zionsville, Indiana 46077

260.438.9148

Francine Spiering, MANAGING EDITOR - Francine Spiering is a food writer with a passion for travel.She graduated from Utrecht University in the Netherlands with a Masters in English language and literature. She worked as a book translator and, not at all related to her background: as publicist in theater and publishing. When opportunity knocked to fuel her passion for food, she was on the first plane to Paris to attend Le Cordon Bleu and earn a kitchen degree.

Francine has been the editor of Edible Houston since its inception in 2015. She is also the author of Houston Cooks, a collaborative cookbook in the City Cooks series by Canadian publisher Figure1. 

Dutch by origin, Francine is a global citizen at heart, having lived on different continents and traveled to over 30 countries. She currently resides in Houston with her husband Raymond, a geologist with a passion for wine (“we consider ourselves a match made at the dinner table” ;-).

She is a longstanding member of Slow Food and supports good, clean, fair food in her own kitchen and lifestyle.

Find her personal food blog at www.lifeinthefoodlane.blog or contact her at editor@edibleindy.com

PHOTOGRAPHY STORYTELLER INTERN - Marissa Molloy

Marissa Molloy is a senior at Butler University studying creative media & entertainment with an art + design minor. She became interested in photography at a young age after having her work featured in the Indianapolis International Airport in 2014. She has previously worked with the Decatur Central Percussion Ensemble as their photographer and media coordinator with a personal background in marching and concert percussion. 

She enjoys spending her weekends at local farmer’s markets, finding new recipes to try, and adding houseplants to her growing collection. In the future, she plans on furthering her education at Savannah College of Art and Design. 

 

 EDITORIAL INTERN - Open

Edible Indy Contributor Information

CALLING ALL CONTRIBUTORS: Writers, photographers, illustrators, graphic artists

All contributors are asked to fill out our contributor form for new writing opportunities and pitches. We accept pitches 3+ months ahead of production and will contact you.

Find our writer's guidelines here.

Edible Indy Jobs

GRAPHIC ARTIST AND ILLUSTRATION

Currently seeking. Please email jennifer@edibleindy.com with sample work and resume for consideration.


EDITORIAL INTERN

Currently seeking. Please email jennifer@edibleindy.com with sample work and resume for consideration.


PHOTOGRAPHER/ VIDEO

Currently seeking Photographers and Videographers - Please email jennifer@edibleindy.com with sample work and resume for consideration.


BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT - Part time to full time business development opportunity with Edible Indy marketing partner and sponsosrship opportunities.  Email jennifer@edibleindy.com with your resume and a cover letter.


DISTRIBUTION - NOT AVAILABLE

Currently seeking person(s) to help quarterly with the delivery of magazines. Flat rate pay plus mileage. Please email jennifer@edibleindy.com with sample work and resume for consideration.

For other position currently open for internship, email jennifer@edibleindy.com for internship information.

Our mailing address is:

Edible Indy

P.O. Box 155

Zionsville, Indiana 46077

260.438.9148

Email: info@edibleindy.com