Maureen Harmon

Managing Partner

Maureen is a cofounder and managing partner at Dog Ear. Prior to this role, she worked as the Director of Creative & Editorial Content at Denison University, and the editor of Denison Magazine, the flagship print publication of the college. At Denison, she created and audited content for offices across campus, thinking through the best ways to tell Denison's story in print and online. Maureen began her career in 2001 first as an associate, then senior editor at The Penn Stater magazine in State College, Pa. Both Denison Magazine and The Penn Stater have garnered many national awards from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, as well as many professional organizations in the writing and design worlds.

Patrick Kirchner

Partner, Creative Director

By day, Patrick is content director for Stoner Bunting Advertising in Lancaster, Pa., where he develops and executes branding, design, video and identity content for B2B architecture and design clients. Formerly, he was the visual editor at LNP Media Group, where he directed the design and photography of Lancaster’s daily newspaper, LNP, and its digital counterpart, LancasterOnline. He also serves as design lead at Dog Ear Creative, where he has led redesigns for a variety of higher ed magazines. Prior to turning his focus to design work, Patrick held a number of writing and editing positions, including associate editor for The Penn Stater’s Sibley-winning editorial team. He resides in southeastern Pennsylvania, where he also works as a freelance graphic designer and writer.

Dan Morrell

Partner, Editorial Director

Dan started his magazine career at The Penn Stater in 2004 and has since spent time at Boston College, Suffolk University, and Boston magazine. He is currently the senior associate director of alumni communications and content manager at Harvard Business School in Boston and hosts HBS’s popular podcast, Skydeck. Throughout his career, his work has appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Slate, Fast Company, and Monocle, as well as many alumni magazines. He also has earned several awards from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, including the 2018 Sibley Award. He was also part of The Penn Stater’s Sibley Award-winning editorial team.

Lila Beavers

Project Manager

Lila is Dog Ear’s project manager, and has a rich background in graphic design and digital marketing. She began her journey in publication design at Centenary College of Louisiana, where she relaunched and rebranded the Pandora: a student-led art and literary magazine. After graduating in 2021, she began traveling the world as a freelancer and digital nomad. Collaborating with a diverse client base, she specializes in helping teams create easeful systems to support their unique organizational goals. Her home-base is in Asheville, NC, where she spends time with family and enjoys the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains.

Paul Wallen

Design Project Lead

Paul is a seasoned, award-winning creative director, editor, and writer who brings together words and visuals in fresh, unique ways that tell a story with maximum impact. Wallen draws on wide-ranging experience from an array of publications large and small, including ESPN magazine, Tampa Bay Times and Baltimore Sun, to benefit each new project. With Dog Ear Creative, he has led a collection of higher ed magazines through redesigns and special issues that have garnered industry praise. Wallen currently lives in central Connecticut, where he hosts a long-running house concert series called Acousticool.