Peggy Kaplin

Web Producer
Simons Foundation

Peggy Kaplin is responsible for uploading content to SFARI.org and Simonsfoundation.org, as well as for general maintenance of the websites. Before joining the foundation in 2010, Kaplin worked at Conde Nast’s Bon Appetit and Details magazines. She was ultimately responsible for all web production at Details, managing and implementing the magazine’s online content. Kaplin also wrote for a medical trade journal for three years and has published interviews with occupational and physical therapists, nurse practitioners and physician assistants. She earned a B.A. in English literature from West Chester University in 2005.

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