Stuart Rosenthal has been publisher and editor of the Beacon newspapers since he and his wife, Judy (the CEO), established the company in 1989. Stuart is a graduate of Michigan State University, Yale Law School, and Oxford University, which he attended on a Marshall Fellowship. He chaired the Maryland State Commission on Aging for a decade, served on the initial Advisory Committee for D.C. Age Friendly, and currently serves on the Montgomery County and Howard County Age Friendly Advisory Groups. Stuart is a past president of the North American Mature Publishers Association, the association representing newspapers for older adults throughout the country.