As regional editor for Patch, Cari works with local editors to provide news and information for more than 40 communities across the suburbs of Chicago, including Naperville, St. Charles, Geneva, Batavia, Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Elmhurst and Lisle.

Cari has lived in various parts of the Chicago area, including Geneva and Woodridge, for more than 16 years. Before joining Patch, Cari spent four and a half years working for GateHouse Media's Suburban Life newspapers, first as a reporter and eventually as assistant managing editor of news. In her free time, Cari loves practicing yoga, traveling and playing with her lovingly lazy pit bull, Lucy.