Cynthia Ochterbeck currently lives in New York City where she manages North American development for the MICHELIN Guide. Cynthia previously served as the General Manager of Michelin Apa Publications, Ltd., a London-based joint venture. She has worked for over twenty years in the field of travel publishing. From 2006-2011, she lived outside of her native USA, five years in London, UK, managing Michelin Apa, and in 2006, she worked in France on special assignment. Cynthia began working for Michelin in 1998 as an editor in the US, and in 2002 became chief editor of Michelin Travel Publications for North America.