Liddy Manson is vice president and general manager of Jobs, Cars and Real Estate at Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive. In this role, she is responsible for strategic planning, product development and business management for washingtonpost.com's transactional services. Among the site's services included in Manson's oversight are the Greater Washington area's award-winning online career management resource (washingtonpost.com/jobs), an in-depth section for buying, selling and maintaining cars (washingtonpost.com/cars), and a comprehensive resource for home and apartment listings and information (washingtonpost.com/realestate).

Manson is a seasoned Internet and new-media executive who has been with WPNI since 1996 in various executive roles. Most recently, she was vice president of strategy and human resources, overseeing both personnel issues and directing the strategic planning and analysis process, providing direction and organizational development. Prior to that she managed partnerships and investments in outside enterprises as vice president of strategy and business development. From 1997 to 2000, Manson was vice president of advertising, responsible for washingtonpost.com's and Newsweek.com's advertising sales and development initiatives. She guided strategy and product development for advertising sales, and oversaw production of the company's classified product lines. From 1997-1998 she also oversaw marketing for the company.

Manson joined WPNI from Discovery Communications Inc., where she was a vice president of special projects for Discovery Channel Multimedia. While at Discovery, Manson was involved in all aspects of initiating and launching new product lines and business activities for Discovery Channel Multimedia.

Prior to joining Discovery, Manson worked in strategic planning and business development at Electronic Arts, where she was pivotal in structuring and negotiating major acquisitions and new business ventures. Previously, Manson was an associate at Gemini Consulting/The Mac Group, where she was a specialist in strategy development for large telecommunications companies. Manson began her career as an associate in Corporate Finance for JP Morgan & Co. Inc.

Manson earned an MBA and Certificate in Public Management from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business and received a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Yale University. She is married to Jeb Boasberg, an Associate Judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, and has a son, Daniel, and twin daughters, Anne and Katharine.