Katrina van Langen
Editorial development, art director and owner with 10 years of publishing, branding, photography and web experience. Check out her work here: www.spearmintstudio.com/wp and here:www.mm3design.com.
Chris Kugler
Editor with 8 years of experience in a wide range of genres, including fiction, educational and academic nonfiction, creative nonfiction, marketing, technical, public health, and real estate.
Holli Ronquillo
Holli Jo Ronquillo is a freelance writer and editor who has been writing professionally for several years. Her work has appeared in The Alan Review, Just Parents, and eHow, and she has been a blogger since 2001. Though she writes on a variety of topics, Holli Jo has a passion for health and wellness, pregnancy, parenting, personal productivity, working from home, and green living. Read more at Suite101.
John Ronquillo
John C. Ronquillo is a doctoral candidate in the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia. His primary research and teaching interests are in public and nonprofit management, cross-sector collaboration, social enterprise, organizational innovation and leadership. He will complete his dissertation under the direction of Dr. Hal G. Rainey; the topic will focus on managerial perceptions of innovation value in public and nonprofit organizations. http://johncronquillo.com/bio/
Melanie S. Taylor
Melanie Taylor is a civil litigation associate in the Atlanta office of HBSS. At HBSS, Ms. Taylor’s representation now includes hospitals and individual medical providers in medical malpractice matters. She and a partner most recently defended a client against a multi-million million medical malpractice claim before a DeKalb County jury and received a unanimous jury verdict for their client. She is also counsel for businesses ranging in size from two Fortune 100 companies to start-ups, including retail stores, a financial institution, construction companies, and a film production company. hbss.net
Contributors:
Reachel Bagely- Cardigan Empire
Women do not see full humans in their reflections; they see disembodied thighs, bottoms, underarms, and stomachs. There is a simple cure for your body insecurities. Dress education can quickly lead to body adoration. There is no need to be defeated by your wardrobe, subservient to cloth and zippers. Fashion exists to do your bidding, making you feel pretty. I am here to teach you how. cardiganempire.com
Cheryl Driggs
Cheryl Driggs majored in Food Science and Nutrition at BYU. She has taught food storage and preparedness classes since 1977 and has organized fairs, conferences, socials, and workshops that focus on those topics. She has 5 daughters, 16 grandchildren and lives with her husband, Allan, in Spring, Texas, a suburb of Houston.
Recipes are from the forthcoming book Pantry Cooking II by Cheryl F. Driggs. For more recipes, see Pantry Cooking: Unlocking Your Pantry’s Potential by Cheryl F. Driggs, or visit www.simplyprepared.com.
Natasha Helfer Parker
I am a Licensed Clinical Marriage and Family Therapist and have 13 years of experience working with LDS members. I graduated from BYU-Provo with a degree in Psychology and from Friends University-Wichita with my masters in MFT. I am the author of “The Mormon Therapist” blog and run a private practice.
Carley Hibbert
Carley Hibbert received her BA in English from BYU. She is currently involved in various writing endeavors while trying to raise three children in the remote outpost of Walla Walla, Wa.
Emily McCormick– Shabby Apple
Emily McCormick received her B.A. in communications and her M.A. in communications. While working in advertising, she became interested in promoting women in the workplace. She became interested in the fashion industry while doing public relations for design agencies. Emily currently lives in Richmond, Virginia and is the mother of three children. Shabbyapple.com
Sara Thomas
Sara Thomas is a professional singer and the editor-in-chief for Classical Singer magazine (www.classicalsinger.com), a trade magazine for singers. When she’s not on the road performing, she makes her home in Manhattan. She also moonlights as coeditor of Seeing the Everyday (www.seeingtheeveryday.com), a magazine devoted to strengthening the family by finding poetry in the prosaic, everyday moments of life.
Kees van Langen
Kees is a leadership coach who has contributed to the effectiveness of people and organizations around the world. This has been done through coaching, education, training, facilitation and consulting. During his 30 year career he has served as an OD professional, trainer, manager, coach and consultant for leaders in the airline, paper, packaged products, defense, soft drink, pharmaceutical, insurance, automotive and telecommunications industries. Kees recently moved to Saudia Arabia.
Athelia Woolley–Shabby Apple
Athelia Woolley studied Art History and Dance at Stanford University and Social Work at Columbia University. She became interested in fashion while studying art and design in college. While working for Amnesty International and as a counselor for battered women, she became interested in women’s issues. Athelia currently lives in New York City.Shabby Apple was started by owners Athelia Woolley and Emily McCormick in an effort to make current, classy, and fashionable style possible in a modest and dignified way. After so many years of hasseling with tank tops, cardigans, slips, etc… Shabby Apple put a stop to such needless worries by offering dresses that cover, creatively and comfortably. “Shabby Apple is proud to offer you fantastic dresses that allow you to look fabulous, without having to compromise anything else.” Shabbyapple.com
