Heidi Pyle is a public relations consultant at KP Public Affairs and incoming board president for Junior League of Sacramento. She graduated from UC Berkeley with a bachelor’s degree in political science and earned her MBA from Drexel University. Heidi is a proud Sacramento native and recently became a mother to a beautiful son, Nathan.

Megan White blogs about food, fitness, local businesses and travel at www.unsipped.com. She also handles media relations for a large state pension fund.

Graham Womack is a freelance writer based in Sacramento. His work has appeared in a variety of publications, including the San Francisco Chronicle, Sacramento Bee and Sacramento News & Review. Follow him on Twitter @grahamdude.

Jordan Venema is a California-based writer that enjoys gin and teaching himself dead languages. He received a master’s of liberal arts from St. John’s College, but swears he’s learned more from his precocious son, Cassian, than he ever did from a book.

Brad Branan has been a journalist for 27 years, most recently as the cannabis reporter at The Sacramento Bee. Branan is the son of an investigative reporter. He is also a backpacker, skier, whitewater rafter and a certified California naturalist (UC ‘16.) Before moving to Sacramento, Branan worked for newspapers in Fresno, Tucson and elsewhere.

Jennifer Fergesen is senior editor for Comstock’s magazine. She writes about food for publications around the world and has received awards for her reporting on the restaurants of the global Filipino diaspora. See her work at jcfrgsn.journoportfolio.com and globalcarinderia.com.

Julianna Boggs is a journalist, nuclear mechanic and amateur space historian living in Sacramento. She specializes in food, arts, culture and pop-science writing, and has been working on a single book about all these things for many years. Keep up with her at juliblogs.wordpress.com or on Twitter @Juliboggs.

Al Eby is a professional photographer and the owner of Blue Wing Gallery in Woodland. Growing up, Al’s love of photography was inspired by his father. As an adult, photography became a natural way for him to reflect on his adventures and share them with other people.

Kevin McCarthy is an independent consultant whose work focuses on challenges faced by leadership teams implementing strategic change. He is also an executive coach. Previously, Kevin worked as an associate with Change-Logic, a global firm that focuses on large organizations working to align ambidextrous strategic change efforts.

Port J. Parker formed Parker Law Group in January 2018. He has more than 23 years of experience in numerous areas of law. He specializes in complex business, civil, tort and probate litigation. He has extensive transactional experience and acts as General Counsel to a diverse group of businesses throughout California, Florida, Nevada and Arizona.