Stephanie Lucchese Logsdon Author & Chief Marker 2020 Stephanie Logsdon's love of writing and creative thinking began at a young age writing and making up stories. Studying advertising and marketing at the University of Kentucky earned her a Bachelor of Arts degree. Beginning her career with a manufacturing company, writing and publishing newsletters, organizing events, and handling internal communication kept this passion alive. Eventually she earned a Master of Arts in Education becoming a special education, then a reading intervention teacher continuing to write in her spare time. Logsdon, also known as "Chief Marker," at Baxter's Corner where she works part time, was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. One of her stories she dreamed of as a child has transformed over many years into "Gerome's Rainbow". Her first published children's book teaching acceptance in a very gentle way targeting preschool through primary-aged children. She is becoming a valuable Baxter's Corner team member with her editing and marketing skills. Stephanie is the mother of two active boys who love adventures. With her husband and children, Stephanie enjoys family walks, spending time at the playground, reading to her boys at bedtime and rarely misses Burn Boot Camp exercise! ##### Mary Ellen Brown Stottmann - Born in New Mexico, raised in New Jersey & Louisville Kentucky Mary Ellen Stottmann's art education began earlier than most. By the age of ten she was oil painting with a style that is still apparent today. After studying art in Paris, France she lived in New York City majoring in graphic design and graduated from the internationally recognized Parson School of Design, currently The New School. Her professional career began in 1966 working for an advertising studio. 1968 was a co-founder of a "Printing While You Wait" company which eventually led to her owning a digital offset printing company to retirement in 2005. Her career in printing allowed her to continue designing material for her clients; some are still being used today. One of the many opportunities offset print gave her was an amazing understanding of color and how it reacts by overlapping intensity. At retirement Mary Ellen began oil painting again taking a very graphic approach. Building the objects (and people) she usually paints over an intense color background allowing this color to form highlights or lines depending on the complexity of her pieces.