Jerri Conrad has a degree in journalism. She has traveled throughout the great states of Nevada and Arizona for fun, work, and as a board member for a wilderness non-profit. After a 20+ year career as an advertising art director, Patrick Turner departed the agency world to become the director of marketing and communications for a newly launched hands-on science museum in Reno, Nevada. Outside the museum world, Turner and his wife are raising two children and attempting to take them on worldwide cultural adventures, while keeping them rooted in school, sports, community, and family. Both contributors live in Reno, Nevada.