2009 Crew -

Publishers:

Tim Carter - Publisher, Photographer & Advertising Sales • Tim, as one of the publishers, strives to increase consciousness about green building through interesting presentations. Being a contractor and working in the building industry as a salesman, he has great insight into reaching this goal. Tim has been a photographer for 26 years, and specializes now in architectural and product images. He shoots stock photography of quality images that make up Grand County, and has a large format printer which can produce giclée prints. Tim maintains a healthy, active lifestyle by bicycling, hiking, kayaking, alpine, cross country & backcountry skiing.

Tina Wilson - Publisher, Managing Editor, & Designer • Tina brings a variety of experience to the magazine, including Graphic Design, Marketing and Advertising, acquired from different jobs in the field over the past 30 years. Along with Tim Carter, they started the magazine five years ago. She has been involved with raising public awareness about recycling, building green, and healthy lifestyles. The owner of FIrebird DesignWorks in Granby, she combines her skills offering marketing, advertising, print and web design for clients. Tina leads a healthy, active lifestyle by bicycling, hiking, kayaking, alpine, cross country & backcountry skiing.

Designers:

Lisa Bornfriend - Designer & Webmaster • After falling in love with the area visiting friends, Lisa moved to Grand County from Tennessee in 2007. She has a Bachelors Degree in Fine Art in Graphic Design and currently works for FIrebird DesignWorks in Granby. Lisa enjoys her free time in the backcountry by hiking, mountain biking, fly fishing, playing disc golf, cross country skiing, and snowshoeing, and plans on adding snowboarding to the list next winter.

Silke Reuthlinger - Art Director & Designer • Silke Reuthlinger grew up in Germany, and came to the U.S. in 1988 for an adventure in a foreign country, which still continues on, 21 years later. She went to the Art Institute in Colorado and graduated in 1997 with an Associates Degree in Visual Communications. She has worked with 2 national magazines and now, self-employed as a Graphic Designer, designs magazines and marketing materials for businesses. In her spare time she enjoys Colorado's playground by hiking, biking, skiing, boarding and trying new things.

Writers:

Charles Agar • A writer and videographer based in Fraser, Charles Agar produced a series of guidebooks on Southeast Asia for Frommer’s Travel Guides before a job as a newspaper reporter in Aspen brought him to the Rockies in 2006. Work in the marketing department at Winter Park Resort keeps him skiing his fill, and in warmer weather, he can be found whitewater kayaking, canoeing, hiking or riding the roads and trails on two wheels. Contact him at www.charlesagar.com.

Joan Christensen • Joan Christensen has been a resident of Grand County for more than 20 years. She was the Communications Director for Winter Park Resort for 15 years and currently operates JC Communications, a local public relations company specializing in ski industry and travel PR. She has been an associate member of the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) since 1996 & belongs to the North American Snowsports Journalists Association (NASJA) who bestowed her with the Bob Gillen Memorial Award for Excellence in Media Relations in 2005. She is an avid skier, snowboarder, sailor, and hiker.

Janet Day • Janet has more than 25 years of journalism coverage of all varieties. She was a news reporter in Tennessee and Colorado before becoming an editor at the Denver Post, where she was a member of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize-winning team that covered the Columbine High School shootings. The next year, she moved from Denver to Manhattan to join Bloomberg News Service where she managed much of their coverage of the 9/11 terrorist attack. In 2003, decidedly done with disasters, Janet returned to Colorado to set up a writing, editing and marketing consulting business, Day Dream Communications. She can be found snowboarding at Winter Park Resort, hiking the Rockies with her dogs or pursuing her strong passion for textile arts.

Cindy Harder • Cindy Harder has lived in Grand County for 19 years and enjoys horseback riding, hiking and snowboarding. She likes to travel, and her lifelong dream is to retire with a living-quarters horse trailer and ride through the national parks on horseback. Cindy is a freelance writer in Grand County and the Marketing Director at Beaver Village Condominiums in Winter Park.

Cindy Kleh • Cindy has lived in the Colorado Rocky Mountains for the past 24 years, and does freelance photography, writing and editing for several magazines and newspapers. She currently serves as the Leading Editor for Grand County Living Magazine. Cindy stays active biking, hiking, and skateboarding, but her winters are devoted to competitive snowboarding. She is currently the USASA Overall (GS, Slalom, Superpipe, Slopestyle and Boardercross) National Champion for women 40-49, and records the early-morning snow report each season as the Snow Goddess of Winter Park.

Cara McDonald • Freelance writer and editor Cara McDonald has found inspiration in bulletin board postings, craigslist ads, and the quiet, ordinary, and often overlooked tales of everyday life. A regional magazine veteran, she recently led the editorial department of Denver’s 5280 magazine, but the love of a mountain man brought her to the Fraser Valley. McDonald lives in Winter Park with her husband, Igor, and son, Alek.

Jennifer (Jena) Taylor • A marketing consultant and copywriter, Jena helps clients across the globe succeed through effective marketing campaigns and branding. As the National Marketing Examiner for Examiner.com, Jena publishes marketing-specific articles multiple times a week. Passionate about writing, Jena is the author of several non-fiction books.

Cyril Vidergar • Cyril is a regular contributor to GCL, a former Assistant Grand County Attorney, and a continual explorer of Grand County’s backcountry. He has written on law and technology for the American Bar Association and national law journals; on bio-mass fuels and pine beetles; and on classic philosophy in professional life. Cyril has advised citizen and homeowners associations, and currently practices special district law as a private attorney. If you care to chat him up on green development, just look for the gold Colnago bicycle chugging through RMNP on weekends.

Karen Waeschle • Karen is a 16 year Fraser resident who pursues her passion for outdoor adventures as much as three active children will allow. Her favorite training pal, Skip, helps motivate her to get out there and play everyday. She also feels compelled to make Grand County a better place by volunteering in the schools, with the Fraser Valley Metropolitan Recreation District, and by coaching youth soccer, Nordic skiing and swimming.

Phil White • Phil White has lived in Grand County since 1997. He and his wife, Lois, moved here for the long winters and endless Nordic skiing. He stills likes the long, cold winters, although she’s not so sure. When he’s not skiing, he can be found playing with his two kids, and getting schooled in baseball by nine year olds.