Kristin R. Dorsey is an Assistant Professor in Humanities at Central Oregon Community College, where she teaches writing and literature courses. Outside of the college, she runs writing workshops for teens and works with a variety of Central Oregon writing groups. Kristin has been teaching for Continuing Education since 2017 and is known to be an enthusiastic writingc oach, a keen reader, and a kind critic. In the very little leisure time she can scrounge up, she writes short form nonfiction and memoir and is currently playing around with a screenplay

Known for his daily CoachCast with over
4900 episodes and 50 million downloads, JB
Glossinger, MBA, Ph.D., has motivated people
worldwide for the last 15 years. He’s helped
countless people get organized, focused, and
become their best selves. JB is widely beloved as
the Morning Coach, with a daily podcast that has
been downloaded over 50 million times. A
sought-after motivational keynote
speaker and author of 3 books, he’s also a
Mastermind group leader and a
contributing writer for The Business Journals, a
43-paper network.

Mike AuYeung started with those geeky kids
interested in stationery.
This only intensified when he went to college
at the age of 13. Thanks to the university
bookstore, the fixation had shifted to fountain
pens, and the proximity of the grand old
Fountain Pen Shop of LA in the downtown district
was equally enabling.
Mike specializes in Parkers, French Watermans, and
Montblancs. Today, he is one of the organizers of
the Greater Los Angeles Metro Pen and Ink
Group (GLAMPIG), which welcomes enthusiasts at all
experience levels.

Lisa is a self-proclaimed lefty who doesn’t smear
her ink. She has been into journaling since the
mid 1970’s but went down the ink rabbit hole
about 12 years ago.
Vanness now offers around 3,000 ink color
options and the fountain pens that make your ink
look awesome!
She is part of the Vanness Pen Shop
(vanness1938.com) located in Arkansas.
They are part of the 3rd generation of this family
business ( been around since 1938).

Karyna started her planner journey in January 2017, where she also discovered brush lettering, and started learning how to brush letter in July 2017. Since then, she’s used all sorts of planners – The HappyPlanner, traveller’s notebooks, Hemlock & Oak, Archer & Olive, bullet journalling and most recently, Hobonichi! She became part of  The Happy Planner Squad in 2020-2021, and through that time, she further developed her brush lettering and the idea for opening a sticker shop began. She loves sharing her creations – through Instagram, through YouTube, and now with all of you.

As a forensic handwriting examiner, Jacqueline Joseph specializes in WRITER IDENTIFICATION: finding out who did – or did not –write something, and CONTENT CLARITY: deciphering what the illegible handwriting says. Worldwide, Jacqueline is one of ten document examiners certified by theBoard of Forensic Document Examiners (www.bfde.org) and is accredited by the Forensic Specialties Accreditation Board (FSAB:www.thefsab.org). A published author, her papers include “Handwriting Forensics: Anonymous Note Writer Identification,” and “Handwriting Disguises” and others posted on her website

Stephanie graduated with a degree in Fine Art from Baltimore’s MICA
(Maryland Institute of Art) excelling in painting, illustration and ceramic
sculpture. She became a graphic designer for 20 years, never straying
from her love of painting and ceramics. Creating ink illustrations and a
love of pens have always been dear to her heart. She’s encouraged clients
to practice art, by finding a pen they love and doodle, an activity proven to reduce stress.

Stephanie is an advocate of the “practice” of art for anyone who wants to reduce stress and anxiety.

Nikola Pang is a calligrapher from California who has been studying and practicing classic western calligraphy professionally since 2013. He has done event work for clients including Montblanc and Cartier as well as years of private commissions and special awards/certificates for universities.