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Contributors

es to deliver exceptional results on time and
within budget. In her 20+ year career, Beth
has held increasingly responsible positions
in management, operations and marketing.
Beth is the author of Creating Your Life
Collage: Strategies for Solving the Work/Life
Dilemma (Random House, 2000) as well as a
contributor to Triple Pundit, The Huffington
Robert Tussey Gerald Neff Post and Philanthropy News.
Robert has been a published writer for over With more than 40 years living and working
thirty years and has been providing editing in South America in the agriculture and forest-
services for the past twenty-five. As a musi- ry business. topped off with 25 years in the U.S.
cian, he has written scores of songs. His life has Embassy and Peace Corps. His writing experi-
revolved around his music and writing, often ence includes local publications and years of U.S.
melding the two into articles and interviews. Embassy reports; so sit back and enjoy the ride.
Gerald Neff can be contacted at 760 796 4877.

Charles Illingworth
Charles frequently writes humorous and
heartwarming short stories, and is often
quite full of himself. He seems to take pride
in embarrassing his kids and grandchildren
whenever he can. In addition to writing nu-
Carol Heath merous satirical articles for a local newspa-
Carol is a Certified Clinical Master/Teach- Debbie Storms per, as well as authoring two very well writ-
er; she is certified in a myriad of alternative Debbie has enjoyed many careers from ac- ten books, so he says, his goal is to bring joy
modalities including Color and Sound thera- countant to air traffic controller. She believes life and contentment into his readers life. He
py, Chakra therapy, Reflexology, Cranial and is an adventure to be lived to its fullest. Growing writes under the byline C F Illingworth.
Lomi lomi massage and developed her own up in New Jersey, she learned life skills to help
hands on healing method. her practice that credo. Her passion for travel has
taken her to many parts of the world. She is now
focusing on writing about her travels and inter-
viewing entertainers, which is a great combo!

Nini Hodge
Head Writer San Diego Kids
Jaime V. Habert Natalia (Nini) Hodge, an avid equestri-
Jaime is the Entertainment/Events Editor an, has won more honors than many win in
of San Diego Woman and a freelance writer lifelong careers. Nini competes at all levels
out of Carlsbad, CA. She loves to document Robin Dohrn-Simpson of horse shows local and out of state. She has
topics of health and fitness, entrepreneurship, Robin is a San Diego-based wine, beer, food made quite a name for herself over the last
and body image. Her dream is to have a not- and travel writer. Robin was in the travel indus- 4 years appearing in various magazines and
for-profit which empowers young girls to fo- try for 26 years and suffers from an extreme case news articles and even on television. Her
cus on their goals in the business world. of wanderlust and is always out exploring. Robin latest undertaking is as Head Writer for our
holds a Bachelor’s Degree in International Busi- San Diego Kids Section.
ness and a Professional Certificate in the Busi-
ness of Wine at San Diego State University. To
see where she is currently exploring check out
her website at: www.robindohrnsimpson.com.

Dawn Nicoli
For over 20 years Dawn has owned and Lily Smith
operated Nicoli Productions, an environmen- Lily Smith is a teen writer and Author-
tal portrait studio, run out of her two-acre preneur. She specializes in a variety of fic-
property in Escondido. Starting a new chapter tional works, short story, and poetry. Dedi-
of her life, when serenity has become so im- Beth Sirull cated to the mission of “Authorpreneurship,”
portant, Dawn spends her time in her palapa Beth Sirull is a mission-driven, pragmatic Lily seeks to build a community of other
tree house with her dog, Karma. exploring the leader with the demonstrated ability to mar- teen authors and a following through her
world of writing. shal both financial capital and human resourc- works.