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CONTRIBUTORS

EZRA MARCOS is an event and commercial photographer
based in Southern Oregon. He has documented events for
Asante, MOCA Jacksonville, World of Wine, Save Africa
Global, Science Works, The Cummer Museum, Britt, and
EU Jacksonville. He has been a contributing photogra-
pher for Southern Oregon Magazine for several years.
WWW.EZRAMARCOSPHOTO.COM

CHRISTOPHER BRISCOE When 17-year-old Christopher
Briscoe stepped into photography class in Santa Barbara
HighSchool, he couldn’t get enough. Fifty years later he’s
still as excited about photography as he was back then.
“The greatest landscape is the human face. Every face
tells a story.” Christopher is the ultimate
storyteller.
WWW.CHRISBRISCOE.COM

STEVE BOYARSKY is a retired educator who has called
Southern Oregon his home for more than 40 years. Steve
was a high school biology teacher in Medford schools and
a superintendent at Southern Oregon Education Service
District. He has worked for Southern Oregon University
as director of ACADEMY and College-High programs and
taught in the Education Administration program. Building
the Southern Oregon community is a focus for Steve. He
serves on several non-profit boards and writes a monthly
column for the Mail Tribune. Since retirement he has
developed a passion for fly fishing and playing drums in
the rock band, Double Life.
BRYANT HELGELAND is the owner/operator of Mountain
Provisions, on the Plaza in Ashland. Active in several out-
door sports (Telemark skiing, XC skiing, road and moun-
tain biking, hiking, backpacking, kayaking), he has been a
seminar speaker on many of those activities. He attended
a NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School) semester
trip to Chile shortly after college. During high school, he
was a counselor at YMCA outdoor camps. Contact him
at bryant@ashlandmountainprovisions.com or the store’s
Facebook page.

NISHA JACKSON is a nationally recognized hormone
expert and gynecology health specialist. Her private
practice specializes in women’s health and the treatment
for hormone imbalances for men and women. Jackson is
nationally recognized as a lecturer, motivational speaker,
radio host, columnist, and author. Jackson owns prac-
tices in Medford, Grants Pass, Roseburg, Klamath Falls,
Eugene, Redmond, and Ashland, Oregon, and a supple-
ment/health company called Balance Docs.

LIZA B. ZIMMERMAN has been writing, educating, and
consulting about wine, cocktails and food for 25 years.
She has also worked almost every angle of the wine and
food business: from server and consultant to positions in
distribution, education, and sales. Her take on wine edu-
cation and coverage is savvy, down to earth, and unpre-
tentious. She has visited all the world’s major wine growing
and spirits producing regions—50 plus countries and
counting—is one of several hundred people in the U.S. to
hold the Diploma of Wine & Spirits (D.W.S.), the three-year
program that is the precursor to the Master of Wine.

LYNN LEISSLER is a freelance writer living in Southern
Oregon, where she enjoys the cultural and scenic variety
of the area. She writes for various publications, and enjoys
quilting, reading, gardening and traveling. She is currently
working on her first novel, while her cat, Kris Kringle, looks
on from his windowsill perch.

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