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Staff

Managing Editor

Editor

  • Paul W. Conant

Contributing Editor

  • Jackie Damrau

Copyeditors

  • Angie Gardi
  • Jennifer Grant

Contributors

  • Ann Balaban
  • Jackie Damrau
  • Elisa Miller

Columnists

  • Debbie Wiles
  • Linda Oestreich

Photographers

  • Douglas Dow
  • Dale Erickson

Photo Editor

  • Douglas Dow

Graphics

  • Douglas Dow
  • Angie Gardi

Ex Officio: Chapter Officers

In This Section

Ann Balaban

Louellen Coker

Paul W. Conant

Jackie Damrau

Douglas Dow

Angie Gardi

Jennifer Grant

Melissa Haughton

Michelle Knoerzer

Elisa Miller

Linda Oestreich

Debbie Wiles

See Also

About Technically Write

Advertising

Copyright and Trademark Statements

Contributions to Technically Write

Deadlines for 2003-2004

Guidelines for Authors

How to Use Your Newsletter

Principal Chapter Contacts

Production Notes

STC Mission Statement

Ann Balaban

A former LSC president (1996-97), Ann has produced award-winning documentation at Texas Instruments for many years. Recently, high-quality documentation was cited as a significant factor in obtaining new business.

Louellen Coker

With her Master’s degree in Technical Writing from the University of North Texas now complete, Louellen Coker has more than 10 years of experience in technical writing from instructional design to newsletters, forms, and company papers. She has taught writing classes at Collin County Community College, and she conducts writing seminars for area English teachers. She is currently on the Communications Committee for the Dallas Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development.

Paul W. Conant

Paul W. Conant is the owner of PWC Editing, where he provides proofreading, word processing and copyediting (in any order), with the desire to make you look better.

Jackie Damrau

Jackie Damrau works at Perot Systems. She has more than 20 years of technical writing experience, and 6 years in creating training materials and delivering soft skills training courses. When not spending the majority of her time working for Perot Systems or assisting with the local STC chapter, Jackie enjoys going to the movies, reading classic literature authors or Irish/Scottish/English historical romance novels or time-travel romance novels.

Douglas Dow

Doug has been a member of the Lone Star Chapter since 1990, when he transferred from the Boston chapter. He has served in various capacities, including competition judge, chair of the Community Service Committee, and is now in his third year as newsletter Managing Editor. Doug works for Kronos in Cleburne, Texas. His interests outside of the cubicle include T'ai Ch'i, swing dancing, and honking one of his many saxophones.

Angie Gardi

Angie Gardi has over six years of writing experience in both the IT and healthcare industries. In her spare time she writes poetry and fiction, in the hope of publishing her work someday.

Jennifer Grant

An aspiring technical writer, Jennifer graduated in 2003 from the University of North Texas' well-known technical communication program. A book lover, she currently works part time in Denton's public library system, and would like eventually to be an acquisitions editor for a book publishing company.

Melissa Haughton

Mel Haughton is a Technical Writing instructor at the University of North Texas. She arrived in the U.S. in 1997 from Brazil and now holds a Masters of Arts from UNT in Technical Writing. Because she speaks Portuguese, Spanish, and German fluently, Mel also works as a translator in her spare time. She loves volunteering and is this year's community service chair.

Michelle Knoerzer

A former LSC president (2001-2002), Michelle is one of the many LSC members working for MetaSolv in Plano. Michelle now serves the chapter as Volunteer Coordinator and as Webmaster.

Elisa Miller

Elisa Kaplan Miller has, in her checkered past, been an instructional designer, Webmaster, writer, educator and usability professional. She possesses an MA in instructional technology from the University of Texas at Austin and is ABD in information technology at Drexel University. Currently she is the Managing Editor for InternetVIZ (www.internetviz.com) and she serves as a substitute teacher. She is the PR chair of the Lone Star Chapter and can be reached at PublicRelations@stc-dfw.org.

Linda Oestreich

Linda has been a member of STC since 1979 when she joined the San Diego Chapter. Linda transferred to the Houston Chapter in 1990. She is now the Director-Sponsor for Region 5. Her most cherished STC award is that of Fellow, which she received in 1996. Linda has been an ongoing presence at STC Annual Conferences, where she has worked behind the scenes and in front of audiences every year since 1984.

Debbie Wiles

Debbie Wiles is Manager of Technical Information Services for Marconi, a telecommunications hardware and software provider. She also serves as President of the Lone Star Chapter and is pursuing a Master of Arts in Technical Communication with Texas Tech University.