David McBride
David McBride is a Senior Project Manager with OAC Services, having over 15 years of engineering and project management experience.  As a design and construction professional, David enjoys collaborating with public and private partners to help inform early planning efforts through practical experience. David values social justice, environmental conservation, and education in all of his endeavors and loves working with community partners. In his free time, David enjoys gardening, woodworking, and learning about the natural world.
Carol Adelman
Carol Adelman is enveloped by peonies: growing, speaking, photographing, showing, writing and now, hybridizing them. She founded Adelman Peony Gardens in 1996, was on the American Peony Society Board for 19 years, and currently is President of the Pacific Northwest Peony Society. She co-authored the book Peonies The Best Varieties for Your Garden and is now excited about the new varieties of peonies she is to present in the near future.
Doug Tallamy
Doug Tallamy is a professor in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, where he has authored 103 research publications and has taught insect related courses for 40 years. Chief among his research goals is to better understand the many ways insects interact with plants and how such interactions determine the diversity of animal communities. His book Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens was published by Timber Press in 2007 and was awarded the 2008 Silver Medal by the Garden Writers’ Association. The Living Landscape, co-authored with Rick Darke, was published in 2014. Doug’s new book ‘Nature’s Best Hope’ released by Timber Press in February 2020, is a New York Times Best Seller. Among his awards are the Garden Club of America Margaret Douglas Medal for Conservation and the Tom Dodd, Jr. Award of Excellence, the 2018 AHS B.Y. Morrison Communication Award and the 2019 Cynthia Westcott Scientific Writing Award.
Mimi Enright
Mimi Enright was born & raised in the Bay Area and spent many happy days as a child exploring the Santa Cruz Mountains. She worked in the technology industry for 17 years before moving to Sonoma County in 2000 to pursue her passion as a garden designer. She completed the training to become a University of California Master Gardener in 2011 due to her interest in educational outreach on sustainable landscaping. Mimi completed a Sustainable MBA with a concentration in Food Systems in 2014. She has been with the University of California Cooperative Extension, Sonoma County since 2013 in a dual role as the UC Master Gardener Program of Sonoma County Program Coordinator and Program Manager focusing on community based food systems with a particular focus on emergency food response and food recovery.
Kelsey Skonberg
Multimedia producer Kelsey Skonberg edits podcasts and articles for Pacific Horticulture from their home in Everett, Washington. They are learning to appreciate Pacific Northwestern seasons after spending more than 20 years falling in love with the coastal and boreal ecosystems of Alaska. Kelsey also runs Mossy Stone Media, which celebrates ecology through art and amplifies the voices of artists, scientists, and community advocates