Contributors

The writers behind FamilyResource.com.

• Marilyn Pokorney

  Marilyn Pokorney is a freelance writer of science, nature, animals and the environment. She also loves crafts, gardening, and reading. http://www.apluswriting.net/

• Marilynne Eichinger

  Marilynne Eichinger, founder of Museum Tour Catalog, is a former educator and president of the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Marilynne recognized a need for enjoyable, easy to communicate teaching aides to assist parents in fulfilling their role as primary educators. Join us in finding gifts of inspiration and exploration for your family. http://www.museumtour.com/.

• Mark Brandenburg MA, CPCC

  Mark Brandenburg MA, CPCC, coaches men to be better fathers and husbands. He is the author of "25 Secrets of Emotionally Intelligent Fathers." Sign up for his FREE bi-weekly newsletter, "Dads, Don't Fix Your Kids," at http://www.markbrandenburg.com/.

• Mark Donovan

  Over the past 20+ years Mr. Donovan has been involved with building homes and additions to homes. His projects have included: building a vacation home, building additions and garages on to existing homes, and finishing unfinished homes. Mr. Donovan's formal education and profession have been as an Electrical Engineer and Marketing Manager. Email Mr. Donovan at me_donovan@comcast.net or visit either his website http://www.homeadditionplus.com/ or blog site http://www.homeaddition.blogspot.com/.

• Mark Verstegen and Pete Williams

  Mark Verstegen directs a 25-person team of performance specialists and nutritionists to train some of the biggest names in sports, including soccer star Mia Hamm; baseball's Nomar Garciaparra, Roberto Alomar, and Vernon Wells; WTA tennis players Meghann Shaughnessy and Mary Pierce; golfers Jim Carter and Billy Mayfair; NFL veteran Trace Armstrong; hockey goalie Nikolai Khabibulin; and NBA forward Rick Fox. He serves as director of performance for the NFL Players Association, is an advisor to Adidas, and serves as a consultant to numerous athletic governing bodies, including the U.S. Tennis Association. Verstegen and his wife, Amy, a former Washington State University soccer player, live in Scottsdale, Arizona.

  Pete Williams is a contributing writer to Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal and USA Today Sports Weekly. He has written about fitness and performance for numerous publications and is the author of two books on the sports-memorabilia business: Card Sharks and Sports Memorabilia for Dummies. A graduate of the University of Virginia, he lives in Florida with his wife, Suzy, and son, Luke.

  For more information, please visit the author's website at www.athletesperformance.com/ or www.writtenvoices.com/.

• Martha Matthews

  Martha Matthews is the Editor of Christian-Homemaking.com, a web site with resources dedicated to Christian Homemaking. In addition to her web site, she also has a popular free monthly newsletter for Christian wives called The Wives of Excellence Newsletter. To subscribe send a blank email to wivesofexcellence-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. Visit her website at http://www.christian-homemaking.com.