Tonya Danos is the journalism adviser at Catholic High School in New Iberia, LA where she advises the school’s student publications. She has previous journalism advising experience as the Director of Student Publications at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, LA where she advised the student newspaper and yearbook for three years. In addition, Tonya also advised the high school newspaper and yearbook at Terrebonne High School in Houma, LA for six years. Her expertise includes layout and design, staff management and motivation and feature writing.

Frank D. LoMonte joined the Student Press Law Center as Executive Director in January 2008, after practicing with the Atlanta-based law firm of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP and clerking for federal judges on the Northern District of Georgia and the Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. Before law school, LoMonte was an award-winning investigative journalist and columnist in state Capital bureaus in Florida and Georgia and in Washington, D.C., with the Morris newspaper chain.

Randy Pfizenmaier is a professional photographer who was born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago, IL and currently lives in Fort Collins, CO. From advertising to editorial, his assignments have taken him many places throughout the US, Mexico and the Caribbean for clients such as: Bolle sunglasses, Scuba Schools Int., Hewlett Packard, Blue-ray disc and Great West Life Insurance. His images can be seen in a variety of places from print ads, brochures and packaging to corporate annual reports. Randy’s love of photography and people often stretches beyond his commissioned work to include personal projects such as a recent series of images he produced documenting people under the care of a local hospice organization.

Frank Ragulsky has served as a yearbook adviser at four major universities for 40 years. His students have been nationally recognized for Pacemaker and All-America yearbooks. Frank’s specialty is writing, editing and photography. This is Frank’s ninth year as a College Media Consultants, Inc. instructor and his proposed new leadership mini course is a definite must for all editors in chief.

Mike Richman is a Solutions Development Manager for Adobe Systems Inc, the world-leader in digital imaging, design, and document technology platforms for consumers, creative professionals, and enterprises. Based in New York City, Mike works exclusively with the world’s largest advertising agencies to ensure that they get the most from their investment in Adobe tools for digital imaging, design and document management. He is an Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) in InDesign, InCopy, Acrobat, Illustrator and Photoshop and has been with Adobe since 2000. Mike is the co-author, along with Adam Pratt, of The Adobe InCopy CS2 Book, from Adobe Press.

Andrea Watson is the assistant director of the Department of Student Media at Texas Tech University, where she has served as the editorial adviser to La Ventana yearbook and The Daily Toreador newspaper for seven years. Before moving to Student Media, she worked in marketing and communications for the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center’s School of Medicine. She also worked as a features reporter for the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal for several years. In addition to advising, she also works as a freelance reporter and graphic designer.

Stephen Williams has devoted the last seven years of his life to yearbook cover design. A former advertising creative director, Stephen began freelancing as a cover designer at yearbook workshops and quickly turned that into a career. After launching his website, www.thecoverartist.com, Stephen has designed over 1,500 book covers, many for nationally-recognized yearbook publications. Stephen gets his mail in Tulsa, OK, but he’s more likely to be found at a workshop or in a yearbook classroom helping students achieve the best looking yearbook possible.

Bradley Wilson is the coordinator for student media advising at North Carolina State University where he advises the daily newspaper, the radio station, a weekly newspaper, a literary magazine, an online magazine and the yearbook. The yearbook and literary magazine have won top national honors including the ACP Pacemaker and CSPA Gold Crown. He is the associate chair of the photo committee for College Media Advisers and the editor of the publications for the national Journalism Education Association. Wilson is also active in local and regional associations to improve the quality of journalism education. Among other awards, he has received the Pioneer Award from the National Scholastic Press Association and the Carl Towley Award from the Journalism Education Association, which is its highest honor.