A native New Yorker with a passion for food and travel, Wanda Mann is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Black Dress Traveler – a highly regarded women’s travel and lifestyle blog. Her father was a classically trained professional chef who taught Wanda how to explore the world with her tastebuds.  Wanda has planned and hosted numerous food and wine events, interviewed chefs and winemakers, and has written extensively about culinary matters on her website. Featured on WE Magazine’s list of 101 Women Bloggers to Watch in 2011, Wanda has a loyal community of readers in the United States and abroad.

Website: www.blackdresstraveler.com | IFWTWA Profile | Contact: wanda@blackdresstraveler.com

After working in all aspects of the food and beverage industry for 20 years, Corie has developed an adventuresome palate and welcomes any opportunity to sample and review products from the gourmet to the bizarre. As an avid home cook and a member of the International Food, Wine & Travel Writers Association, she keeps an eye out for new trends in food, wine and spirits so she can share her discoveries with her readers. In addition to her own Blog, Life Half Full (Balanced Living in a Slightly Off-Kilter World), she reaches thousands of readers each month by contributing food, wine and cooking articles to: TemeculaNightOut.com, WINEormous.com, TasteofTemecula.com and more.

Personal Blog: www.LifeHalfFull.co |  IFWTWA Profile | Email: corie.lifehalffull@gmail.com

Kevin is the Australasian Chair of the International Food Wine and Travel Writers Association based in California. He is a prolific writer and blogger on all things food and travel and his work has appeared in dozens of publications in Australia and overseas. As senior judge on the Golden Plate Awards, he has cast his verdict on countless cafes, pubs and restaurants throughout Victoria. He now writes a regular column in the Central Victorian Newspaper – The Tarrangower Times. Recently, Kevin wrote and hosted a TV production in France for US Cable TV – Spirit Chasers with Kevin Moloney where he researched and reviewed the fine craft of Armagnac making. Kevin also works with a number of clients producing clear communication pieces and food descriptions.

Website:  www.kevinmoloney.com.au | IFWTWA Profile

Marti Mayne specializes in the B&B industry, as both a freelance writer and consultant. Marti Mayne has recently added travel writing to her repertoire, providing stories for the Birds Eye View, the inflight magazine for Cape Air, Geico Magazine, and NHtoDo Magazine.  She is the B&B Examiner for Boston’s Examiner.com guide, the B&B Editor for WanderingEducators.com and a regular contributor to EllenBarone.com, one of the oldest travel blogs.  She also contributes active family stories to www.EasternSlopes.com. Marti Mayne has a Master’s Degree in Counseling from the University of Bridgeport and an undergraduate degree from Middlebury College in Psychology and Sociology.  She lives on Cousins Island, ME with her husband and two daughters adopted from China.

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Steve is a travel writer, helping readers gain a better understanding of food through travel via his own blog gastrotraveling.com as well as through regular contributions to foodbuzz.com,foodspotting.com and until recently istopover magazine.  He believes that distinctive cuisine and life-changing travel experiences are best savored by those who are driven by curiosity rather than being the sole province of wine connoisseurs, gourmands, and jet setters.

Patricia Mack is Gayot.com’s regional editor for Greater New York Metro/Eastern Canada, supervising 6 writers covering restaurants and travel.  Mack is also the New Jersey restaurant reviewer and an at-large travel writer for Gayot.

Mack writes restaurant reviews and columns for N.J. Countryside, an upscale regional magazine. She has also written for Food Arts and Prevention magazines.

In St. Petersburg, Fl., Mack is senior editor for Seaside Publishing publisher of three of her 6 books. She has served as Region I director for the Association of Food Journalists and also a member of the International Food, Travel & Wine and Writers Association. She is a regional panelist on the Restaurant Awards Committee for the James Beard Foundation Mid-Atlantic States.

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Julie McElroy is a food, wine, and travel writer and the founder of The Travel Beat, where she writes about her food and travel experiences. The search for trendy restaurants or hole in the wall treasures comes from  growing up in Chicago, one of the restaurant capitals of the world. Julie loves trying new menu items and food products from all over the world.  She  has published numerous articles on food related topics, including restaurant reviews and local flavor.

Websites:  http://TheTravelBeat.com & Inspired to Write | IFWTWA Profile

Carol Malin is a professional writer and editor. During her 30-year career she has written and edited material for advertising, books, magazines, newspapers and international corporations. Her areas of experience extend to entertainment, medical, and sports genres. Recently she has begun writing food and wine articles. She resides in Temecula, Southern California’s wine country.