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Issue No. 16 Fall 2026
PUBLISHER: DEAN CAMERON DEAN @ TOPDRAWERMEDIA. COM
EDITORIAL DESIGN:
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COPY EDITOR & PROOFREADER:
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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS:
JENNIFER FERRERO TYLER LAFERTY MITCHELL LAUER
JENNIFER FERRERO— writes for Northwest Aerospace News Magazine and other aerospace and manufacturing trade publications. She operates Ferrero Agency( www. ferreroagency. com), a content marketing company, and conducts work for aerospace, manufacturing, space, and AI companies. She is also the host of“ Northwest Aerospace News Live,” a 15-minute interview-style webcast. Please look for the playlist on YouTube under Top Drawer Media.
TYLER LAFFERTY— Tyler Lafferty is the Executive Director and Founder of Slingshot and a longtime entrepreneur who has built several successful companies working with major brands like AT & T, Amazon, Nike, and Disney. He’ s passionate about helping students discover careers they love, mentoring in classrooms, and creating tools like the IDEAS Framework and the A2E online platform to connect young people with real‐world opportunities. A University of Washington graduate, Tyler is a dad of three and married to a longtime educator, and he’ s dedicated to inspiring the next generation to dream big and follow their passions.
MITCHELL LAUER— is a two‐year Newtech Prep student who served as both vice president and president of the student body. After completing Newtech’ s pilot ground school, he passed his knowledge test and began flight training. Despite these accomplishments, he still considers himself an average high school student who was given the chance to write for Let’ s Go Aerospace thanks to his English teacher. He’ s committed to offering a young, fresh perspective on the aerospace industry in hopes of inspiring other like‐minded students to pursue their own aviation dreams.
PHOTO / DESIGN CREDITS:
NASA ADOBE STOCK PHOTOS VECTOR ART BY MAGNIFIC
DEAN CAMERON— is CEO of Top Drawer Media, publishers of Northwest Aerospace News. He has been an aerospace marketing professional for the past 38 years with experience in engineering design, as well as numerous manufacturing disciplines.
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PAM CAMERON
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ANN CONTOIS— is a copy editor and proofreader for Top Drawer Media, as well as a writer and artist with decades of experience herding the feral cats of literary lapses into a semblance of domesticated coherence. Punctuation, acronyms and logical clarity all soon purr contentedly together under her watchful eye. Ann’ s editing skills and attention to detail were honed by the rigors of the UC Berkeley English department and early immersion creating WWW content. She now resides in the beautiful Northwest, a place that embodies her childhood dream to“ slip the surly bonds of Earth and dance the skies on laughter-silvered wings”- along with those unruly cats!
EMERALD DUMAS— is a creative director and designer who has spent more than 17 years turning big ideas into eye‐catching art. Her award-winning work includes the 2022 Bloomsday Run Finisher Shirt and the Spokane Hoopfest YouTube logo. Skilled in editorial, logo and brand design, and illustration, Emerald also manages websites and campaigns seamlessly. Outside of work, she enjoys hiking Spokane’ s trails with her husband and two dogs, and supporting her community.