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ISAAC CEDILLO works
as the marketing manager
at Current Culture H 2 O in
Fresno, California. He holds
his bachelor’s degree from CSU
Fresno and is currently pursuing
his MBA in marketing. As an avid
photographer, Isaac loves to travel the country
chronicling his adventures through his camera.
RICH GELLERT is the founder
and president of HydroLogic
Purification Systems, the premier
provider of water filtration
technologies for residential
and commercial applications.
He has dedicated HydroLogic’s
commercial division, HyperLogic, to engineering
specialized water treatment solutions for issues
that cultivators face with inconsistent and
contaminated water sources.
ERIC HOPPER’S past
experiences within the indoor
gardening industry include
being a hydroponic retail store
manager and owner. Currently, he
works as a writer, consultant, and
product tester for various indoor
horticulture companies. His inquisitive nature keeps
him busy seeking new technologies and methods
that could help maximize a garden’s performance.
LACEY MACRI works as
head of sales at CleanGrow
Ltd., focusing her time on
business development
within the company. She
received a bachelor’s degree
in communications and
psychology from the University of California,
Davis in 2011, where she worked at the California
Aggie student newspaper on campus.
SHANNON MCKEE
lives in Ohio and has been a
freelance writer for several
years now, including on her
blog, whyiwah.blogspot.com.
Nicknamed by loved ones a
garden hoarder over the past
few years, she grows a wide variety of plants in
her urban garden.
PHILIP MCINTOSH is a
science and technology writer
with a bachelor’s degree in
botany and chemistry and a
master’s degree in biological
science. During his graduate
research he used hydroponic
techniques to grow axenic plants to study the
uptake of metals by roots. He lives in Colorado
Springs, CO, and teaches mathematics at
Challenger Middle School.
ALAN RAY has written
five books and is a New York
Times best-selling author.
Additionally, he is an
award-winning songwriter
with awards from BMI and
ASCAP respectively. He lives
in rural Tennessee with his wife, teenage son
and two dogs: a South African Boerboel and a
Pomeranian/Frankenstein mix.
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KEVIN FRENDER has
been growing indoors under
artificial lights in Colorado
for over 25 years, using every
commercially-available lighting
technology available along
the way. Over the years he has
grown thousands of different kinds of plants,
from lettuce, peppers, and tomatoes to mangoes,
orchids, and water lilies—all without the sun.
Over four years ago, Kevin turned his hobby into
a full-time job when he joined Black Dog LED.
KENT GRUETZMACHER is
a Denver-based freelance writer
and the west coast director of
business development at Mac
& Fulton Executive Search and
Consulting, an employment
recruiting firm dedicated to the
indoor gardening and hydroponics industries.
He is interested in utilizing his Master of Arts
in humanities to explore the many cultural and
business facets of this emerging industry by way
of his entrepreneurial projects.
CORY HUGHES is a
former police officer turned
full-time commercial grow-
er in Denver, Colorado.
VOLUME 19 – NUMBER 3
June 2017
GENERAL MANAGER
Ilona Hawser
EDITORIAL
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Toby Gorman
Jessica Skelton
Julie Chadwick
WEB & SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT EDITOR
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ART DIRECTOR
Alice Joe
MONICA MANSFIELD
After owning an indoor garden
store for 5 ½ years, Monica
sold the business and started
a seven-acre homestead with
her husband, Owen. Monica is
passionate about gardening,
sustainable living, and holistic health. She writes
about these topics and her homestead adventures
on her blog thenaturelifeproject.com.
DR. LYNETTE MORGAN
holds a B. Hort. Tech. degree
and a PhD in hydroponic
greenhouse production from
Massey University, New
Zealand. Lynette is a partner
with Suntec International
Hydroponic Consultants and has authored
several hydroponic technical books. Visit
suntec.co.nz for more information.
CHRISTINE RUDOLPH is
a self-professed enthusiastic
dreamer and workaholic who is
interested in many subjects. She
is a blogger, writer, state level
badminton player, technology
freak, and above all, a responsible
citizen wanting to save the environment. For all of
her updates, follow @RudolphBlogger or become
friends on her Facebook page.
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