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Amy Whitley by Parents Bloggers

Amy Whitley is the creator of the personal memoir and essay blog The Never-True Tales, where she writes about being the mother of three boys, working as a 30-something woman in suburban America, and engaging in the particular torture that is pursuing a literary career (when she's not writing about her most embarrassing moments and her shameful Twilight phase, which come to think of it, are one and the same). One of BlogHer's 2011 Voices of the Year in the Perspectives category, Amy seeks discovery of self and exposure of societal truths in her writing, preferring to keep her children off her blog's center-stage (if not out of the spotlight altogether). A freelance family travel writer with a degree in creative writing and bylines in both print and online publications, Amy also administrates the travel review site Pit Stops for Kids, where her kids enjoy a bit more screen time as family travel guinea pigs. She's also been known to occasionally publish poetry in literary journals, but doesn't recommend it as a get rich quick scheme.

Adria Richards by Parents Bloggers

Adria is an experienced technology consultant that helps companies select new technologies, use social media and and market effectively online. She produces videos and online content to explain technology to the world.

After working as a network administrator with several certifications, Adria left her full-time job and begain consulting in 2006 to follow her passion of helping people have that, “Ah-ha!” moment that "make their eyes light up". She’s an early adopter and is recognized in online communities for her expertise, enthusiasm and advocacy of cloud apps, social media and the pursuit of digital equality. Now living in San Francisco, Adria works with clients internationally to create compelling content about their brand, provides technology training and speaks about how to make technology work for you. Previous speaking engagements have included SXSW, BlogHer, Black Enterprise Entrepreneur's Conference, BlogWorld, Evoconf, Wordcamp and several private conferences.

Peter West Carey by Parents Bloggers

Peter has been fiddling with cameras for the last 20 years, using them first to capture wedding and nature photographs then expanding to portraiture and travel. He is a professional photographer based on Whidbey Island, WA, with a love for his daughter. His photographic journeys have taken him to six of the seven continents while filling his time between travels with a long history of wedding photography. He currently has over 200 educational blog posts on Digital Photography School.com, where he is a regular freelance writer, and has been teaching individuals and workshops since 2011, including presenting at Travel Blog Exchange. His strength is his ability to help even the most novice camera owner learn how to break out of Automatic Mode and start taking better photos while doing so in a fun, comfortable and enjoyable atmosphere.

Mary Jo Manzanares by Parents Bloggers

Speaker bio: Mary Jo Manzanares has been a lawyer for 30 years, but says she can’t imaging being cooped up in a law office every day and is happy she’s found a better way to make a living. She now crafts a lifestyle based on her interests and passions, combining travel, blogging, and speaking. Mary Jo has been a presenter at BlogHer, BlogWorld Expo (three times), has managed several web portals, and consults with numerous corporate and small business clients on topics ranging from copyright to content creation. She keeps up with issues in internet law, but acknowledges that there currently are more questions than answers in this emerging legal field. Mary Jo is the Editor in Chief for The Travelers Way and when she’s not blogging enjoys a good book, a glass of red wine, a decadent spa treatment and a great pair of shoes.

Aparna Vashisht-Rota by Parents Bloggers

Aparna Vashisht-Rota is a parent who wants to impact education change. She is the Founder and CEO of Parentella, a parent teacher network. Parentella's mission is to bridge the school-home connection by enhanced parent-teacher communication. She is also the Sr. Director of Social Media and Product Marketing at KidZui. Kidzui is the search engine for kids.

Aparna is passionate about evolving education and bringing it to the 21st Century as our kids desperately need it. She believes that parents are the key and they must be educated and informed and active participants. Aparna has spoken at various conferences on topics such as "Twitter and Education," "Real Time Communication," and "Teaching Kids about their Digital Footprint". When she isn't busy tweeting, she is actively chasing her 3 boys.

Jenny Lawson by Parents Bloggers

Jenny Lawson, from thebloggess.com, is an award-winning columnist and blogger, and is generally considered entertainingly unstable by most sane people. The Bloggess is extremely popular, averaging over one million page views a month. Jenny is recognized by the Nielsen ratings as one of the Top 50 Most Powerful Mom Bloggers. MSNBC calls her an "internet rockstar" and Forbes listed thebloggess.com as one of their Top 100 Websites for Women in 2010 and 2011. Also in 2011, The Huffington Post named her the "Greatest Person of the day" for her work in social media. Her upcoming book "Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A mostly true memoir" is scheduled to be released in Spring of 2012.

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Deb Ng by Parents Bloggers

Deb Ng is a professional blogger, social media enthusiast and conference director for BlogWorld and New Media Expo. She recently took time out from oversharing on Facebook and Twitter to author "Online Community Management for Dummies."

Anne Hartzell by Parents Bloggers

Anne Taylor Hartzell is a public relations and marketing veteran with more than 15 years experience counseling consumer technology and travel companies. Passionate and skilled in the art of the “pitch,” Anne specializes in creating social and traditional media campaigns that build brands and thought leadership for clients. Anne has launched dozens of early stage technology ventures, led communications for Farecast, leading up to its acquisition by Microsoft in early 2008 (now Bing Travel), and was part of the team that launched Bing.com. Anne is also a frequent speaker on the topics of personal branding and the founder of HipTravelMama.com, a family travel blog dedicated to sharing extraordinary family vacations, hip hotel reviews and creating retreats and events for moms. She is a partner in BestFamilyTravelAdvice.com, contributor for Dabble Magazine and a trained broadcast media spokesperson whose travel tips have appeared on CNN.com, CondeNastTraveler.com, KING 5 News, among others.

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