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CONTR IB UT ORS 1 6 2 3 4 5 1 Trevor Corlett is CEO and cofounder of MadCap Coffee Company and currently lives in the Washington, D.C., area heading up MadCap's expansion project. He is also currently serving as the chair of the Barista Guild of America, is an SCAA Specialized instructor, a subject-matter expert in espresso for the SCAA, and an editorial advisor for Barista Magazine. Trevor has been competing in barista competitions for a number of years having finished in the top six in a regional consecutively for the past five years. In 2011 he finished 4th and most recently 3rd in the United States Barista Championship. When not making coffee, he can be found doing Lego construction with his wife and three daughters. (State of the BGA, p. 76) 2 Laura Dandy is a queer punk living in Brooklyn. She likes to take pictures of her friends. (Photography for Erin McCarthy: World Brewers Cup Champion, p. 62) 3 6 Some things never change: Byron Holcomb still eats rice and beans for lunch every day. Some things do change. He is moving to Brazil to be director of agribusiness for a new coffee company. There he will manage Santa Izabel in the Sul de Minas Gerais region. (Field Report: Dominican Republic, p. 24) 4 As trader/certified coffee specialist at Seattle-based Atlas Coffee Importers, Al Liu sources mostly certified coffees from Latin America and Indonesia and works with roasters ,ÊÓä£ ÎÊUÊ6" AUGUST + Ê- */ in the U.S.A., Canada, and Asia. He currently is a member of the SCAA Sustainability Council and served two terms on the SCAA Board of Directors. Prior to starting at Atlas in early 2008, Al worked at Alterra Coffee Roasters in his home town of Milwaukee for seven years as director of culture and communications. He also served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the late 1990s in Bolivia, where he first saw coffee being grown. (Certifiable, p. 48) 5 Les McClaine is the Eisner-nominated author of Jonny Crossbones, Life With Leslie, and Highway 13. He has also illustrated numerous comics including "The Tick" and "The Middleman." He currently lives and works in Portland, Ore. His work can be viewed at www.lesmcclaine.com. (Illustration for Certifiable, p. 48) 6 Erin Meister is a coffee professional with a totally-not-at-allsecret double life as a writer and a journalist. (Worst. Clark. Kent. Ever.) When she's in her coffee cups, she's a regional representative for Counter Culture Coffee's Counter Intelligence education program. She also writes about coffee on the regular for Serious Eats (www.seriouseats.com), and has contributed editorial and/or written work to fine publications such as The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, Time Out NY, and this gem you've got in your hot little hands. She can be reached at meister@justmeister.com. (Erin McCarthy: World Brewers Cup Champion, p. 62) 1 ÊÉ --1 ÊÎ THE AMERICANS CUP CHAMPION WORLD BREWERS ERIN MCCARTHY, WORLD BARISTA CHAMPION & PETE LICATA, : KENTARO ING IN THE Q&A; UYAMA M COFFEE FARM MAR DO DISPATCHES FRO DR: WHAT NOT TO NICE: SCAE RENEW TODAY! DON't MISS AN ISSUE! www.baristamagazine.com 12 barista magazine