Linda Oestreich is an STC Fellow and was the 2007-2008 President of STC. She has been a member of STC since 1979 and has held admin council jobs in both the San Diego and Houston chapters. In addition to many years on the STC Board of Directors, she held varied STC positions, including Program Manager of the STC Annual Conference in 1995, co-manager of Programs for the 2001 Region 5 Conference, and three years as Director-Sponsor for Region 5 (including Texas and six other southwestern states). Linda belongs to the Technical Editing, International, and Management SIGs. In October 2009, through a collaboration of STC with People to People Ambassador Programs, Linda led a delegation of technical communicators to China for a professional exchange of information. Linda has spent her 30-year career in technical communication as a technical communicatorÑmostly as a technical editor, instructor, and manager. She is currently a strategic planner/analyst for OMNITEC Solutions, Inc., a defense contractor, where she supports the San Diego-based Space and Naval Weapons Center. Linda holds a BA in English from UC San Diego and has a certificate in project management from Rice University.

Michelle Corbin is officially a senior software engineer at IBM, although she claims senior technical editor and information architect as her title. With over 20 years of experience as a technical communicator, she has an unwavering passion for technical editing, a penchant for information architecture, and a continued interest in online information design and development. She has a BA in English and an MS in technical communication, both from North Carolina State University. Michelle is the past co-manager and past managing newsletter editor of the Technical Editing SIG, frequent competitions judge at society and chapter competitions, and past president of the Carolina Chapter.