Team

Jeff co-founded his advertising and publishing company nearly three decades years ago in Telluride, Colorado, while following his dream to live, work and play in a mountain ski resort town. Skiing and mountain biking are his playtime passions along with boating on Jackson Lake with his wife Jill and their four girls.

Jill’s adventurous and entrepreneurial spirit has led her to navigate over three decades of building successful businesses in the mountain resort towns of Telluride, Jackson Hole, Park City, Snowbird and Sun Valley. Jill shares her passion for the outdoors, skiing, mountain biking, hiking and adventure travel with her husband, family and friends whenever possible.

A Colorado girl through and through, Kristal was born in Telluride, when it was still a small box canyon mining town. Her keen eye for design work led her to Tempe, Arizona, where she received a degree in visual communications. She returned to Telluride in 1998 and founded Kristal Graphics in 2004. Her knowledge of marketing and her design aptitude has landed her numerous clients throughout the West. She has worked as the creative director with J.C. Bush Media and and its many publishing ventures since 1999.

With a background in journalism, Heather has spent the past 15-plus years crafting stories as a writer, editor and digital content manager across newsrooms and magazines. When she’s not wrangling words — or her two wild little boys — she’s mountain biking, snowboarding, hiking, chasing live music or traveling somewhere new.

Ashley is a Utah native. Wilderness conservation is a key component to her writing and recreational interests. To fuel her stories and to find inspiration, she climbs rocks and mountains, snowboards and splitboards, takes journeys into the quiet wilderness and practices a yogic lifestyle to help her integrate into our human-constructed society.

Evie is a writer and editor who lives for cheap travel. She’s skied out of a camper van in the Japanese Alps, overcome dengue fever in Indonesia, lived in a tent on a beach in Martinique, and studied yoga in India—but she keeps coming back to the American West. Evie studied journalism at the University of Denver and publishing at New York University. She also likes wooing neighborhood cats, skiing, and trail running.

Deb grew up with a passion for visual artistic expression, so it’s no wonder she’s been toting cameras as an additional appendage for 40 years. When not photographing portraits or food, this former Floridian educates students, runs a breast cancer support group, and lifts weights.

Gillian’s photography career is driven by connection and she describes her work as Soultography. She seeks to capture what’s at the heart of her subject. She grew up on the slopes of Park City and her heart belongs to Utah. When she’s not creating she’s skiing, practicing yoga, riding horses, or hiking with her hubby
Brad and doggie Aria.

Tiffini specializes in arts, culture and travel writing. A longtime visual arts advocate, she is also a former gallerist and has served on several nonprofit boards. When not in front of her laptop, she loves to travel, visit galleries, share great meals and hike on Utah’s many gorgeous trails.

Originally trained as an anthropologist, Ted is a seasoned food, wine, and travel writer based in Utah. Prior to moving to Utah, Ted lived on four different continents. Yes, it’s a cliché, but Paris is his favorite city. He enjoys cooking, travel, skiing, and music, spending an inordinate amount of time tending to his ever-growing herd of guitars, amplifiers, and vinyl.

Julie grew up in SLC, but now splits time between Baja and Utah. As an internationally recognized photographer, she has covered several global events including the Tour de France, World Cup Skiing and the Olympics. She currently focuses on portraiture, travel and lifestyle work. Julie raised three boys in Utah and now has the luxury to travel for fun and work, searching for new sights and always open to adventure, with cameras nearby.

Natalie has been freelance writing for local magazines for nearly three decades, and in that time has met some of the most talented, creative, and interesting people in the state. A hot springs enthusiast, she enjoys soaking in natural mineral water, hiking with her beloved (albeit marginally trained) pooch, and writing poetry.

Leigh is a Midwest transplant who moved to Park City in 2020. She is a freelance writer and private concierge and has authored guidebooks for Arizona and Utah. She also shares travel tips and dining recommendations at CampfiresAndConcierges.com.