Jennifer E. Fairman, CMI, FAMI
Jennifer is the Founder and Principal of Fairman Studios, LLC. She is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Art as Applied to Medicine where she previously received her MA in Medical and Biological Illustration from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She served as a scientific illustrator and research associate at the USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory located within the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. After receiving her Masters degree Jennifer started work as a staff medical illustrator for the Lahey Clinic. Shortly thereafter, she founded Fairman Studios.
Jennifer has received numerous grants and awards for her work including Awards of Excellence and Awards of merit from the AMI, a Smithsonian Women's Committee Grant, a James Smithson Society Fellowship, and a Vesalius Trust Research Grant. She is also the 1999 recipient of the Inez Demonet Award. She was inducted as a Fellow of the Association of Medical Illustrators. Most recently, she was honored with the AMI's Outstanding Achievement Award.
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Britt Griswold
A multimedia graphics specialist with the Infrared Space Sciences Group at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Britt creates graphics, web sites, and science illustrations as the visual and outreach support for the group. He also works as a freelance science artist with clients at the Smithsonian, National Geographic, and USDA. Britt is a 26-year member of the Guild, is currently GNSI Vice President, and has served as GNSI Membership Secretary, Board member of Science Insights Inc. and Project Manager for the Science Illustration Creative Source Directory and Science-Art.com. Britt is a recipient of the GNSI's Distinguished Service Award.
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Steven Marshall
Steve Marshall is a freelance Illustrator currently working at the National Museum of Natural History. He graduated from Southern Virginia University in 2007 where he majored in Biology and Art. After graduation he moved to the D.C. area and joined the Guild. He met Marie Metz and began an internship in digital illustration. Since then he has worked on contracts in the Entomology and Invertebrate Zoology department at the Smithsonian. He has also taught digital illustration workshops at the 2008 GNSI Annual Conference and at his alma mater.

J. Marie Metz
Marie works in Washington, DC, at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, illustrating for the USDA's Systematic Entomology Laboratory. First trained as a fine artist, she has been an illustrator for 12 years. With a masters degree in art education and an undergraduate degree in fine art, she has taught art appreciation, scientific illustration, 2D design, digital imaging, graphic design, painting, desktop publishing and figure drawing as well as beginning and intermediate drawing classes at two colleges. Marie has had her fine art shown in prestigious galleries across the country. Her digital illustrations have placed 3rd in the 2001 TAACL International Digital Art competition and earned showings in GNSI Annual Exhibits. Both Marie's scientific illustration and fine art are in prominent, private art collections. She is past President and co-founder of the GNSI Illinois Prairie Chapter and is currently President of the GNSI Washington DC Chapter.

George L. Venable
George joined the staff of the Smithsonian Institution, Museum of Natural History, in 1971 as a scientific illustrator in the Department of Entomology. During his tenure he became the Senior Scientific Illustrator of that department. One of the most satisfying aspects of George's career at the Smithsonian was the opportunity to teach. He has had many students who came to learn methods and materials involved in scientific illustration. He also taught two-week courses in scientific illustration in Denmark and Costa Rica. During his active membership in the GNSI, he served in many capacities, including Director of the Guild's Summer Workshop, an intensive course in scientific illustration. Among his awards that he values most are: 1994, First Place in the "Best of the Best" competition for the "Insects Interactive" animation presentation; 1995, The "Outstanding Achievement in Graphics Award"; and 1997, The "Peer Recognition Mentor/Outreach Award".