All Across America

Chris is a furniture maker, writer, and publisher. A co-founder of Lost Art Press and longtime editor at Popular Woodworking Magazine, he is widely considered the most published woodworker of all time. christophermschwarz.com

Bill is the author of "Divided We Stand: A Road Trip in Search of the Ties That Bind Ordinary Americans." He is the movie critic for The Saturday Evening Post, and was a longtime senior editor and writer for National Geographic, AARP the Magazine, and the National Enquirer.

Jasper is a maritime chaplain with Seafarer’s Friend in Portland, where he supports mariners arriving on cargo ships and tankers from around the world. Before his work in chaplaincy, he spent years working as a deckhand on tugboats and research vessels.

John traveled 33,321 miles across the United States to write "Heartland Highways: In Search of America," winner of the America Writing Award. John is a longtime Texas radio personality and radio station operator.

Liisa is a welder and welding instructor at Chabot College in the East Bay. She has over 35 years of experience in the field and served as the chair of the American Welding Society's San Francisco Section. aws.org