Sasha Wizansky co-founded Meatpaper in 2006 and is the Editor-In-Chief and Art Director. A visual artist and graphic designer, she has been considering and documenting the meat zeitgeist for several years.

MARISSA GUGGIANA is President of Sonoma Direct Sustainable Meats. She is also a Co-Founder of Secret Eating Society and a leader in Slow Food. She is currently working on a book about American butchers.

HEATHER SMITH lives in Oakland. She is a journalist who spends a great deal of her time covering meat issues. She also claims to be a vegetarian.

Amy Standen is a reporter for Quest, KQED public radio's local science and environment show. She co-founded Meatpaper in 2006. No longer involved with the day-to-day operations of the magazine, she continues to fill an advisory role.

CHRIS YING is an editor at McSweeney's. He cooked in Bay Area restaurants for some time, and currently moonlights as a cook at Mission Street Food in San Francisco. His children's book 109 Forgotten American Heroes and 9 or so Villains has just come out.