Mom rocker Judy Davids was forty-two when she picked up a guitar for the first time and conspired with the neighborhood moms to form an all-mom rock band. Within weeks, The Mydols were born. Did they have a clue what they were doing? Nope. But from that point on, it was full steam ahead and never mind the laundry.

From  donning a pair of go-go boots and hopping onstage to co-founding her own business—PostEgram—Judy proves that making time to do what you love does not make you a bad parent, but a better, more fulfilled, and happier one.

Joel K. Kahn MD, FACC, FACP, FSCAI is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and its subspecialty board in Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology. He also holds a special certification from the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology and the National Radiation Commission.  He serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) at Wayne State University School of Medicine since 1993.

I grew up in Glenview, Illinois, a wealthy northern suburb of Chicago. I spent my adolescence in an occasionally snooty atmosphere exacerbated by the housing bubble and what I call the jet-black-Escalade bubble.

Jarrod Dambro has an enormous passion for helping businesses understand the complexity behind online marketing/advertising. With a Marketing & Supply Chain Management degree from Michigan State University, Jarrod has been helping businesses in the online space for over 12 years. In his spare time he enjoys good food, delicious wine, laughter, & spending time with friends & family. Drop him a note at jarrod.dambro@patch.com.

Perhaps a ruse to remain mysterious or a genuine capacity for conversation, Jeff Milo has exceeded in the pursuant inquisition and subsequent regaling of other people's stories. He's lived in Ferndale his entire life save the nearly five years years spent between Ypsilanti and East Lansing where he studied at both Eastern and Michigan State universities. He attained a journalism degree. He minored in film studies, which is something he only uses to rattle off highfalutin trivia about Jean-Luc Godard, Jean Renoir and Akira Kurisawa. He spent regimented hours of his grade school days listening to classic rock 'n' roll, watered down funk and mainstream rap that evolved into an appreciation for a mixture of musical styles. This lead into a freelance music writing for various culture magazines over the last seven years. His work has shown up in Jam Rag, Real Detroit, Metro Times, Ann Arbor Current and the Web site TinyMixTapes.com. Between music, he's squeezed in some beat reporting for Oakland Press and Macomb Daily. He still lives in Ferndale, every day, and still listens to music (90 percent local bands), every day. He likes it here. 

Gerry Boylan is a husband, father, author and businessman.  He has been married to Kathy Boylan for 32 years and they are the proud parents of four children. 

Gerry is the author of two books, Getting There, a novel and Gerry Tales, a collection of short stories.  Both book are available at amazon.com.

http://www.amazon.com/Gerry-Tales-Stabbing-Scalding-Childbirth/dp/0984387935/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b

http://www.amazon.com/Getting-There-Gerry-Boylan/dp/0984387927/ref=pd_sim_b_1

He also cofounded Long Point Capital, a private equity firm, which has offices in Royal Oak, Michigan and New York City.  Long Point Capital Funds have over $300 million of private equity capital under management.

Gerry Boylan's civic involvement includes election to the Royal Oak City Commission and service on various other civic boards including: Current member and past President of the Board of Trustees of Think Detroit PAL, Member of the Detroit Investment Fund Oversight Committee, Trust Board of South Oakland Boys and Girls Club, Royal Oak Housing Commission, and the Michigan Venture Fund.

He received his B.S. from Grand Valley State University in 1978.

Noelle is a 6-year Ferndale resident who loves to write about all things food-related almost as much as she loves to cook.  She discovered a passion for food and cooking as a teenager through her studies of French and her travels abroad, and has been hooked ever since.  You can read more about her food adventures and recipes on her blog, Simmer Down!

A sportsfan who wants to get it right and get it to you. A husband, a dad and oh so much more.

Leslie came to Patch from The Detroit News, where she worked for 7 years as an editor on the news, business and online desks and wrote for the Green Life and travel blogs. Previously, she worked at The Oakland Press and Lansing State Journal. She attended Michigan State University, where she studied history and journalism and got hooked on newspapering at The State News. Leslie loves to travel, read, eat, drink, be merry and tell bad jokes. She lives in Huntington Woods with her husband, a photo editor and fellow journalist.

Phil Meyer is Professor Emeritus in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and was inducted into the North Carolina Hall of Fame in Journalism in the spring of 2008.  He joined the Journalism School in 1981 and served as Knight Chair in Journalism Professor from 1993-2008.  Prior to joining the school, he held a number of reporter and research positions at various media outlets. 

He has won numerous awards including the 2005 Sigma Delta Chi Distinguished Service Award for Research About Journalism (with Scott Maier). He was named a Fellow of Society of Professional Journalists in 2005. In 2004, the Newspaper Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication gave him its Professional Freedom and Responsibility Award. And in 2000 he received the American Association for Public Opinion Research Award for Exceptionally Distinguished Achievement.

Meyer is the author of several books including The Vanishing Newspaper:  Saving Journalism in the Information Age and Precision Journalism:  A Reporter’s Introduction to Social Science Methods.  Journalism Quarterly in 2000 listed this book as one of the 35 significant books of the 20th century in journalism and mass communication; and the American Association for Public Opinion Research, observing its 50th anniversary in 1996, listed it as one of 50 significant books on public opinion research.

He received his B.S. in technical journalism from Kansas State University and his M.A. in political science from the University of North Carolina.

Steven Berlin Johnson is a pioneer in the web world, as a co-founder of FEED, Plastic.com, and Outside.in, which was acquired by Patch in March of 2011. He also co-created Findings.com, which launched in late 2011. Steven was the 2009 Hearst New Media Professional-in-Residence at The Journalism School at Columbia University, and served for several years as a Distinguished Writer in Residence at NYU’s Journalism School. He is a bestselling author of seven books, and won acclaim and a Newhouse School Mirror Award for his 2010 Time Magazine cover story, "How Twitter Will Change the Way We Live." 

Speaking of Steven's editorial prowess, check out this video based on Steven's book, Where Good Ideas Come From, which was named one of the best books of 2010 by The Economist.

Brian was Editor-in-Chief of Time Out New York magazine before coming to Patch. Before that he worked for a variety of publications both online and off, including Details magazine, New York Magazine, and the old, dearly departed Sidewalk.com. He has written for numerous publications, from the New York Times magazine to Harper's Bazaar. He graduated from Bowdoin College and got an MFA in creative writing at Columbia University so he could put his novel in a drawer with distinction. He lives in Manhattan with his beautiful wife, adorable son, angelic daughter and the world's most dog-like cat. He’s proud as hell of what the Patch team has built.

Ken Paulson is president and chief executive officer of the First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University and in Washington, D.C.

Previously, Paulson served as the editor and senior vice president/news of USA Today.  He is now a columnist on USA Today’s board of contributors, writing about First Amendment issues and the news media.

Throughout his career, Paulson has drawn on his background as both a journalist and lawyer, serving as the editor or managing editor of newspapers in five different states.

He also is past-president of the American Society of News Editors, the nation’s largest organization of news media leaders.

Paulson also was the host of the Emmy-honored television program “Speaking Freely,” seen in more than 60 PBS markets nationwide over five seasons, and the author of "Freedom Sings," a multimedia stage show celebrating the First Amendment that continues to tour the nation's campuses.  

He was an early advocate of making newspaper content available online, launching online newspapers in both Florida and New York in 1993.

For 12 years, Paulson was a regular guest lecturer at the American Press Institute, speaking to more than 5,000 journalists about First Amendment issues. He was honored with the API Lifetime Service Award. In 2010 and 2011, he served as chair of the PBS Editorial Standards Review Committee.

In 2007, Paulson was named fellow of the Society of Professional Journalists, “the highest honor SPJ bestows upon a journalist for extraordinary contributions to the profession.” In 2008, he  received the Robert S. Abbott Memorial Award for Meritorious Service in Mass Communications from the Southern Regional Press Institute. He has also been elected to the Illini Publishing Hall of Fame at the University of Illinois.

He is a graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law and the University of Missouri School of Journalism. He also has served as an adjunct professor at Vanderbilt University Law School. In 2008, he received an honorary doctorate in Humane Letters from American University.