ION INDIE MAGAZINE June 2016, Volume 25 | Page 9

MARK MYERS Mark is a Senior Photojournalist for ION and also is our Media Coverage Coordinator, acting as a liaison between our journalistic staff and the “gatekeepers” for the global acts that appear in our magazine. Mark photographed the likes of Van Halen, Def Leppard, Halestorm, Joe Satriani, Lita Ford—and numerous others for ION. He also shot the covers for our Leaving Eden and Red Sky Mary editions, and authored the article on RSM. Mark is the owner of Mark Myers Photography in Concord, New Hampshire. THOMAS R. JENNEY PH.D Thomas (aka Downtown Tommy) has been on our team since our inception in June of 2014, authoring his monthly column for ION, “The Music Muse”. The column provides helpful hints on honing guitar skills and also covers independent artists and various music event news. He was the author of the cover feature on Angie Haze. Thomas resides in Ohio and is the Executive Director of the Barberton Gallery of Fine Arts, where he promotes the arts in all mediums and raises awareness for various arts-related causes. KATARZYNA ZAKOLSKA Lovingly known to our readers as “Kat Zee”, Katarzyna resides in Poland and is our overseas correspondent and music reviewer. She has contributed to ION since we began this journey back in 2014 and is an avid fan of female-fronted Symphonic Metal music, but also enjoys many variations of Rock and Metal. She recently traveled to the U.K. and covered the Xandria/Serenity concert and also penned the cover feature spotlighting Symphonic Metal band, Enemy of Reality. We look forward to what musical jewels Kat will bring us in the future!