Jewel Lansing is die author of Portland: People, Politics, and Power, 1851-2001. She served eight years as the elected auditor of Multnomah County and four years as the City of Portland auditor. She is honored on Portland's Walk of the Heroines for her pioneering role as a woman in government and politics and her outstanding civic contributions.
Fred Leeson is a freelance journalist and adjunct professor of journalism at Concordia University in Portland. He reported on Multnomah County government for The Oregon Journal and The Oregonian. He is the author of Rose City Justice: A Legal History of Portland, Oregon.