Special Features

Haley Jorgensen is the owner of Public Image, a public-relations and marketing firm in Ripon, Wis. She is a frequent contributor to publications representing a variety of industries, including insurance, education, corrections, real estate and laundry.

Ian P. Murphy is a freelance writer based in Chicago, and was the editor of American Drycleaner from 1999 to 2011.

James (Jim) F. Wainwright is an inspector with Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Co. (HSB). He has served in engineering loss-control support capacities for more than 30 years with HSB and currently resides in Altoona, Pa.

Lloyd Manning is a freelance writer based in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan.

Longtime industry consultant and educator Everett Childers is the author of the Master Drycleaners Notebook.

Bruce Beggs is editorial director of American Trade Magazines LLC, including American Coin-Op, American Drycleaner and American Laundry News. He was the editor of American Laundry News from November 1999 to May 2011. Beggs has worked as a newspaper reporter/editor and magazine editor since graduating from Kansas State University in 1986 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass communications. He and his wife, Sandy, have two children.

Ian P. Murphy is a freelance writer based in Chicago, and was the editor of American Drycleaner from 1999 to 2011.

Ian P. Murphy is a freelance writer based in Chicago, and was the editor of American Drycleaner from 1999 to 2011.

Jason Hicks was assistant editor for American Trade Magazines, which publishes American Coin-Op, American Drycleaner and American Laundry News, for more than nine years, and web editor for three years.