We’re an editorial agency focused on complex content
Since 2005, Dragonfly Editorial has been helping companies around the globe make complex messages clear. We do that through powerful writing, precise editing, and creative design. We specialize in complex subjects like IT, finance, healthcare, construction & engineering, and strategic consulting. And we approach our work with a helpful attitude and a sense of good cheer.
What makes us different? Our core values:
Committed to clarity in words and design
Highly attentive to detail and determined to get the job done right
Ready to go at a moment’s notice
Good humored and cheerful, with a ready smile
Friendly, helpful, and supportive
We love helping our clients succeed
Meet your Dragonfly Management Team
Dragonfly Editorial was founded in 2005 by Samantha Enslen, an award-winning writer with a background in technology and a love of language. Today, we’re a team of writers, editors, and designers working together to help clients around the world create amazing content. When you contact Dragonfly, here’s who you’ll meet.
Samantha Enslen
President
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Samantha has spent 15 years editing B2B, medical, and IT content. She’s the former editorial manager for CSC and a former contributing editor to the Editorial Eye. She’s also an award-winning writer who has been recognized for her marketing collateral, including websites, brochures, and white papers. Sam’s a past president of her local chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC), and a board member of the American Copy Editors Society (ACES). Samantha lived in Washington, D.C., for many years before returning to her hometown of Dayton, Ohio. In addition to running Dragonfly Editorial, Samantha speaks at professional conferences—helping editors and other technical professionals understand each other’s needs and processes. Outside of work, Samantha’s favorite writers are Michael Dirda, Nevil Shute, Patrick O’Brian, Agatha Christie, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. She has a major crush on Bryan Garner.
Lisa Péré
Writing Manager
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Lisa Péré loves working with words, which is a good thing because editing and writing—not to mention reading—take up a good portion of her week. She spends the rest of her time enjoying her children, pets, music, film and the beautiful Colorado landscape.
Alexis Nesbitt
Design Manager
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I have an English degree and a BFA in design, and those two degrees sum me up pretty nicely. I love decorating, gardening, and the endless tweaking that goes with them. I enjoy my kids (8 and 10) the older they get, but simultaneously want them to stop growing—is that possible??
Jeni Crockett-Holme
Editorial Manager, Science and Medicine
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Jeni specializes in editing STEM content. Her education is in journalism and gerontology, and she is certified as an editor in the life sciences. Jeni has more than 15 years of experience preparing academic journals, corporate communications, and trade books for publication. She is a member of the American Copy Editors Society (ACES), the Council of Science Editors (CSE), and the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA).
Cynthia Williams
Editorial Manager, Business and Technical
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Cynthia has 15 years’ experience editing manuscripts, proposals, newsletters, corporate communications, and reports on environmental, governance, and social justice issues; program evaluation and community capacity-building; and social science. She enjoys walking with her partner and reading poetry collections and novels.
Melissa Blevins
Senior Writer
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Melissa is a writer for Dragonfly Editorial and a serial volunteer. Asking “How can I help?” has taken her to Beijing, China with the U.S. Olympic Committee and waist-deep in pond water for Five Rivers MetroParks. Melissa lives in Springboro, Ohio, with her husband and two of the planet's funniest kids.
Michelle Anderson
Senior Medical Editor
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Michelle Anderson is a medical editor with 20 years of experience. When she’s not careening across the countryside on her horse, hiking through the wilderness with her dog, or rescuing yet another animal, she can be found, cup of tea in hand, working away on medical journals, CME programs, and federal government proposals. She holds degrees in English, medieval studies, and classical languages. In short, she has spent an inordinate amount of her life in university classrooms and libraries. Her medieval Latin and Old Norse reading groups keep her from total academic withdrawal.
Kathryn Flynn
Senior Editor
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Kathryn Flynn has edited just about everything — newspapers, proposals, travel books, a coloring book (yes, there were words involved), web content — even a restaurant wall (“it’s” a long story). She enjoys the beach, a nice glass of wine, Springsteen, and watching college basketball. (Go Hoosiers!) She does not enjoy ironing.
Molly Gamborg
Senior Editor
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Molly Gamborg is a technical editor with 15 years of experience in computing and technology, finance, healthcare and pharmaceutical, and corporate editing. She has an MA in Old and Medieval English (hwaet!) and a BA in English. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, volunteering, and binge-watching Doctor Who.
Andi Trzeciak
Operations Coordinator
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Andi loves all things organized, good writing implements, and traveling with her husband and children. She holds a BA in English and has found thousands of ways to put it to use in professional and personal pursuits. When she is not working, Andi enjoys reading, baking, being outdoors, and volunteering.
Rachel Thompson
Proposal and Marketing Specialist
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Ali Foley Shenk
Senior Medical Editor
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Ali Foley Shenk has more than 10 years of experience in medical and science editing for a variety of scholarly journals, informational brochures, pharmacology, research grant proposals and reports, patient education materials, and publications for a rare disease organization, the Foundation for Prader-Willi Research. In her free time, she can be found dodging lightsaber battles with her husband and their 3 active boys; playing in her alt-rock band, WKNDR; and getting in a good workout. Ali was a contestant on Wheel of Fortune in 2010, the winnings from which she used to pay off her student loans.
Jesse Reeves
Senior Copywriter
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Jesse has 20+ years of experience in journalism, copywriting, copyediting, and proofreading. He has written and edited projects in numerous sectors, including healthcare, legal, education, AEC, travel/tourism, retail, finance, and others. Off the clock, Jesse enjoys reading, cooking, petting dogs while simultaneously giving them new nicknames.
Emilie Speicher
Permissions Specialist
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Emilie Speicher loves details. With an associate’s degree in event planning, she thrives off of taking a complicated project, and managing every little detail to make it flow easily. When she’s not organizing everything she possibly can, she enjoys reading, knitting, and going on walks with her family.
Joanna MacGugan
Copyeditor
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Jo joined Dragonfly Editorial as a contractor in 2020. Soon after, she stepped in as Lead Editor, managing teams of editors working together on complex projects, and she became a full-time copyeditor for Dragonfly in 2021. Jo is experienced in copyediting, proofreading, and fact-checking for diverse clients in health care, engineering, education, social sciences, information technology, finance, marketing, and business management. She loves editing research reports, especially when they involve Chicago Style citation or Oxford commas. Jo’s diverse experiences give her a unique and balanced approach to copyediting. Her first job out of college involved managing proposals—editing, proofreading, and quality control—for a small energy consulting firm in Boston. From there she moved on to edit STEM materials and alumni communications for Tufts University’s School of Engineering. Jo stepped away from the world of STEM to earn a Ph.D. in Medieval Studies at the University of Connecticut, where she also taught academic writing to first-year students. Working individually with students to help them express their ideas clearly and persuasively was the most satisfying aspect of teaching, which led her to realize that editing was the perfect post-academic career for her. Her experience editing articles at every stage of production for the peer-reviewed Journal of Medieval Religious Cultures (JMRC) reinforced this revelation. Evidently, she made the right choice; the Journal’s editors invited her to return as guest managing editor for a special issue of JMRC after her assistantship had ended. After graduating from UConn, Jo built a freelance editing business. She excelled at developmental editing for self-published authors—collaborating with them to organize their “big picture” ideas as well as perfecting their language. Then she discovered Dragonfly Editorial and the rest—as they say—is history. Jo is currently revising her social history dissertation for publication. When she’s not reading or writing history, she’s playing Minecraft or planning an English cottage garden.
Dave Nelsen
Writer/Editor
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Dave Nelsen has been a copyeditor and proofreader for 20 years, specializing in nonfiction. Before joining Dragonfly in 2017, Dave worked for a monthly quality control magazine and a couple of ad agencies. Since 2009, he’s operated his own freelance company, The Grammar Geek.
Julie Henderson
Editor
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Julie has been a science and medical editor for 20+ years and an editor with Dragonfly since 2009. She holds degrees in biology, entomology, and nursing, and is a certified editor in the life sciences. Her editing projects have covered topics from anthropology to zoonoses, although she considers medical editing her niche.
Our Global Team
Dragonfly Editorial employs a wide range of experts in many different fields, giving you someone who knows what you do, and how to communicate your message to your audience.
Bethany Reiff
Senior Writer
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Bethany Reiff is a writer and editor who relishes helping others give voice to their vision. Her 15 years of experience include corporate communications, public relations, technical writing, and editing in fields such as healthcare, public education, engineering, and government. She lives for traveling, reading, writing, and spending time with her family.
Dana Johnson
Editor
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Dana is a scientist, educator, editor, and writer who is most content when two or more of her loves come together. A freelancer for nine years, Dana has authored or edited dissertations, articles, educational materials, white papers, organization literature, and self-published works. Her favorite days include sunshine, books, and family celebrations that involve board games.
Lindsey Alexander
Editor
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Lindsey Alexander lives in Indiana with her husband and dog. Her specialty: corralling unwieldy jargon into stables of plain language. She also enjoys writing, reading, baking, and sewing, which are all really more exciting than they sound--she swears. For more, visit www.ldalexander.com.
Shara Pantry
Writer
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Shara Pantry is a writer and editor with experience in the fields of microbiology/infectious diseases and oncology. She has over 10 years of experience writing scientific journal articles and conference abstracts/posters. Shara also has experience editing scientific manuscripts, reporting conference sessions, and writing white papers and pharmaceutical training modules.
Kimberly Breasseale
Designer
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Kimberly is a graphic designer with a degree in Fashion Illustration from the Art Institute of Atlanta. When the beautiful art of fashion illustration fell to photography and the wonders of Photoshop, Kimberly migrated into print production and graphic design. She enjoys all aspects of design, recognizing the different needs of individual clients, and quickly shifting gears from one project to the next. She's also a very skilled production manager; banners, catalogs, premiums or trade show displays, and is always a reliable source to get the job done.
Laurie Wells
Editor/Writer
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Laurie discovered her talents for editing and writing as an unofficial on-call wordsmith and reviewer among her dorm mates in college. Twenty years later, she still enjoys the challenge of helping people communicate through writing--editing proposals, slide deck presentations, and technical reports; writing for marketing campaigns, social media outreach, magazines, and newsletters; prepping content for translation; and ghost blogging. When she’s not playing with words, you can find her outside running, hiking, climbing, skiing, skating, swimming, or just sitting.
James Fraleigh
Editor
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James M. Fraleigh has run a copyediting and proofreading practice in northern New Jersey since 2009. He specializes in nonfiction, with experience in psychology, social science, academic texts, biography, public policy, and computer science. Deadlines are my lifeline!
Kari Shafenberg
Editor
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A life-long grammar nut, Kari edits from beautiful Denver, Colorado, where she lives with her husband and son. When she's not researching acronyms or fighting against passive voice, Kari enjoys cooking and enjoying Colorado's thriving craft beer industry.
Nancy Brooks
Editor
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Nancy Brooks is based in St. Albans, Vermont (aka South Canada). She graduated from Princeton University with a degree in public policy. Her claims to fame are spotting typos in TV news graphics and remembering exactly where her daughters left their toys.
Susanna Sprinkel-Eighmey
Editor & Designer
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Susanna Sprinkel-Eighmey fell in love with writing as a child and developed a full-fledged addiction to editing in college. With 18+ years in publications, Susanna finds satisfaction in developing client relationships and molding their writing into something flawless.
Amy Welde
Editor
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Amy Welde is a freelance editor and writing advisor with a background in psychology, human resources, and healthcare. She lives with her family in a suburb of Philadelphia, PA, and enjoys reading, hiking, biking, cooking vegan food, and watching reality television.
Jenny Stout
Editor
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Jenny Stout has more than 20 years of experience as both a technical editor and a project manager. When she's not traveling abroad or exploring Southern California, she's listening to pop music unironically and running silly hyper-specific photo blogs.
Anna Bentley
Editor/Writer
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Anna Bentley is a writer and editor based in Atlanta, Georgia. She loves em dashes and bad movies. She hates hyphenated –ly adverbs and opening cans of biscuits. She was once an extra in zombie movie and is still trying to wash the corn syrup out of her hair.
Jason Bovberg
Editor
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Jason Bovberg spent 16 years with Penton Media, editing and writing for a computer magazine and consumer electronics website. He is also a mystery/horror novelist.
Meredith Dittmar
Designer
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Meredith is a graphic design professional. She attained her designer’s eye while studying fine arts and art history at the University of New Hampshire. Her specialties include presentation and publications, corporate branding, website design, and illustration. Meredith lives in Lakeville, CT, where she enjoys gardening, painting, and occasionally still plays with dolls.
Kelly Rickard
Editor
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Kelly Rickard has been a freelance editor since 2005. She has a BA from the University of Minnesota in English and Chinese. Prior to becoming an editor, she worked as a technical writer and taught English in China. She enjoys the camaraderie and variety of projects at Dragonfly Editorial.
Anastasia Miller
Designer
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Scottie Kersta-Wilson
Editor
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Delilah Powell
Designer
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Dee is a Microsoft Word guru who magically formats proposals and deliverables with a wave of her hand. Actually, she uses a keyboard, templates, and styles to ensure that proposals look great, fit within page count, and match the RFP. Bonus: her military background means her work is precise and she never misses a deadline.
Cynthia Smith
Writer
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Beth Golden
Editor
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Beth Golden has been a linguaphile from a young age, inspired by her childhood on the island of Guam. Beth holds a degree in journalism from James Madison University in Virginia, where she lives with her husband, children, cat and dog. Favorite phrase: none the wiser. Least favorite: low-hanging fruit.
Steve Olle
Editor
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Steve has been editing copy professionally since before the fall of the Berlin Wall. He adores the Oxford comma and suspended hyphens. In his spare time, he enjoys reading old comic books, listening to Jethro Tull, watching the Chicago White Sox, and visiting Scotland. He lives in Baltimore with his wife and two tuxedo cats.
David Labrador
Editor/Writer
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David Labrador has written and edited all over the place: on Madison Avenue for Scientific American, in Afghanistan for the United Nations, and in the Rocky Mountains for a clean energy think tank. He's comfortable getting a message across to any audience, whether business, government, or the general public. He has a degree in classics from Dartmouth College and calls New York home.
Amanda Jackson
Editor
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My love for words began before I could read or write, on the lap of my grandmother, rocking in a rocking chair, her stories soft and warm, her words my security. Language formed the bedrock of my being and books became my very favorite things in all the world. That love of language carried me through an English and creative writing degree and, eventually, into the world of editing, which I relish because it keeps me on my toes and provides me with a deep sense of satisfaction. There is an unusual joy to be had between, around, and in the midst of the words we use to tell our stories, and it is there that I like being best.
April Williams
Designer
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April Williams is a freelance graphic designer, event planner, and owner of April Nicole Design. On top of owning her own business, she enjoys staying on top of fashion trends, decorating and spending time with her family and friends. Her 12 and 1-year-old daughters, 9-year-old son keep her on her toes!
Madison Aikin
Designer
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Madison is a graphic designer with a traditional art background. She loves telling stories through her illustrations. In her free time she’s usually chasing after her one and two year old or curled up with her cat, a good book, and a cup of coffee.
Lisa Von de Linde
Designer
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Lisa is a graphic designer with 15+ years of providing design services for all things related to books, publications, and brand identity and marketing materials. She's always eager to help your business reach your goal with on-brand materials that stand out and have an impact through high-quality design. Lisa's hidden superpowers include painting walls and IKEA furniture assembly.
Sydnee Thompson
Editor
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With over ten years of experience, Sydnee Thompson is a freelance editor and writer based in the metro Detroit area who is particularly passionate about fiction writing, art, and the serial comma. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism from Wayne State University in 2014 and currently serves a wide range of editorial clients while also making time to pursue her own personal projects. More information about Sydnee can be found on her website, shadesofsydnee.com.
John Houseman
Editor
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John has 30 years of experience as an editor and project coordinator, chiefly in the IT, education, and healthcare fields. When not on deadline he can usually be found hiking, fishing, or kayaking somewhere in or around the Chesapeake.
Austin Ulrich
Medical Writer
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Austin is a medical writer and clinical pharmacist based in Greensboro, North Carolina. He specializes in creating continuing medical education materials and writing about new developments in clinical patient care. He enjoys traveling, the outdoors, and spending time with his wife and 3 kids. When he's not writing or taking care of patients, Austin can be found jamming out on his digital piano or hammering walls for his latest home improvement project.
Kanisha Parks
Social Media Coordinator
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Kanisha is a writer, author, and high school English teacher based in Augusta, GA. She has written for multiple online publications, including CurlyNikki.com, BlackNaps.org, and Devozine. When she's not writing or lesson planning, she enjoys YA Fiction, coffee, and podcasts.