The Associates
Gail W. Guth
Gail Guth, owner of Guth Illustration & Design, seamlessly blends her artistic technique in natural science illustration with elegant graphic design. She has created a wide range of art for both businesses and individuals, from stationery to nature park interpretive graphics, from logos to textbook illustrations. She has extensive experience in copywriting, editing, and project management. She is the Past President of the international Guild of Natural Science Illustrators and currently serves as the group’s Communications Director and Membership Secretary. She is also the Managing Editor of the GNSI’s quarterly Journal of Natural Science Illustration. You may learn more about her by visiting her website.
Colette Kufahl
Colette Kufahl is owner of CMYK Grafix Design in West Michigan. Her objective as an experienced graphic designer is to convey her clients' unique places in our lives and in our community by developing designs for print and online marketing. Her background experience includes over 14 years of graphic production and imaging work at a daily newspaper in West Michigan, freelance production graphics which includes photoshoots, logo designs, and print ready layouts for the marketing needs of various clients in and around her community.
Barbara L. Rafaill
Barbara Rafaill developed her skills as a wordsmith through 25 years as a college professor in the biological sciences at Georgetown College (Kentucky), and working for 6 years as Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations at Albion College (Michigan). Teaching the elements of scientific writing, reviewing college text books slated for publication, and writing numerous grant proposals for submission to private and federal foundations all served to hone her writing skills. She joins the Rafaill & Associates team to assist clients in developing original content, or rewording existing subject matter to give it a fresh approach, suitable for web content, brochures, flyers, or fact sheets. In either case you can be assured that the resultant text will be clearly presented and grammatically correct.