Ginger Gardiner has a Mechanical Engineering degree from Rice University and has worked in the composites industry since 1990, when she was hired by DuPont as a technical marketing representantive for Kevlar® aramid fiber and Nomex® aramid honeycomb in aerospace and marine applications. She then formed a consulting company, performing market research and development for companies such as Hoechst Celanese, Ciba-Geigy, Abaris Training and Hexcel. She now lives in North Carolina with her husband, boatbuilder Jim Gardiner, and two children, and is a contributing writer for High Performance Composites Magazine, Composites Technology Magazine and Professional BoatBuilder Magazine.