The Rhode Island Insider must be really lucky. How else did we land a talented new contributor?  Please welcome Stephanie Liotta Atkinson.

Stephanie joined The Rhode Island Ave Insider recently and has already been off to a bang! Her first official post, Ward 5: DC’s Craft Brewing Capital: a Multi-Part Series garnered one of the busiest readership days for the blog! Not only that, her article was featured in the Washington Post’s local corner the morning after it posted here on the Insider. And from the twitter feed and blog comments, it seems that all of you enjoyed reading her article as well!

Stephanie moved to the District in 2004 to attend Georgetown Law. She and her wife were wooed to Woodridge in the spring of 2010 by the prospect of owning a detached bungalow with a yard, parking, and friendly neighbors. When not forging ahead on FORIA projects, Stephanie is an ethics attorney. In her spare time Stephanie enjoys hanging out with her family, adventure travel, hot yoga, live music, reading, running with her dog Hank at the National Arboretum, and, of course, blogging.

Stephanie is President of Friends Of Rhode Island Ave’s Executive Committee and Chair of FORIA’s Survey Committee.

Join me in welcoming Stephanie to the Insider!

Stephanie can be reached via email at stephanieinsider@gmail.com or on Twitter @stephanieliotta

Stay tuned for more news on new contributers coming to the RIA Insider…