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Since those behind the scenes of WordCamp mostly go unnoticed, we decided it would be a nice twist to introduce you some of this year’s crew:

Tamara Hanks, Graphic Designer  

• What do you do for a living? 

  I am a freelance graphic designer specializing in logo and print design. I work part-time for Care Net of Puget Sound as a marketing specialist, designing all of their print media, video content and site updates.

• How do you use WordPress?
  

  I use WordPress for my website and at Care Net of Puget Sound.

• How did you end up involved in WordCamp?
  

  Robert Nissenbaum and Rhona Negard got me hooked up last year and I enjoyed the two-day conference – which is a huge value for so little money. I was asked to contribute my graphic design skills to this year’s conference. I’m learning more and more about WordPress as the weeks go by.

• What’s your guilty pleasure/hobby/outside of work passion?

I enjoy going to the movies with my family. Poldark is my favorite show right now. My favorite coffee is a vanilla breve. And I would eat tacos every day of the week if I could.

How to get in touch with Tamara:

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When you see Tamara at WordCamp Seattle in Nov, be sure to say hello and thank her for all her hard work and time volunteering to make WordCamp 2018 the best one yet.

Since those behind the scenes of WordCamp mostly go unnoticed, we decided it would be a nice twist to introduce you some of this year’s crew:

Kyra West, Volunteer Wrangler

• What do you do for a living? 

  I’m the Marketing Associate for Cindy Kelly & Associates at Compass. I’m in charge of our print and digital marketing, as well as social media and the blog.

• How do you use WordPress?
  

  Mostly through the cindykelly.com blog posts – I’m a WordPress newbie!

• How did you end up involved in WordCamp?
  

  I had a friend who was involved last year and was so enthusiastic about it that I had to come see what it was all about! It seems like a great way to increase my knowledge of WordPress and the community in Seattle.

• What’s your guilty pleasure/hobby/outside of work passion?

  

I joke that I’m a retiree at 30- I love nothing better than reading, puttering in my garden, and redecorating my house. After living in Hong Kong for a couple of years, my fiance and I are thinking about just going on a cruise for our next travel adventure.

And, I’ve just received a sewing and embroidering machine so I’m ready to start embroidering ALL THE THINGS.

 

How to get in touch with Kyra:

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When you see Kyra at WordCamp Seattle in Nov, be sure to say hello and thank her for all her hard work and time volunteering to make WordCamp 2018 the best one yet.

 

Since those behind the scenes of WordCamp mostly go unnoticed, we decided it would be a nice twist to introduce you some of this year’s crew:

Karen Howell, Registration and Swag Wrangler:

• What do you do for a living? 

  I’m a founder and developer at The May Creative where I build custom themes for business owners in collaboration with designers & design agencies. I also consult helping businesses owners strategically engage online.

• How do you use WordPress?
  

  I use it every day to help businesses run their business as well as my own through theme creation and blogging.

• How did you end up involved in WordCamp?
  

  I attended last year and had such a great time within the WordPress community I decided to volunteer this year.

• What’s your guilty pleasure/hobby/outside of work passion?

For fun I’m a beauty blogger – a maven, sharing makeup techniques and looks for women. It’s how I got started with WordPress. Plus I adore coding. It’s my hobby and career 🙂

How to get in touch with Karen:

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When you see Karen at WordCamp Seattle (look for the hat) in Nov, be sure to say hello and thank her for all her hard work and time volunteering to make WordCamp 2018 the best one yet.

 

Since those behind the scenes of WordCamp mostly go unnoticed, we decided it would be a nice twist to introduce you some of this year’s crew:

Robert Nissenbaum, Lead Marketing Wrangler:

• What do you do for a living? 

  I provide brand, content, and social media marketing through my agency, Tactical Social Media.

• How do you use WordPress?
  

  I started building WordPress sites to prove a point about how social media and content marketing, when used correctly, could drive SEO and web traffic in a purely organic way – no keyword focus, no external linking building techniques. As apart of my agency, I work with developers to build/redesign client sites as part of creating a complete (effective and measurable) online marketing system.

• How did you end up involved in WordCamp?
  

  WordPress is a core foundation piece for my business and methodology, but It was Bridget Willard who got me involved. I was a volunteer in at my first camp in  2016 (Seattle), handled the social media in 2017, and now as the lead marketing wrangler for 2018. I have helped with social media at Portland in 2017 as well as having spoken at camps.

• What’s your guilty pleasure/hobby/outside of work passion?

I am an avid sea kayaker – to the point that I am out several times a week in the surf year round (including paddling in snow over this past Christmas. I am part of the Washington Kayakers Club, support the kayaking operation through Metro Parks (including helping on guided paddles and teaching), and have a side gig repairing and selling kayaks (when not collecting them, on a spur of the moment paddle or racing.

How to get in touch with Robert:

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When you see Robert at WordCamp Seattle (look for the hat) in Nov, be sure to say hello and thank him for all his hard work and time volunteering to make WordCamp 2018 the best one yet.

 

Since those behind the scenes of WordCamp mostly go unnoticed, we decided it would be a nice twist to introduce you some of this year’s crew:

Carla Conrad, A/V Wrangler

• What do you do for a living? 

  I’m the owner of a creative agency. I help businesses strengthen their branding through their online assets, including their websites,, manage their social media platforms, develop marketing campaigns, content creation, video, and animations for video. My background is broadcast television where I was a broadcast design professional for TV stations (news division).  I also worked for 2 different broadcast manufacturers demoing and providing operator training across the country before starting my agency business.

• How do you use WordPress?
  

  I transitioned from DreamWeaver to WP as my web platform of choice back in 2010 after a Bob Dunn Workshop. I was convinced that it was only a blog platform and not for creating a ‘real’ website – and was pleasantly surprised to find out I was mistaken. I attended other WP focused meetups, networking events, and meetings to learn more. I have built all my clients websites in WP ever since because of the open source, the wealth of good solutions, on-going development. With all the talented people who use WP in the Puget Sound – I know I can find solutions to any issue or question which arises from a client’s project – there are very talented resources in the WPSEA community that can help.

• How did you end up involved in WordCamp?
  

After getting connected with the WP DevSigners through the monthly WPSeattle meetup and finding that there were others working through situations with client projects who had helped me, I wanted to find a way to give back. The community had been so generous, The social media support for the different WordCamps needed someone to take the lead, and as a communicator.  In 2017 I was asked to develop a team and have been thrilled to meet so many talented and like-minded marketing people who have helped take WordCamp Seattle to the next level. This year I am wrangling the A/V, working at providing a great in-person experience for our attendees at the WSCC, but to also produce a great video product to WordPress.tv which best represents the quality of our content fo for our 2-day conference.

• What’s your guilty pleasure/hobby/outside of work passion?

I love to volunteer with CrossFit on the media team each year at the CrossFit Games. I get to work with world-class photographers – assisting them on the sidelines. It is the equivalent to working with press photographers at the SuperBowl or the World Series. I also am the Executive Producer of a weekly Radio show in the Seattle area, Photo Talk Radio NW, Saturdays at 4pm on KKNW 11050am.  Wave a plane ticket in my face – and I’m in – as I love to travel.

How to get in touch with Carla:

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When you see Carla at WordCamp Seattle in Nov (you have your boarding pass, correct?), be sure to say hello and thank her for all her hard work and time volunteering to make WordCamp 2018 the best one yet.

 

Since those behind the scenes of WordCamp mostly go unnoticed, we decided it would be a nice twist to introduce you some of this year’s crew:

Branden Youngs, Website Developer

• What do you do for a living? 

  I’m an ‘User Experience Developer.’

• How do you use WordPress?
  

  I have a personal blog, byoungz.com, where I post all the adventures life has taken me. I work professionally creating as a web developer that includes creating WP plugins and themes.

• How did you end up involved in WordCamp?
  

  I was connected to WordCamp Seattle through my use of the Seattle WordPress Slack Channel.

• What’s your guilty pleasure/hobby/outside of work passion?

Adventuring and writing poetry.

How to get in touch with Branden:

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When you see Branden at WordCamp Seattle in Nov (you have your boarding pass, correct?), be sure to say hello and thank him for all his hard work and time volunteering to make WordCamp 2018 the best one yet.

 

Since those behind the scenes of WordCamp mostly go unnoticed, we decided it would be a nice twist to introduce you some of this year’s crew:

Vanessa Smith, Co-lead organizer

• What do you do for a living? 

  I’m a freelance WordPress designer & developer.

• How do you use WordPress?
  

  I build WordPress sites for clients.

• How did you end up involved in WordCamp?
  

  

  I attended a WP Seattle Meetup and was asked to volunteer for the 2016 camp, so I did. It was a great experience. I learned a lot, met some great people, and lead to getting a job! I enjoyed it so much, I ended up joining the organizer committee for WordCamp 2017 as the Food Wrangler and this year I am one of the 3 Co-Lead organizers.

• What’s your guilty pleasure/hobby/outside of work passion?

I love to travel! My favorite country to visit is Italy, but my favorite city is Paris. I also enjoy reading and a variety of papercrafting. Lately, I have been spending my free time sewing. I have always sewed and this year I decided I would make all my clothes.

How to get in touch with Vanessa:

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When you see Vanessa at WordCamp Seattle in Nov (you have your boarding pass, correct?), be sure to say hello and thank her for all her hard work and time volunteering to make WordCamp 2018 the best one yet.

Since those behind the scenes of WordCamp mostly go unnoticed, we decided it would be a nice twist to introduce you some of this year’s crew:

Teri Shelton, Co-lead organizer

• • What do you do for a living? 

    I’m a front-end developer. I’m co-owner of River Dog Digital. We do marketing & websites and just about everything that goes along with it.

• • How do you use WordPress?
    

    I use WordPress as a content management system (CMS) and I write custom themes, child themes, plugins, and custom functionality for websites. WordPress makes content updates a breeze for me, my business partner who is not a coder, and our clients that choose to accept the challenge of managing their own content. Of course, I’m a developer, I could write code all day. But time is precious and WordPress makes it so much easier to do really cool and complex things than if I were to hand-code a site. I’ve been using WordPress for about 10 years so I’ve learned many tricks!

  • How did you end up involved in WordCamp?
    I attended my first WordCamp back in 2013 when it was at the UW and I’ve been to each Seattle WordCamp since then. I was a help desk volunteer for the 2015 Beginner Edition WordCamp and that was my intro to behind the scenes work. Last year, I got pulled in to do the website development for Camp and then I spoke at Camp with my business partner. This year, I upgraded to co-lead organizer and I’m overseeing the Marketing & Design Team. I’m also on the leadership team for WPSeattle, which is the umbrella over WordCamp and Meetups in Seattle. Oh, and I co-founded and co-lead the WordPress Freelancer Meetup. I blame Sheila. It’s all Sheila’s fault. 🙂
  • What’s your guilty pleasure/hobby/outside of work passion?My favorite things in the world right now are @dog_rates, @dog_feelings, and Blue Apron. If not working on a website, I’m probably watching football or hockey, cooking or baking, traveling with my husband, or doting on our 2 cats, Cali and Kipper.

How to get in touch with Teri:

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When you see Teri at WordCamp Seattle in Nov, be sure to say hello and thank her for all her hard work and time volunteering to make WordCamp 2018 the best one yet.

Since those behind the scenes of WordCamp mostly go unnoticed, we decided it would be a nice twist to introduce you some of this year’s crew:

Amber Walcker, Lead organizer

• What do you do for a living? 

  I work at the University of Washington in the IT department. My specific unit specializes in data integrations and warehouses, web services and metadata information. My role is the Marketing and Communications Manager. I am responsible for the communications that are shared out from our unit to campus. I also am responsible for creating marketing materials for our unit’s products and services. I also provide guidance to our division on communication strategies as well as create collateral for senior leadership.
  

• How do you use WordPress?
  

  Our unit’s website uses WordPress. I am primarily a content creator and editor. I definitely don’t get into development. However, I do have a background in web design so I understand the basics of HTML and CSS.

• How did you end up involved in WordCamp?
  

  I attended a WordCamp 4 years ago with a few coworkers and I was hooked. I loved the diversity of content and speakers. The swag has always been pretty amazing! After attending  2 WordCamps, I was asked by the 2017 Lead Organizer Sheila to join the planning committee. So I did! I assisted in the Swag and Registration. After my first meeting with Sheila, we both realized that we had similar backgrounds and the potential of being the Lead Organizer for a future WordCamp was definitely a possibility. So for 2018, I completed the interview with WordCamp Headquarters and was approved to lead 2018, along with my co-leads Vanessa and Teri. I understood the importance of blending the PNW WordPress Community with the annual WordCamp Conference. I believe it’s extremely important to drive the innovation and community from the ground up! WordCamp is merely a highlight of the bigger effort taking place at the community level, and I couldn’t be more proud to celebrate all the communities at WordCamp.

• What’s your guilty pleasure/hobby/outside of work passion?

I really enjoy spending time with my husband, gardening, and hanging out with our little fur-child, JoJo. And let’s not forget COOKING! I like to think of myself as a super resourceful cook! Somehow there might be “nothing” in the fridge or cupboards, but somehow I make a meal that will feed my husband and me for days. I also really enjoy weekend getaway trips, hiking and helping others. And a totally weird hobby – but I enjoy organizing things and cleaning.

How to get in touch with Amber:

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When you see Amber at WordCamp Seattle in Nov, (you have your boarding pass, correct?) be sure to say hello and thank her for all her hard work and time volunteering to make WordCamp 2018 the best one yet.