{"id":586,"date":"2017-08-31T14:17:34","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T19:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2017.austin.wordcamp.org\/?page_id=586"},"modified":"2017-08-31T15:38:29","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T20:38:29","slug":"organizers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/austin.wordcamp.org\/2017\/organizers\/","title":{"rendered":"Organizers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It takes a village! And these are the folks responsible for making WordCamp Austin happen.<\/p>\n<p>Interested in becoming an organizer next year? Just\u00a0reach out to any one of us for more information.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"wcorg-organizers\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Aimee Luna<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Bill Erickson<\/li>\n<li>Cousett Hoover<\/li>\n<li>Deepti Boddapati<\/li>\n<li>Drate Berry<\/li>\n<li>H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik<\/li>\n<li>Judah Ritterman<\/li>\n<li>Katie Dubois<\/li>\n<li>Matt Harris<\/li>\n<li>Mendel Kurland<\/li>\n<li>Nicholas Batik<\/li>\n<li>Pat Ramsey<\/li>\n<li>Rachel Graham<\/li>\n<li>Sharon DeCaro<\/li>\n<li>Shayda Torabi<\/li>\n<li>Steven Word<\/li>\n<li>Tara Erickson<\/li>\n<li>Taylor Christensen<\/li>\n<li>Charles Stricklin<\/li>\n<li>Zack Rothauser<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<div class=\"wcorg-organizers\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-organizer\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Taylor Christensen<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-organizer-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0d7ceee184428411c8a0321bbaff2b51115c4215bd2d455d198e03545827d4ac?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0d7ceee184428411c8a0321bbaff2b51115c4215bd2d455d198e03545827d4ac?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-96 photo' height='96' width='96' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>I\u2019m a custom theme and plugin developer passionate about community building and education. I\u2019ve led several WP workshops for students through our WPATX Meetup Group, in addition to previous local WordCamps. I\u2019m looking forward to going over all the basics of WordPress, themes, plugins, and maybe even a little CSS, at this year\u2019s KidsCamp!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-organizer\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Sharon DeCaro<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-organizer-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5b39c474ff73eae2c66aabb11ebd057c01db18c85984d7fd47e4ecc92011897b?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5b39c474ff73eae2c66aabb11ebd057c01db18c85984d7fd47e4ecc92011897b?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-96 photo' height='96' width='96' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>WebDev + Design + DigitalMarketing. Social Connector, Data Gatherer &amp; Dog Lover. If you need an answer, I&#8217;ll find it. I\u2019m an AIGA-member Graphic Designer, with a unique balance of creative and business expertise.\u00a0I also have a B.A. in Marketing. I fell in love with WordPress nearly a decade ago and love that the community is a lively one, where you can easily get involved. I designed the logo for WordCamp Austin. Contact me at <a href=\"https:\/\/mailtrack.io\/trace\/link\/c48441a72778fe3b903f38da00af7df6ef1d642f?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sharondecaro.com%2F&amp;userId=1854753&amp;signature=8607a31478577908\"><span class=\"gmail-s1\">https:\/\/www.sharondecaro.com\/<\/span><\/a><span class=\"gmail-s1\">. <\/span>Follow me on Twitter @decaromedialab.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-organizer\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Sandi Batik<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-organizer-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a58fbda6519df584732b795fb2bcd06b5e8cfdaacdbcb21464fcae7291eab937?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a58fbda6519df584732b795fb2bcd06b5e8cfdaacdbcb21464fcae7291eab937?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-96 photo' height='96' width='96' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<div>WordPress evangelist, consultant, trainer, curricula developer, author, unapologetic geek, unrepentant capitalist, and lucky enough to do what I love every day. I co-founded Pleiades Publishing Services in 1992 where I serve as Project Manager and support our clients\u2019 Project Discovery sessions as a Business Process Analyst. I have served as an Austin WordPress Meetup co-organizer since 2010 and write about WordPress at <a href=\"https:\/\/handsonwp.com\/\">https:\/\/handsonwp.com\/<\/a>. You can follow me @sandi.batik \/ #WPATX.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Quote<\/div>\n<div>I love belonging to a community of life-long learners who so willingly share their knowledge with each other. WordPress Developers share a comradery that supports\u00a0each other through thick, thin and some upgrades that are positively baffling.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-organizer\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Nick Batik<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-organizer-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-96 photo avatar-default' height='96' width='96' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<div>Nick Batik co-founded Pleiades Publishing Services in 1992, has been building websites since 1994 and has been a WordPress consultant and developer since 2007.\u00a0 A WordPress Evangelist, and a CoOrganizer of the Austin WordPress Meetup, he has presented technical WordPress classes at numerous meetups, PodCamps and WordCamps.\u00a0Nick specializes the system design and implementation of custom, often complex WordPress-based solutions that address client data management issues.\u00a0As the back-end developer, he creates the core computational logic of the website or information system to implement the customized functionality.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Quote<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I love the almost infinite\u00a0versatility\u00a0of WordPress. It is a platform that can grow with our client&#8217;s needs.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-organizer\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Cousett Hoover<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-organizer-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/03020cc2ed8813d1d52fc461cb56ff3966b96d57a61a6dbbec3c763519dd9aed?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/03020cc2ed8813d1d52fc461cb56ff3966b96d57a61a6dbbec3c763519dd9aed?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-96 photo' height='96' width='96' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Cousett is a full time mommy and techiemamma.<\/p>\n<p>By day, Cousett works to maintain the business and is wrangling an active toddler.\u00a0In her (little) free time Cousett contributes to the WordPress communities and develops PHP applications with Ryan.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-organizer\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Ryan Hoover, Lead Organizer<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-organizer-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/04d6e19ff0760fd950196eccc54deb0284d1f942df3f4b4186144056d9eb203f?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/04d6e19ff0760fd950196eccc54deb0284d1f942df3f4b4186144056d9eb203f?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-96 photo' height='96' width='96' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>By\u00a0day, Ryan is a Senior Web\u00a0Developer for WP Engine, a WordPress hosting\u00a0company.\u00a0By night, Ryan writes WordPress plugins and PHP applications for the WordPress online community.<\/p>\n<p>Many moons ago, Ryan got a Bachelors degree in Computer Science. 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