Organizers

The organizing team is the engine of a WordCamp! These are the people who generously donated their time, effort, and talents to bring you WordCamp Asheville 2020.

  • Boomer Sassmann

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    Founder of BigBoomDesign.

    In charge of WCAVL pre-camp and one of the first members of the Asheville Area WordPress Meetup Group.

  • Caroline Adams-Clark

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    Communications committee chair

  • Gary Crossey

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  • Janine Paris

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    Design and Website committee chair

  • John Dorner

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    Lead organizer of 2020 Asheville WordCamp and founder of the Asheville Area WordPress Meetup Group

  • Karen Mazza

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  • Kristen Molina-Nauert

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    Speakers and Sessions committee chair

    As a Director of Business Integration, Kristen shepherds a family of brands toward their goals, and maintains internal cohesion and values alignment. The companies include JB Media Group, a digital marketing and content strategy firm, JB Media Institute, an online digital marketing school, and RomanticAsheville.com, a guide for locals and tourists in Western North Carolina. In client work Kristen specializes in website UX and conversion optimization.

  • Nourma Bumgarner

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    Volunteer Chair

  • Russell Fair

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    Sponsors Committee chair

  • Steve Ayers

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    Venue committee chair.

    Developer of WP Security Safe

  • Tim O’Haver

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    Tim O’Haver is a web guy from way back, with 20+ years of volunteer work building and managing websites for small nonprofits. He is a former Fortune 500 web team project lead; more recently, a former small agency WordPress fixer, and an enthusiastic GiveCamper

    In these Covid-19 times, Tim finds it especially inspiring to work alongside resilient and motivated volunteers in the WordPress community! In addition to helping to organize two virtual 2020 WordCamps, he is part of the WordPress.tv team, and a Google Season of Docs mentor with the WordPress.org Documentation team