Co-Lead Organizer
Brad is the organizer of the North Fulton WordPress Meetup and has been working with WordPress since 2009. He’s the founder of GoWP, a WordPress support company that serves agencies and small businesses. When Brad is not sitting in front of a computer, he’s busy following the Tar Heels and spending time with his wife, Marie and daughter, Elena.

Co-Lead Organizer
“Thought leader” is one of those accolades that many aspire to, but few deserve. Mickey is the real thing –– a widely acknowledged thought leader in the WordPress space. He follows more than 500 blogs to stay current on every aspect of digital media. He’s also a sought-after teacher, sharing his expertise across Metro Atlanta on all aspects of technology, social media and analytics through monthly WordPress-focused Meetups and other gatherings of experts and learners. He’s competitive but generous as he helps others develop their skills. Along the way, he has retained the stamina and determination of the long-distance runner he used to be.

Away from his three-screen workstation, he coaches his daughter’s soccer team, plays softball and enjoys ice cream with his wife, Kelly, and their two girls.

You can find him on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ or LinkedIn, among others.

Organizer
Diana has been creating websites for clients since 1995. From 1997 through 2000, she was Executive Vice President of a local web design firm, managing a staff of 15. She has worked as a professional Web developer, as Lavender Threads / Diana Nichols and company, since 1998.

She co-facilitates the Developer track for A Brighter Web meetups each month. She also has a strong background in marketing, event management, and internet technology, and is a certified Life Coach.

Diana’s other passion is art. When she’s not coding, she’s probably painting (unless, of course, she’s hanging out with her 5 adorable grandkids).

You can find out more at DianaNichols.com, WPWhatNot.com, and DianaWorks.com.

Sponsor Team Lead
A leader in the Atlanta WordPress community, Kathy has been supporting WordPress people for as long as we’ve known her. She’s a long-standing organizer of WordCamp Atlanta (2010-2019) and WordCamp US 2017-2019, a WordPress consultant, the organizer of the Marietta WordPress Meetup, and so, so much more.

Her firm, Kathy Drewien & Company, rescues abandoned, broken, ugly, orphaned, and non-productive websites. Kathy is an attentive listener who asks powerful questions in conversations that guide brave thoughtful freelancers and entrepreneurs to create life-changing results.

Kathy’s life beyond WordPress includes delighting in her role as Nana, completing 2000-piece jigsaw puzzles, and expanding her Le Creuset cookware collection and resale shop.

Connect on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Slack channels.

Speaker Team LeadI’m a designer that turned into a developer and now an agency owner (but I still try to write code when I can). I’ve been working with WordPress since 2008. I’ve worked with a couple of Fortune 100 companies but also with the local sewing machine shop. I co-lead a WordPress developer Meetup and the Atlanta WordPress Meetup.

Social Events Team Lead
Bret Phillips has been building WordPress websites since 2009. Recently merging his business with Sideways8, he now focuses on sales, business processes, and helping customers with their website strategy.

Volunteers Team Lead

Daniel is the founder of JDS WebDesign, a Digital Marketing Strategy Company that helps small to mid-size companies. JDS WebDesign builds, supports and markets WordPress websites. Daniel has been building websites for 16 + years, and working as a free lance designer for JDS WebDesign since August 2007.

In his spare time, Daniel loves hanging out with his family, playing a round of golf, listening to some jazz, writing blog material, and working on his podcast.

Contributor Day Team Lead
Naomi’s been working with WordPress as a professional developer since 2005, and you can currently find her over at gravityplus.pro where she specializes in quickly delivering custom business applications at a fraction of the cost.

She contributes back to the WordPress project through the core code, the codex documentation, free plugins, organizing the WordPress Gwinnett meetup, organizing WordCamp Atlanta, and speaking at WordCamps.

Registration And Social Media Teams Lead
Renee Dobbs is a self-proclaimed Domestic Goddess with 3 very spoiled whippets who have her wrapped around their little toes. Renee created her first WordPress website in 2011 and sold it in 2017. She launched a new site in 2018, Spoiled Hounds, to celebrate dogs. You can follow her and the hounds on Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram.

Content Lead
Emory started blogging with WordPress 1.0 and hasn’t looked back since. He’s involved in the Atlanta WordPress community and heads Atlanta SEO consultancy, Leverable.

Connect on Twitter or LinkedIn.

Speaker Team

Micah Wood is a WordPress Developer at Bluehost. A professional WordPress developer for over a decade, Micah has worked on sites for Fortune 100 companies, has released over a dozen WordPress plugins, is a frequent speaker at WordCamps, co-organizes the WordPress Gwinnett meetup, is a co-host on the WP Square One podcast and shares his knowledge by blogging on WordPress development topics.

Rhonda has been helping companies solve their business problems in the web arena for over 20 years. Rhonda loves to architect solutions for businesses to help them grow their business to new levels.

She is co-owner of i360 Group, a husband and wife owned Digital Agency. We are going on our 20th year of business. That is a huge accomplishment especially with your spouse! We specialize in building web solutions with about 95% of our business in the WordPress arena.

Rhonda has also been a speaker at WordCamps where she has talked on WooCommerce and Web Development for Graphic Designers.