Lead Organizers
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Diana Nichols
Co-Lead 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, and has been an active member of the WordPress community since 2012.
She facilitates the Developer track for Marietta WordPress Meetup 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 spoiling her 5 adorable grandkids).
You can find out more at DianaNichols.com, WPWhatNot.com, and DianaWorks.com.
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Aaron Reimann
Co-Lead Organizer
I’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.
Program
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Micah Wood
Program Team Lead
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.
Sponsors
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Kathy Drewien
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.
Communications
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Rhonda Sterrett
Communications Team Lead
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. Rhonda loves to help other developers and businesses navigate the eCommerce waters as she specializes in walking an eCommerce project from beginning to the finish line.
She is co-owner of i360 Group, a husband and wife owned Web Development Agency. 20 years of business is a huge accomplishment especially with your spouse! We specialize in building web solutions with about 98% 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.
Attendee Experience
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Chris Shull
Attendee Experience Team Lead
Chris knows that many business and non-profit leaders are frustrated with lackluster results from their marketing investment. That’s why she uses 25 years of sales and marketing experience to help her clients invest wisely in powerful Marketing, Messaging, and Website strategies that produce real revenue growth.
Chris has a BBA in Finance from the University of Georgia. After beginning her career in finance she discovered her passion and talent for sales and spent 20 years in the medical sales industry with several mid-sized companies as well as industry giants Medtronic, GE Healthcare, and Boston Scientific. Chris started Heyday Web Media in 2013 as a web design agency and has since expanded to include messaging strategy and digital marketing. Chris became a certified StoryBrand Guide in April 2019. She resides in East Cobb with her husband and two sons.
Design
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Stephen DeLorme
Design Team Lead
Stephen is Digital Media Director at Delineator, where he does video production and web development for manufacturers, scientists, and tech companies. In his free time, he directs independent films, raises chickens, tinkers with cryptocurrencies, and volunteers for WordPressTV and the Atlanta WP community.
Other Organizers
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Brad Morrison
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.
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Liz Eisworth
As partner and lead web designer at SangFroid Web, LLC, I specialize in CSS and HTML(5), designing custom WordPress themes, optimizing websites for SEO, and leveraging Local SEO and Google My Business for clients. I am a co-organizer of the North Fulton WordPress Meetup as well as a perpetual student of SEO.
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Mickey Mellen
“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.
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Naomi C. Bush
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.
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Renee Dobbs
Registration
Renee Dobbs is a WordPress Virtual Assistant and Dog Blogger 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. She has been a WordCamp Atlanta organizer since 2014.
Follow her and the hounds on Twitter, Pinterest, Facebook, and Instagram.
