Committee and Staff

Division Heads

Kathy Bond
Chair

Kathy, a white woman with short dark hair, sitting outside on a rocky pacific northwest beach on a grey day, wearing sunglasses and a blue-and-black jacket.

Kathy has been chair of Norwescon three times, as well as multiple years as treasurer or business director. For Worldcon, Kathy was a legal advisor for Sasquan, operations division head for Worldcon 76, deputy division head of member and staff services for Dublin 2019, and member services division head for Chicon 8 until a month before con. Kathy coordinated the Hugo voter’s packet for Worldcon 76, Dublin 2019, and CoNZealand. A recovering academic, Kathy is a great person to have on your trivia team and has a day job as a labor lawyer.

Chris Young
Division Head – Convention Services

Chris Young, a white man with short cropped brown hair and slightly graying brown beard, wearing black glasses and a light patterned collared shirt, in front of what appears to be a bit of a Monet painting with blues and greens.

Chris Young has been working conventions since the early 80s. They have worked in operations, security, hospitality, and registration for local and regional cons throughout the Midwest, and occasional Worldcons (Chicon V and MidWestcon 2). For the past two years they have run operations for The World Fantasy Convention. Their home con is Marcon in Columbus, Ohio (which they have been attending for over 40 years). Chris hails from the Northeast part of that great state, where they run IT and database administration for a statewide progressive non-profit.

Matt Ravenmoore
Division Head – Events

Michelle Morrell
Division Head – Exhibits

Michelle Morrell, a white woman with long straight dark brown hair, wearing a headband with veil and feathers and a black top, standing in front of a full bookcase.

Michelle has held numerous positions at Norwescon including member services director and secretary. Her special passion project is the Norwescon Little Free Library book exchange, where thousands of books get rehomed each year. She reviews contracts by day, prowls the Seattle goth scene by night, looks for any excuse to wear elf ears, and lives by the creed, “I read, therefore, I am.”

Sean McCoy
Division Head – Facilities

Angela Jones
Division Head – Finance

Angela has been involved in Worldcon volunteering for over 15 years, combining it with her full-time career as a jeweler. She’s an ongoing volunteer for Boskone as well as other conventions and her most recent position was division head – exhibits for Pemmi-Con. Sometimes she eats doughnuts.

Alan Bond
Division Head – Member Services

Alan Bond, a white man with a greying, light-brown beard, wearing a dark shirt, sunglasses, and tan fedora, in front of a chain link fence with trees and buildings in the background.

Alan Bond has been helping organize conventions for 15 years. After running events and convention services for Norwescon, he jumped to virtual operations, with a field promotion to show director for the Hugo Awards at ConZealand. This was followed over the next three weeks by pulling the Columbus 2020 NASFiC out of cancellation and mounting a successful three-track free virtual event. Since then he has been technical director for RoFcon, Norwescon, and Chicon 8.

SunnyJim Morgan
Division Head – Programming

SunnyJim, a white woman with long wavy red hair, wearing a white top under a maroon and gold bodice, against a black background.

SunnyJim has been involved with various Worldcon programming teams, has been the chair and vice-chair of Norwescon, headed programming for Norwescon eight times, and worked in a variety of other departments at a variety of local conventions. She worked professionally in the event industry in Seattle for several years.

Kevin Black
Division Head – Publications

Kevin, a white man with short bright blue hair, wearing a black t-shirt, outside in a Pacific Northwest forest and surrounded by tall trees.

Kevin was an editor in the program division for Discon III, the pocket program editor for Chicon 8, and has held innumerable staff positions over two decades at Norwescon, in recent years predominantly in publications. His convention job in publishing is a refuge from his day job as a state government lawyer. A bucket list goal is to change his name to Vroomfondel.

Megan Fontaine
Division Head – Staff Services

Keith Jewell
Division Head – Tech

Keith Jewell, a whit man with short curly brown hair and muttonchops, wearing a green and black patterned shirt, standing in front of what appears to be a carnival ride sign.

Keith’s first Worldcon was Chicon 8, where they were head of virtual programming. While they typically get paid to work on cloud services or create theatrical sound designs, it’s also possible that you have seen their work in Ripley’s Believe It or Not. If you have a few minutes to spare, ask about the 1492 Papal conclave.

Cassidy
Division Head – WSFS

A small white cat with one black ear, wearing a black bow tie, sitting on a grey couch.

Cassidy has been involved in Worldcon volunteering since working briefly on DisCon III, followed by serving as Hugo finalist liaison for Chicon 8. Cassidy also spends time fundraising for various children’s health charities as part of their quilting/running community, and volunteering at other organizations as part of their full-time job.

Full Staff Organization Chart

  • CHAIR: Kathy Bond
    • Executive Administrator: Helen Montgomery
    • Advisory Board: Loree Parker
    • Development: Sooshe Bot
      • Outreach Staff: Ritika Rao
    • Timeline: Darin Briskman
  • CONVENTION SERVICES: Chris Young
    • Deputy Division Head: Ruth Lichtwardt
    • Dockmaster: Gene Bennett
    • Lines: Jim Young
      • Staff: Kate Campbell
    • MIMO: Justin Cowdrey
      • Staff: Luke Neu, Mena Nizam
    • Operations Director: Mowgli Assor, Robbie Bourget
    • Rovers: Kevin Bayer
      • Staff: Andrew Montgomery, Jill Mitchell
  • EVENTS: Matt Ravenmoore
    • Deputy Division Head: Sheril Bogenrief
    • Executive Administrator: Jeremy Ghea
    • Hugo Awards Ceremony Director: Patty Wells, Randall Shepherd
    • Main Stage Manager: Alison VanSacker
    • Nightlife: Duante Barnett
    • Tech Liaison: Geoffrey Leventhal
  • EXHIBITS: Michelle Morrell
    • Deputy Division Head: Alex Demboski
    • Executive Administrator: Katrina Marier
    • Area Head: Katrina Marier
    • Art Show: Alex Demboski
      • Art Show Second: Sam Demboski
      • Staff: Caroline Westra, Tomi Welch
    • Costume Displays and Costume Repair Station:
      • Staff: Julie Zetterberg Sardo, Lisa Satterlund (Seaboe)
    • Crafting Lounge Coordinator: Veronica Lacquement
    • Dealers’ Room: Amy Gembala
    • Exhibit Layout Lead: Caryn Meyer
    • Fan Tables: Tonya Clark
      • Fan Tables Second: Jerry Johnson
    • Freebies Coordinator: Palmer Pickering
    • Member Lounge Onsite Host: Jeanine Swanson
      • Staff: Michael Pinnick
    • Move-in Location Assistance, Control Center Staff: Jeri Lynn Cornish
    • Pinball Display:
      • Staff: Todd Clark
    • Special Exhibits Staff:
      • Displays Outreach: Melanie Briganti
      • Guest Of Honor Displays: Elvi Dalgaard
    • Static Science and Technology Displays:
      • Staff:
  • FACILITIES: Sean McCoy
    • Deputy Division Head: Mike Willmoth
    • Decorator Liaison: Chris Marble
    • Hotel Liaison Team: Jim Mann, Mike Willmoth
  • FINANCE: Angela Jones
    • Co-Deputy Division Head: Alexia Hebel, Bruce Farr, Joni Brill Dashoff
    • Budget: Alexia Hebel, Bruce Farr
    • Convention Treasurer: Eric Weber
      • At Con Treasurer: Joanne Lawler
        • Cash Office Manager: Annie Yotova
    • Liaison to Divisions: Linda Deneroff
    • Finance Staff: Melody MacDonald, Terry Fong
  • MEMBER SERVICES: Alan Bond
    • Deputy Division Head: Debora Godfrey
    • Accessibility: Anne Killpack
      • Accessibility Advisor: Meredith Peruzzi
      • Staff: Anne Killpack, Willow Clark
    • Childcare: Laura Ellis
    • Code of Conduct/Listeners: Melissa Lanning
      • Deputy Area Head: Dybbuk Klezmer
    • Community Fund: Jade Tunnell, Stefanie Riehle
      • Staff: Dawn Shaw
    • At-Con Info Desk:
      • Staff:
    • Pre-Con Info Desk: Terry Neill
      • Staff:
    • NFP Hosting: Don Glover
    • Registration: Kate Wood
      • Deputy Area Head: David Guon (At Con), Virginia Knight
        • Staff: Jazi Akins, Jeffrey Cornish, John Day, Peter De Weerdt
    • Safer Spaces: Paul Schneider, Shavon Walker
      • Staff: Ember Cooke
    • Visa Help: Tim
  • PROGRAM: SunnyJim Morgan
    • Deputy Division Head: James Hay
    • Program Staff: Channie Beckman
    • Autographs Area Coordinator: Regina Renate
    • Film Festival: Shawn Marier
    • Fringe: Amanda Myre
    • Gaming Coordinator: Amy Gembala
    • Guest of Honor Liaison: Helen Umberger
      • Staff: Elise Stephens
    • Hands-On Workshop Monitor: Mark Davey
    • Panelist Vetting: Stacy Ashton
      • Staff: Erin Sehnandoah Baker, Jennifer Mace, Robb Beggs
    • Panelist Surrogate: Stacey Ashton
    • Software Development: Martin Tithonium
    • Program AV: Ian Shaw
    • Program Ops: Scot Oliver
      • Staff: Bernie Strub, Carolina Gomez Lagerlof, Judy Kullman, Meghan Lancaster, Rodger Burns
    • Program Team: Jaime Pitts
    • Single Pattern Costume Coordinator: Kevin Roche
    • Track Leads:
      • Art Track Lead: Scott Lefton
      • Academic Track Lead: Doug Van Belle
      • Biological Science Track Lead: Jake McKinzie
      • Britcon Track Lead: Michael Citrak
      • Comic Track Lead: Terry Gant
      • Conrunning/Fandom Track Lead: Laurie Mann
      • Costume Track Lead: Sandra Manning
      • Culture & DEI Track Lead: Rebecca Demarest
      • Dance/Movement Track Lead: Susan de Guardiola
      • Editing/Publishing Track Lead: Jennifer Brozek
      • Fanfic Track Lead: Erica Frank
      • Fantasy Track Lead: Grant Riddell
      • Futurism Track Co-Leads: Brenda Cooper, PJ Manney
      • Games Track Lead: Eleri Hamilton
      • Genre History Track Lead: Karen Anderson
      • Hands-On Workshops Track Lead: Scott MacHaffie
      • History Track Lead: Jonnalyhn Prill
      • Horror Track Lead: Clay Vermulm
      • Indie Publishing Track Lead: Jessie Kwak
      • Local Flavor Track Lead: Salt Hale
      • Military Track Lead: Russell Ervin
      • Non-Western Lit Track Lead: Leonardo Espinoza Benavides
      • Poetry Track Lead: Brian Garrison
      • Popular Media Track Lead: Crystal Lloyd
      • Science Fiction Track Lead: Olav Rockne
      • Space Track Lead: Peter Glaskowsky
      • Tech Track Lead: Mike Brennan
      • Teen Track Lead: Matt Barr
      • Writing Classes Track Lead: Cat Rambo
      • Writing Track Lead: Greg Wilson, Marie Bilodeau
      • Young Adult (YA) Track Lead: Amber Morrell
      • Youth Track Lead: Karin Llyr
      • Virtual Content Lead: Jennifer Rhorer
  • PUBLICATIONS: Kevin Black
    • Deputy Division Heads: Mark Hodges, Patsyann Jones
    • Ads: John Granacki, Kees van Toorn
    • Daily ‘Zine: Caitlin Cormier
    • Editor: BE Allat
      • Staff: Emily Teng
    • Graphic Design: Devin Jacobsen
      • Staff: Rob Carlos, Scott Douwes, Shelley George
    • Memorials: Steven Silver
    • Newsletter: Cheryl Dyson
    • Photography: Kelcey Bauer
      • Staff: Zoe Cai
    • Pocket Program: Bill Child, Lea Rush
    • Progress Report: John Berry
    • Restaurant Guide: Paul Carpenter
    • Staff: Dawn Gallor, Fifi Ding
      • Blog: BE Allat, Dave Hogg
        • Writers: Fifi Ding, Gideon Marcus, James Davis Nicoll, Janice Marcus, Jason Sachs, Rachel S. Cardasco
        • Video: Brandon O’Brien
    • Website: Cee Chen, Michael Hanscom
    • Video Editor: Dawn Shaw
  • STAFF SERVICES: Megan Fontaine (Retired)
    • Volunteers: Christine Ragan, Emergency Holographic Area Head: Helen Montgomery
      • Deputy Area Head: Christine Humphrey
      • Onboarding: Karin May
  • TECH: Keith Jewell
    • IT Backend Developer: Christopher Ambler
    • IT: Keith Jewell
    • Stages AV: Alex Kiwerski
  • WSFS: Cassidy
    • Deputy Division Heads: Kathryn Duval, Nicholas Whyte, Rosemary Parks
    • Business Meeting Chair: Jesi Lipp
    • Hugo Administrator: Nicholas Whyte
      • Deputy Hugo Administrator: Esther MacCallum-Stewart
      • Hugo Help Coordinator: Rosemary Parks, Terry Neill
      • Hugo Packet Coordinator: Jed Hartman
    • Site Selection Coordinator: Rosemary Parks
    • Software Support: Chris Rose

Org chart current as of Nov 18, 2024 @ 9:18 am.