Bianca is a diehard WordPresser who first joined the community in 2005. From personal blogging to boutique consulting, she has now evolved into a community leader, helping the Jamaican WordPress community grow and become an active part of the wider WordPress world. When not working on community, she can be found with her nose in a book or floating in water.

David Carr is a writer, editor, speaker and digital consultant. He has been an editor for publications including InformationWeek, Baseline, and Internet World and is the author of Social Collaboration for Dummies. His WordPress plugins include RSVPMaker, Facebook Tab Manager and Floating Callout. He founded the WordPress for Toastmasters project and the Online Presenters Toastmasters club, which focuses on presentation skills for webinars and online events.

Nathan is the Host at iThemes Training where he teaches WordPress and freelance business development topics via live webinar.

He is also the creator of ADVANCE Coaching, working with WordPress business owners individually and in groups to help them become more successful in their businesses. Nathan has been a freelance web developer since 1995, and is based in Birmingham, Alabama where he is an organizer for WordCamp Birmingham. You can learn more about Nathan at https://nathaningram.com.

Andrea is the Chief Content Creator at SiteGround and the lead organizer for WordCamp Montreal. She trained as a broadcast journalist and worked in corporate communications before trading it for a career in tech. Now she spends her days developing brand messaging, copy editing and blogging. When she’s not at home in Montreal, she’s sampling the digital nomad life and documenting her adventures on her travel blog.

When not banging his head on his monitor, attempting a blood sacrifice to get a particular piece of code working, he enjoys building and managing development teams using his widely imitated but never patented management style of “management by wandering around”.

These days, when not working with PHP, Cal can be found working on a variety of projects like CoderFaire. He speaks at conferences around the world on topics ranging from technical talks to motivational talks for developers. If you happen to meet him at a conference, don’t be afraid to buy him a shot of Bourbon.

Cal is based in Jupiter, FL where he is happily married to wife 1.31, the lovely and talented Kathy. Together they have 2 wonderful kids who were both smart enough not to pursue a job in IT.

I have been working with websites since 2013. But I’ve been designing stuff since I was small. I grew up in theatre, learning how to collaborate with others, work toward a common goal, and create something that is larger than the sum of its parts.
In 2013, I started teaching myself web design and coding out of books. My first job as a junior designer introduced me to WordPress, one of my favorite things in the world. I also learned about SEO, social media marketing, website security, and just how to run a business well. I struck out and started my own business (Allie Nimmons Creative) in 2016. I rebranded as Pixel Glow Web Design in 2018.

Gayle Williams, owner of Vision Marketing in Sarasota, FL, has spent the majority of her career as a marketing professional directing marketing operations for not-for-profits and small businesses. Gayle moved over to agency account management in 2002 and founded her own agency in 2008. From directing strategy and client relations she moved into hands-on design and development—growing in the opposite direction than most designers has had its strategic advantages. Today she runs a thriving digital marketing and WordPress design business from her home office, and enjoys the work-family balance it provides.

Gayle was an early inbound marketing adopter as a Hubspot partner agency and maintains her Inbound Marketing certification. She is also a WP Elevation-certified Digital Business Consultant. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music and a Masters in Adult Learning and Development.

Chris is an engineer at WP Engine who has been working on WordPress since 2008. Over the years he built one of the largest security plugins on WordPress.org as well as numerous other plugins, themes and solutions for sites large and small. When not coding Chris loves to teach and has presented at numerous WordCamps and other conferences as well as taught computer security for St. Edward’s University and other University courses ranging from computers to aviation.