{"id":11488,"date":"2019-08-02T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T14:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2019.us.wordcamp.org\/?p=11488"},"modified":"2019-08-05T07:45:18","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T12:45:18","slug":"announcing-our-speakers-round-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/announcing-our-speakers-round-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing Our Speakers Round 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" data-attachment-id=\"11520\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/announcing-our-speakers-round-5\/spearker-announcement-blue-6\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/07\/Spearker-Announcement-Blue-6.png?fit=1080%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Spearker Announcement Rund 6\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/07\/Spearker-Announcement-Blue-6.png?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/07\/Spearker-Announcement-Blue-6.png?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2019.us.wordcamp.org\/files\/2019\/07\/Spearker-Announcement-Blue-6-1024x1024.png?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Spearker Announcement Round 6 photos of speakers\" class=\"wp-image-11520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/07\/Spearker-Announcement-Blue-6.png?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/07\/Spearker-Announcement-Blue-6.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/07\/Spearker-Announcement-Blue-6.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/07\/Spearker-Announcement-Blue-6.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/07\/Spearker-Announcement-Blue-6.png?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>All this week we are announcing the speakers who will be presenting at WordCamp US 2019 in St. Louis, MO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you haven\u2019t already,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/2019.us.wordcamp.org\/tickets\/\">buy your tickets<\/a>&nbsp;or consider<a href=\"https:\/\/2019.us.wordcamp.org\/call-for-volunteers-form\/\">&nbsp;becoming a volunteer<\/a>&nbsp;and getting a free ticket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously announced speakers:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/2019.us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/07\/29\/announcing-our-speakers-round-1\/\">Round One<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/2019.us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/07\/30\/announcing-our-speakers-round-2\/\">Round Two<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/2019.us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/07\/31\/announcing-our-speakers-round-3\/\">Round Three, <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/2019.us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/08\/01\/announcing-our-speakers-round-4\/\">Round Four<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please welcome today\u2019s newly announced speakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more Loop Into More-->\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wordcamp-block wordcamp-post-list has-layout-list wordcamp-speakers alignwide\"><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-carl-alexander\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/carl-alexander\/\">Carl Alexander<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/carl-alexander\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9dc50dba9cc5e4bf097f44026034daa66e2ed552549ba363304ff22914f4c0d1?s=200&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Carl Alexander\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p>Carl is a PHP developer from Montr\u00e9al, Canada. He lives and breathes advanced programming topics (and memes). He shares a lot of his passion for those topics on his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/carlalexander.ca\/\">website<\/a> where he publishes articles on a regular basis.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s his way to help you with these hard-to-learn topics. That\u2019s also why he&#8217;s excited to speak at WordCamp US. It&#8217;s another way for him to help you.<\/p>\n<p>Besides that, he&#8217;s been a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/\">WordPress Montr\u00e9al<\/a>\u00a0organizer since 2010. He also helps organize other WordPress events during the year. You can find him on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/twigpress\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/carlalexander\">GitHub<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presentation Title: <\/strong> How to beat technical writer&#8217;s block <\/p>\n<p><strong>Twitter:<\/strong>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/twigpress\">@twigpress<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-helen-hou-sandi\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/helen-hou-sandi\/\">Helen Hou-Sandi<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/helen-hou-sandi\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e05110ddfc422ecfc3c68f61f2b08a404343ef8514fed12b460fc9c9aaa47d27?s=200&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Helen Hou-Sandi\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p>Helen is a Lead Developer for WordPress and the Director of Open Source Initiatives at 10up, where she is sponsored to contribute to the WordPress open source software project and sets the direction of how the company supports the platforms it builds upon. As a lead developer, she focuses on bigger picture decisions and feature planning, along with writing and reviewing code across a variety of components and languages.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presentation Title: <\/strong> Open Source, Open Process, Open Web <\/p>\n<p><strong>Twitter: <\/strong>  <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/helenhousandi\">@helenhousandi<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-jonny-harris\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/jonny-harris\/\">Jonny Harris<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/jonny-harris\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/511329dce40c0298ddea8359e3263ae1fb69f5be372bb971cef9ef96cd891b16?s=200&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Jonny Harris\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p>Maintainer of multisite and users in WordPress core and contributing for 6 years. But has been using WordPress since 1.5, he is a freelance developer and lover of all things WordPress. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Presentation Title: <\/strong> The REST API and authentication\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><strong>Twitter:<\/strong>  <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thespacedmonkey\">@thespacedmonkey<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-kori-ashton\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/kori-ashton\/\">Kori Ashton<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/kori-ashton\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3a2d0ea166ef0f601bf320797b8a448cf289da8e6091952c23f66ccf9f92b77b?s=200&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Kori Ashton\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p>Kori Ashton has been listed as one of seven women who run tech startups in San Antonio, Texas, to watch. She started her first company at the age of 12 and has had an entrepreneur\u2019s heart ever since. She built her first HTML website in 1998 and was instantly hooked on Web design. In 2012, she launched a WordPress development firm which now has 15 employees and is ranked 3rd in the city. She also hosts a weekly giveback to the WP community on her growing YouTube Channel https:\/\/YouTube.com\/koriashton<\/p>\n<p>In every workshop or webinar, Kori is determined to share actionable takeaways to our diverse community. No boring workshops. No death by PowerPoint.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presentation Title:<\/strong>  A Mom, a Lesbian, and an Entrepreneur Walk into a WordCamp <\/p>\n<p><strong>Twitter: <\/strong> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/koriashton\">@koriashton<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-sherry-walling\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/sherry-walling\/\">Sherry Walling<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/sherry-walling\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2e41852e79646401a5033c427cc91836130ea8f3eb6b248afa3a92e623bc00ff?s=200&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Sherry Walling\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p>Dr. Sherry Walling is a licensed clinical psychologist, the co-host of the ZenFounder podcast, and is the life force behind ZenFounder.com, a consultancy that helps entrepreneurs tend to their mental health.<\/p>\n<p>Sherry has a PhD in clinical psychology, a couple of master\u2019s degrees and has been a researcher and a tenure-track professor. And to round out her geek credentials, she\u2019s been married to a serial entrepreneur for 18 years. Though not technically a WordPress geek, she loves hanging out with the WordPress community and sharing her unique combination of psychological expertise and years of experience in the startup trenches.<\/p>\n<p>Her book, The Entrepreneur\u2019s Guide to Keeping Your Sh*t Together came out in February 2018.<\/p>\n<p>When she\u2019s not in the consulting room or hopping conferences; Sherry can be found on her paddleboard, in the yoga studio, or doing her best not to break her own WordPress sites.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presentation Title:<\/strong>  Feeling Fried? A WordPresser&#8217;s Guide to Preventing Burnout <\/p>\n<p><strong>Twitter:<\/strong>   <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zenfounder\">@zenfounder<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-steve-persch\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/steve-persch\/\">Steve Persch<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/steve-persch\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/701266631f7dafb4acfa1d8fe6458f3dd6d18678397fc68bea903a37711f7095?s=200&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Steve Persch\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p>Steve is a developer with 13 years of experience building WordPress and Drupal sites. While interning at a theatre company in college, Steve overheard the artistic director say they needed a blog and an online magazine. Steve volunteered to build the sites and WordPress 2.0.4 got the job done. His path was changed and he&#8217;s been building sites since.<\/p>\n<p>Steve spent much of his career at Palantir.net, a Drupal-focused web agency. Working at Palantir, Steve built sites for a range of clients including Foreign Affairs, Marketplace, Public Radio International, and many higher education institutions. Steve was a co-maintainer of the Workbench suite of modules. You can find patches from Steve all over Drupal core and contributed modules.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presentation Title: <\/strong> The Hierarchy of Needs for High-Performing Websites <\/p>\n<p>Twitter:  <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stevector\">@stevector<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1403\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/favicon\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/05\/favicon.png?fit=488%2C488&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"488,488\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"favicon\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/05\/favicon.png?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/05\/favicon.png?fit=488%2C488&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2019.us.wordcamp.org\/files\/2019\/05\/favicon.png?resize=122%2C122&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1403\" width=\"122\" height=\"122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/05\/favicon.png?w=488&amp;ssl=1 488w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/05\/favicon.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/05\/favicon.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 122px) 100vw, 122px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>You don\u2019t want to miss out on WordCamp US 2019! There will be speakers, workshops, childcare, an incredible sponsor hall, the annual WordFest party, and more.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/2019.us.wordcamp.org\/tickets\/\">Get your tickets to WordCamp US today!<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All this week we are announcing the speakers who will be presenting at WordCamp US 2019 in St. Louis, MO. If you haven\u2019t already,&nbsp;buy your tickets&nbsp;or consider&nbsp;becoming a volunteer&nbsp;and getting a free ticket. 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