{"id":2530,"date":"2022-07-27T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/?p=2530"},"modified":"2022-07-27T18:33:05","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T01:33:05","slug":"wcus-speakers-round-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wcus-speakers-round-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing WordCamp US Speakers, Round 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join us in welcoming our first round of speakers for WordCamp US 2022 in San Diego, California. We are announcing our event schedule in the coming weeks, so&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/subscribe\/\">subscribe for the latest updates<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-x-large-font-size wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\">Round One, WCUS 2022 Speakers&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wordcamp-block wordcamp-post-list has-layout-list wordcamp-speakers has-wcus-color-rings\"><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-alain-schlesser\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/alain-schlesser\/\">Alain Schlesser<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/alain-schlesser\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6dde7f578e5530884238e7173f768ae3a890b6d66eb99262a82f2c494a1b67d4?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Alain Schlesser\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-excerpt\"><p>Alain is a freelance software engineer, WordPress consultant, and Google Developers Expert in Web Technologies living in Germany. He is the maintainer of WP-CLI, the command-line interface for WordPress, and works on WordPress Core as a contributor and component maintainer. He offers higher-level consulting, code reviews, and software design coaching, enabling companies to deal with &hellip; <\/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-chris-lubkert\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/chris-lubkert\/\">Chris Lubkert<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/chris-lubkert\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b8c479d8dae8a5cbde66db65f77517881d8b03aef48490b1519eb56bc2048746?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Chris Lubkert\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-excerpt\"><p>Chris is the co-founder of Extendify and is working to improve the WordPress site creation experience using Gutenberg. Previously, Chris did corporate development (acquisitions and investments) for Automattic. He also wears his WordPress hoodie about six days per week.<\/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-christina-deemer\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/christina-deemer\/\">Christina Deemer<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/christina-deemer\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8300fa0a476d7b244331f9db1d46012d0e767ccaeba8755a4f664b458270b3f8?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Christina Deemer\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-excerpt\"><p>Christina Deemer is a Senior UX Developer at Lede, a company of the Alley Group, where she champions accessibility and headless WordPress in her work with enterprise-level publishers and nonprofits. Passionate about inclusivity and community, she takes the time to share what she has learned with others. Christina has spoken at WordCamp NYC, WordCamp Philly, &hellip; <\/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-george-woodard\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/george-woodard\/\">George Woodard<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/george-woodard\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8cb7be0378da77c90c9b65a892a46103c778f8ee3e8f3e1b8ca3e6e4e70d5f36?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of George Woodard\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-excerpt\"><p>Since 2012, George has created solutions that help NonProfits and B2B businesses be more efficient, scale, generate awareness, save time and money on their operations by automating their marketing and business workflows.<\/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-joey-daoud\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/joey-daoud\/\">Joey Daoud<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/joey-daoud\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/38a8d7d45d8e63647adb1a9d221383461fd84f97b39f2793fbaad05c4351286b?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Joey Daoud\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-excerpt\"><p>Joey Daoud is the founder of New Territory Media, a production company specializing in creating serialized YouTube channels for brands and interactive live shows. He is also an award-winning documentary filmmaker, with movies streaming on Netflix, The New York Times, and National Geographic. He\u2019s been a WordPress user for over 14 years and stumbled into &hellip; <\/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-lee-levy\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/lee-levy\/\">Lee Levy<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/lee-levy\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/27fabe294336fef2fd9d0512a667aa1a002ef79a093e465c2400e115e2c25e4b?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Lee Levy\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-excerpt\"><p>Lee Levy is a Los Angeles-based creative director and founder of Nex Graphics, https:\/\/nexgraphics.com, with a proven track record of helping companies build a strong presence across the World Wide web. Bringing 25 years of industry experience, she provides graphic design and web solutions identity with a refined aesthetic. She graduated with a BA degree &hellip; <\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year\u2019s event will be the first in-person WordCamp US since 2019 and will be held at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/town-and-country-san-deigo-to-host-wcus\/\">Town and Country San Diego<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us in welcoming our first round of speakers for WordCamp US 2022 in San Diego, California. We are announcing our event schedule in the coming weeks, so&nbsp;subscribe for the latest updates. Round One, WCUS 2022 Speakers&nbsp; This year\u2019s event will be the first in-person WordCamp US since 2019 and will be held at the&nbsp;Town [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15433379,"featured_media":7576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[46],"class_list":["post-2530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcement","tag-speakers"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/files\/2022\/07\/wcus-speakers-round01.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdv5jU-EO","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15433379"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2530"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7651,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2530\/revisions\/7651"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}