{"id":2532,"date":"2022-07-28T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/?p=2532"},"modified":"2022-07-29T15:38:31","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T22:38:31","slug":"wcus-speakers-round-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wcus-speakers-round-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing WordCamp US Speakers, Round 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join us in welcoming our second 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 Two, 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-alex-stine\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/alex-stine\/\">Alex Stine<\/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\/alex-stine\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/73ebc14ff1617d1d49b170abc69d43bd75df1e735aaa2308a722d88770def73a?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Alex Stine\" \/>\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>Alex Stine is a Cloud Platform Engineer at Waystar and an independent accessibility consultant. He is part of the core accessibility team, regularly contributing to WordPress accessibility, and is an organizer for WP Accessibility Day. Alex got his start in web development thanks to WordPress by starting off in tech support, moving into accessibility development, &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-amber-hinds\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/amber-hinds\/\">Amber Hinds<\/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\/amber-hinds\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/de28dc6cd860dfba5e870bc8581b6dfe90719545a70690e109dde31b77687efc?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Amber Hinds\" \/>\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>Amber Hinds is the CEO of Equalize Digital, Inc., a Certified B Corp specializing in WordPress accessibility, maker of the Accessibility Checker plugin, and lead organizer of the WordPress Accessibility Meetup and WP Accessibility Day conference. Through her work at Equalize Digital, Amber is striving to create a world where all people have equal access &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-ben-meredith\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/ben-meredith\/\">Ben Meredith<\/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\/ben-meredith\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/08e0e3da11eef59b738cf61d8b0a18d8ba6b29f90f93bc202481502fa36321f3?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Ben Meredith\" \/>\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>What makes a guy with a bachelor&#039;s degree in religious studies and no formal web training into a web developer with hundreds of thousands of downloads of his projects, and then has the audacity to get him a career in technical support and management? WordPress does. Ben is a developer and technical support lead focused &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-ebonie-butler\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/ebonie-butler\/\">Ebonie Butler<\/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\/ebonie-butler\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6d0895687d865f06ae798182da640a465a2ddfc3d7eb669a044822baf98815f9?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Ebonie Butler\" \/>\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>Ebonie, also known as &#039;Metal &amp; Coffee&quot;, is a senior software engineer at Penske Media Corporation and the founder of the WordPress Women of Color community. She is also a Metal DJ, having been featured on various radio streaming platforms. Ebonie is eager to share her knowledge and help uplift underrepresented groups. She also does &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-rich-tabor\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/rich-tabor\/\">Rich Tabor<\/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\/rich-tabor\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/37699b2f7b137bcf959dadd45e505bb6653ba6a4befa23d0a1beeb43a07457a6?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Rich Tabor\" \/>\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>As a WordPress entrepreneur, designer, and developer all wrapped up in one, Rich Tabor is recognized as one of the top leaders in this Gutenberg era of WordPress. His ever-precise design chops have topped the Automattic Design Awards and led him to co-found CoBlocks, ThemeBeans, and Iceberg \u2013 a markdown editor for Gutenberg. Now Rich &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-ronald-gijsel\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/ronald-gijsel\/\">Ronald Gijsel<\/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\/ronald-gijsel\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f9831d8ca7da791fb4009a71aae0ab708a866d4f1d70a7c7d323139a5b364271?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Ronald Gijsel\" \/>\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>Ronald is a co-host at DotheWoo, the WooCommerce London Meetup, and co-organized various other Meetups and WordCamps. He has spoken at and hosted over 120 online and IRL sessions in the last 5 years since getting more involved in the WooCommerce and WordPress community. He loves sharing and talking to experts on new and innovative &hellip; <\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-x-large-font-size wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\">Previously announced speakers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/2022.us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wcus-speakers-round-1\/\">Round One<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\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 second round of speakers for WordCamp US 2022 in San Diego, California. 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Round Two, WCUS 2022 Speakers&nbsp; Previously announced speakers Round One This year\u2019s event will be the first in-person WordCamp US since 2019 and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15433379,"featured_media":7577,"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-2532","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-round02.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdv5jU-EQ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2532","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=2532"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7866,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2532\/revisions\/7866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}