{"id":2536,"date":"2022-07-30T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/?p=2536"},"modified":"2022-07-29T15:39:13","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T22:39:13","slug":"wcus-speakers-round-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wcus-speakers-round-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing WordCamp US Speakers, Round 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join us in welcoming our fourth 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 Four, 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-benjamin-kostenbader\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/benjamin-kostenbader\/\">Benjamin Kostenbader<\/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\/benjamin-kostenbader\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d742ba2fd89e63712d1fba5482b611150c7f2f2365f7a7aac02b64fb982d17b2?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Benjamin Kostenbader\" \/>\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>Benji Kostenbader is Senior Front-End Developer at Top Hat. He also freelances with Jamstack and WordPress and mentors other developers. He lives in Pittsburgh. He\u2019s lived in other places too!<\/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-cami-kaos\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/cami-kaos\/\">Cami Kaos<\/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\/cami-kaos\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f7ea9be91af510197282996bf1942c029ab234e6e65b0e31f34e7868bb002715?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Cami Kaos\" \/>\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>Cami Kaos (@camikaos) champions diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts for the talent division of Automattic, a company that she has successfully supported through a myriad of WordPress community-facing and internal-facing roles since 2013. For more than a decade she has consistently brought an empathetic and collaborative ethos to the WordPress community and its gatherings. &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-cassandra-decker\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/cassandra-decker\/\">Cassandra Decker<\/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\/cassandra-decker\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/47228cca919375cadca8edc1d6a03ca44e143cea2e548ac2e85d9ec3618e9d0f?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Cassandra Decker\" \/>\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>Cassandra Decker, MA, is a data designer who focuses on driving efficiency in programs, projects, procedures, and products. Decker earned a master\u2019s degree in applied anthropology (with a cultural and economic focus) from the University of South Florida and a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Spanish, English, and Political Science from the University of Iowa. Decker also &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-david-yarde\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/david-yarde\/\">David Yarde<\/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\/david-yarde\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9673132cd7c13fa28b9da1c44cde0aab2f4cfc2ac2001b1cfb2bf6d55062d229?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of David Yarde\" \/>\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>David is a creative &quot;dark knight&quot; recovering from burnout and sharing the 18+ years of lessons learned in design, software programming, and building brand experiences to help individuals and teams build lovable products and cultures.<\/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-maddy-osman\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/maddy-osman\/\">Maddy Osman<\/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\/maddy-osman\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6504e9b6f5919739d35ba26de03928bed0597569053351a3711eedc5e0b32d2d?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Maddy Osman\" \/>\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>Maddy Osman is a digital native with a decade-long devotion to creating engaging, accessible, and relevant content. After teaching herself web design at age 11, she found her true passion in content creation\u2014learning the intricacies while transitioning from technical to creative SEO marketer. Maddy&#039;s journey from freelance writer to founder and CEO of The Blogsmith &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-sara-cannon\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/sara-cannon\/\">Sara Cannon<\/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\/sara-cannon\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/474fd1aacd8579b9ad8c17ad9fcdb03d56bd08fd70aaf9abe127358bc259efc0?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Sara Cannon\" \/>\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>Sara is a seasoned UI \/ UX designer, former business owner, creative director, and passionate about creating an accessible web.<\/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><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/2022.us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wcus-speakers-round-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Round Two<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/2022.us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wcus-speakers-round-3\/\">Round Three<\/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 fourth 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 Four, WCUS 2022 Speakers&nbsp; Previously announced speakers Round One Round Two&nbsp; Round Three This year\u2019s event will be the first in-person WordCamp [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15433379,"featured_media":7823,"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-2536","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-final-04.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdv5jU-EU","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2536","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=2536"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7868,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2536\/revisions\/7868"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}