Lead Organizers
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Aaron D. Campbell
Mastodon: @aaroncampbell@mastodon.cloud
More about Aaron D. Campbell: Aaron D. Campbell
Hometown: Seminole, OKAaron is an international speaker, open source advocate, and outgoing introvert. He’s been a regular contributor to WordPress for more than a decade, and is currently Director of Product at A2 Hosting. His passion is helping companies work with the WordPress project to improve and support WordPress while providing better and more secure WordPress offerings to their customers.
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Julia Golomb
Hometown: Canyon, CA
More about Julia Golomb: Julia GolombJulia is a full-time contributor to the WordPress Community team, sponsored by Automattic. She delights in bringing people together around a shared love of WordPress, and is dedicated to promoting the open source values of transparency, collaboration, inclusiveness and community. With a background in conflict resolution and mediation, Julia helps WordPress meetup and WordCamp organizers worldwide build inspiring and inclusive WordPress communities. When she’s not busy with WordPress, you’ll find her biking, befriending dogs, and spending time in the forest.
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Katie Richardson
Mastodon: @kjrichards@indieweb.social
More about Katie Richardson: Katie Richardson
Hometown: Grandville, MIKatie Richards (she/her) is a human-focused WordPress community member who spends her time working with businesses of all sorts as Project Manager. She admits she is a type-A person who enjoys creating systems and structure and has decided to use those skills for the good of the open web, working with businesses of all sorts, from other independent contractors to organizations with hundreds of employees. Katie can be found procrasti-cleaning when she needs a moment to get her thoughts in order.
When not working, Katie is wrangling her three wild children, hanging out with her husband (and favorite person of all time), Brian, evangelizing on behalf of cheese, and reading (nothing self-improving).
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Sandy Edwards
X: @sunsanddesign
More about Sandy Edwards: Sandy Edwards
Hometown: Winter Park, FLSandy Edwards has been working in the online marketing space since 2014. She started at a niche firm that utilized WordPress to create sites quickly utilizing several options frameworks. Today, she owns Data Driven Labs, a WordPress-focused Agency that focuses on WordPress support.
When she is not working, she loves to give back by teaching kids about coding, WordPress, and other technical skills. Sandy is very active in the event planning community and is excited to see what changes are coming in the upcoming years to the tech space!
Accessibility
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Scott Vosburgh
Hometown: Hood River, OR
More about Scott Vosburgh: Scott VosburghScott Vosburgh has played the role of developer and designer throughout his career in marketing. He has been building websites since 2001 and was introduced to WordPress in 2012. In 2016 he hosted a monthly WordPress meetup in the West LA community for 2.5 years and is currently a Marketing Director at Sierra-Olympia Technologies in Hood River, Oregon.
Outside of WordPress and work, Scott enjoys taking his two dogs hiking, finding great food, and live music.
Attendee Experience
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Courtney P.K.
Mastodon: @courtney@fosstodon.org
More about Courtney P.K.: Courtney P.K.
Hometown: Oahu, HICourtney P.K. has been a dedicated WordPress user since 2004, and a full time contributor to the WordPress open source project since 2016 with sponsorship from Automattic. She is committed to fostering an inclusive and welcoming environment for WordPress contributors and event attendees to connect, learn, and share their knowledge with each other.
When not WordPressing, Courtney likes playing video games and watching movies. When not staring at a screen, she enjoys cooking, mixing cocktails, reading, and painting. Courtney lives on the island of Oahu in Hawaii, with her spouse and two sweet cats. She is always eager to see photos of your pets, so don’t hesitate to share them with her!
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Lena Inurrieta Rodriguez
X: @Lennnair
More about Lena Inurrieta Rodriguez: Lena Inurrieta Rodriguez
Hometown: Miami, FL | Valencia, SpainLena Inurrieta is a digital marketer, web designer, and co-founder at BeleGantt.com. She has more than 10 years of experience managing projects across various industries both in English and in Spanish. As a speaker, she was honored to participate in WordCamp Valencia 2023 (Spain), and WordCamp Zaragoza 2024 (Spain). Additionally, she is actively involved in community activities, having co-organized WordCamp Valencia in 2023 and volunteered in 2022. WordPress is one of her essential tools, and she is thrilled to be part of the community to celebrate this great gathering and contribute actively to open-source development.
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Stevica Golosin
X: @golosins
More about Stevica Golosin: Stevica Golosin
Hometown: Houston, TXWordPress changed Steve’s life many times. He worked as a Software Engineer writing accounting software before he tried Affiliate Marketplace. WordPress increased his abilitiy to develop websites quickly and improved his website design. WooCommerce helped him to build his first eCommerce website. Steve works as a Senior Web Developer in Houston, TX. He was in the affiliate industry for 15+ years and made accounting software for brick-and-mortar shops, for 30+ years. Steve is a proud member of the WordPress Community and organizer of the WordPress meetups in Houston, Texas.
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Tiffany Miller
X: @mrsmilli1207
More about Tiffany Miller: Tiffany Miller
Hometown: Arlington, TXTiffany Miller is currently a Employee Experience Program Manager at Automattic where she focuses on Leadership Development within their support team. She is passionate about helping people find their place on the web and loves showing others how powerful WordPress can be in helping them achieve the sites they have envisioned. With a background in fundraising and volunteering, she got involved with her local WordPress community in DFW (and WCUS) as a volunteer and organizer as a way to give back to the community that has given so much to her. Away from the internet, Tiffany and her husband enjoy Tex-Mex with or without their 4 daughters. She is also a TED Talk enthusiast and loves to follow the work of her favorite TED speakers.
Contributors
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Courtney Robertson
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D.J. Billings
Mastodon: @itsjustdj@social.linux.pizza
More about D.J. Billings: D.J. Billings
Hometown: Wheaton, ILD.J. is a freelance writer, web consultant, Linux Sys Admin, and database nerd. A devoted WordPress user since 2009, they rescue and maintain WordPress sites through https://wp-dj.com. Passionate about open source, rescuing old tech, and blogging, they can also be found at https://itsjustdj.com.
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Kat Zarabanda
Design
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Donna Zeibar
Hometown: Bloomington, IN
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Sam Garner
X: @somethingsosam
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Hometown: Orlando, FLSam Garner is a highly experienced multimedia designer with a diverse portfolio spanning 15 years in the industry. With a track record of working with both international corporations and non-profit organizations, she has gained valuable insights and experience in delivering effective design solutions across a wide range of industries.
When she’s not designing she loves spending time with her family (husband Tyler, daughter Zelda, and dog Dash) as well as baking, party planning, cosplaying, and finding all the best vegan food!
Event Production
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Vanesia George
More about Vanesia George: Vanesia GeorgeVanesia George is thrilled to return for her second year as the Event Planner for WordCamp US. Working closely with the Lead Team, she ensures that every logistical detail is meticulously managed to create a seamless and memorable experience for attendees. With a passion for event coordination and a keen eye for detail, Vanesia brings her expertise to the forefront, guaranteeing that WordCamp US continues to be a premier event in the WordPress community.
Connect with her at vanesia@vgeorge.co.
Food & Beverages
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Sam Daugherty
More about Sam Daugherty: Sam DaughertySam is the Marketing Manager at Paid Memberships Pro. She grew up working in a small family business and loves to support other small businesses. When she is not wearing her marketing hat, she enjoys quilting and spending time with her dog.
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Sandy Edwards
X: @sunsanddesign
More about Sandy Edwards: Sandy Edwards
Hometown: Winter Park, FLSandy Edwards has been working in the online marketing space since 2014. She started at a niche firm that utilized WordPress to create sites quickly utilizing several options frameworks. Today, she owns Data Driven Labs, a WordPress-focused Agency that focuses on WordPress support.
When she is not working, she loves to give back by teaching kids about coding, WordPress, and other technical skills. Sandy is very active in the event planning community and is excited to see what changes are coming in the upcoming years to the tech space!
Photography
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Gale Wallace
LinkedIn: @galewallace
More about Gale Wallace: Gale Wallace
X: @GaleWallace
Hometown: South Beloit, ILGale Wallace is currently a Customer Success Manager for Pantheon.io, a WebOps platform, supporting WordPress and Drupal. She has numerous opportunities to work with a number of amazing customers, assessing site performance, potential improvements, security risks, and more.
Leveraging her more than 20 years in the web development industry, Gale also is an instructor for ThriveDX Digital Marketing program, teaching WordPress development and UX/UI, at a variety of universities across the US.
While Gale loves everything web development & digital marketing, she is equally passionate about her family, photography, videography, and flying drones.
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Michele Butcher-Jones
Mastodon: @michelebutcherjones@mastodon.social
More about Michele Butcher-Jones: Michele Butcher-Jones
X: @Michele_Butcher
Hometown: Carbondale, ILMichele Butcher-Jones is a lover of all things Open Source, a WordPress Core Contributor, an international speaker, and an avid campaigner to leave the world in a better place. She has spent over a decade helping others with their online presence including site building, maintaining, hosting, and security. Michele spends her working time between being the Chief Operations Officer at WebArc Tech and a Web Content Coordinator for the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business. She also runs her own WordPress shop at 13Core and is the Head Geek at Can’t Speak Geek.
Her passion for making the web a better place doesn’t stop there! She gives back to the community as a Meetup Organizer for St Louis and the Lead Organizer for the Southern Illinois WordPress Meetup. Michele is typically up for any type of contributing to the WordPress Community often as a speaker, volunteer, answering questions in the forums, and teaching WordPress to beginners.
Now that she is an empty nester, Michele is spending her time as a photographer, traveler, and collector of jewelry. She is currently working on her first book set to be completed in 2025, and is always down for an adventure, especially if it involves great food or drinks.
PR/Communications
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Brett Dunst
Mastodon: @blip@jorts.horse
More about Brett Dunst: Brett Dunst
X: @TremendousValue
Hometown: Anaheim, CALinkedIn: @brettdunst
Brett Dunst is Vice President of Corporate Communications at DreamHost, a web hosting and managed WordPress service provider. A brand marketing and public relations pro, Brett can often be found speaking at WordCamps and marketing conferences, consulting for small businesses to understand and surface their brands’ strengths, and being quoted in outlets including VentureBeat, Fast Company, and NPR. Brett is passionate about the Open Web and supporting the people that help make it happen. He serves as the WordCamp US 2024 PR/Communications Team Lead.
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Karen Radley
LinkedIn: @karenjeanneradley
More about Karen Radley: Karen Radley
X: @KJRwebmasters
Hometown: Astoria, NYKaren Jeanne Radley is the owner of KJRWebmasters, creating SEO-optimized WordPress and other CMS websites and digital ad campaigns to help brands grow their web presence. KJRWebmasters works with small to medium-sized businesses, theater, and non-profit organizations. Karen has over 21 years of experience in media and technology, working in a wide variety of industries, and is a frequent guest lecturer at NYU and other institutions on building brands using websites and Social Media. A longstanding member of the WordPress community, this is her third year as a member of the WordCamp US PR/Comms team. Previously she was part of (and eventually led) the WordCamp NYC PR/Comms team.
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Laura Smith-Walker
X: @monkeypuzzle_co
More about Laura Smith-Walker: Laura Smith-Walker
Hometown: Portland, ORLaura Smith-Walker is a web developer specializing in WordPress; she works with non-profits, small to medium-sized businesses, and arts organizations.
Laura has previously volunteered for Portland WordCamp; this is her first year on the organizing team for WordCamp US.
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Robert Jacobi
Mastodon: @robert@fosstodon.org
More about Robert Jacobi: Robert Jacobi
X: @robertjacobi
Hometown: Chicago, ILLinkedIn: @robert-jacobi
Tumblr: @robertjacobi
Facebook: @RobertJacobiPage
WordPress.org: @robertpdAs President of Joomla, Robert Jacobi ran 3.5% of the internet. As Director of WordPress at Cloudways, he was instrumental in the $350 million acquisition of Cloudways by DigitalOcean. Today he returns to industry analysis at RobertJacobi.com and as Director of Global Alliances at BotGuard.
With 20 years experience and two successful acquisitions, Robert is an open source executive and entrepreneur, focusing on strategy and marketing. He has worked with startups to Fortune 500 companies to increase revenue and market awareness.
Robert is an international, well known, and respected speaker. He has served in multiple industry and open source roles, including: President, Open Source Matters; member Make WordPress Hosting; contributor, ICANN At-Large; and former Chair for the Technical Outreach Working Group of the Internet Infrastructure Coalition.
Programming
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Carla Doria Medina Rojas
Hometown: Cochabamba, Bolivia
More about Carla Doria Medina Rojas: Carla Doria Medina RojasCarla Doria Medina is a freelancer with passion for WordPress. She organizes her local meetup in Bolivia, has been the lead organizer for WordCamp Cochabamba, and has been a WordCamp speaker in Mexico, Ecuador, and Colombia. When she’s not on the computer, she likes reading, writing and traveling. She’s also a dogmom for Lola, a very bossy dachshund with a great personality.
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Devin Sears
Hometown: Austin, TX
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Ethan Clevenger
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Jeff Mankini
X: @jeffmankini
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Matt Clancy
Instagram: @flatcapclancy
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Hometown: Phoenix, AZMatthew “Clancy” Clancy started working with GoDaddy in customer support in 2005 and has enjoyed roles from Windows Administration, to Training Advanced Teams, to Product Management. A Phoenix native and desert lover, based in Phoenix, AZ he is a Sr. Product Manager for GoDaddy Pro Experience working across teams to create amazing logged-in experiences.
In his free time, he enjoys spending as much time with his 2 kids and lovely wife as possible, being a dog dad, tending to his trees, geek things (like gaming and Star Wars), having a pint, and contributing back to the WordPress community. His heroes are Samwise, The Wasp, Captain America, Kenobi, R2-D2, and Ahsoka Tano.
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Rachel Winchester
X: @visualwebmaster
More about Rachel Winchester: Rachel Winchester
WordPress.org: @winchesterachel
Hometown: Brooklyn, NYRachel Winchester, or Win for short, is an independent product designer, public speaker, and the founder of The Focus Assistants, a Brooklyn-based startup. Catch her hosting the Philly WordPress Meetup virtually every month and The WWW (Work with Win) Livestream on LinkedIn every week. Win started Visual Webmaster L.L.C. where she pursues a variety of internet projects as well as hosts art & design workshops, showcases, and related events. She always looks to collaborate with other technologists, creatives, and entrepreneurs in innovative ways.
Sponsors
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Baljinder Singh
X: @mikefixeswp
More about Baljinder Singh: Baljinder Singh
Hometown: Houston, TXBaljinder Singh is a dynamic professional in the WordPress and WooCommerce world. With over 10 years of industry experience, he’s a master at both Frontend and Backend tasks. Baljinder Singh is the managing owner of WPSPIN LLC, a WordPress plugin collaborator, and an expert in online business and website models. He hosts local WordPress meetups in Houston, TX, and is a sought-after speaker in the thriving WordPress community. Baljinder is driven to make his clients’ web fantasies come true, no matter how creative or wild.
When not hard at work, Baljinder enjoys going on city hikes, playing Playstation (working on Far Cry 6 right now), and exploring something new and adventurous!
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Justin Sainton
X: @JS_Zao
More about Justin Sainton: Justin Sainton
Hometown: Portland, ORJustin Sainton is the founder of Zao, a Portland, OR-based WordPress development agency. Whenever he’s not building on top of WordPress, you can find him wrangling his five kids and enjoying Portland’s best coffee with his wife. He serves as the WordCamp US 2024 Sponsors Team Lead.
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Ken Elliott
X: @kennethspeaks
More about Ken Elliott: Ken Elliott
Hometown: Columbia, SCKen Elliott is the Professional Web Developer & Digital Brand Consultant for BKreative Media Solutions based in Columbia, South Carolina. With over 25 years of experience in web development, social media, and online marketing, Kenneth has developed creative and engaging brand concepts for over 500 clients.
Ken focuses on community as the founder of a local creatives support group, co-organizer of the Columbia WordPress Meetup Group, and co-organizer of BlackPress.
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Megan Rose
Hometown: Cleveland, OH
More about Megan Rose: Megan RoseMegan is an Ohio-based web developer and community builder. She is a member of the WordPress Incident Response Team and contributes to the WordPress Community Team. She works at Codeable as the Head of Community. She previously co-hosted a WordPress development podcast called In The Loop. Neopets first introduced her to coding.
Volunteers
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David Smith
Mastodon: @uncledave@dobbs.town
More about David Smith: David Smith
X: @dsXLII
Hometown: St. Louis, MODavid (he/him) is a site reliability engineer with Godaddy’s Pagely brand, working to make enterprise-level WordPress hosting even more reliable. He has a rarely-updated blog and is very bad at video games.
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Dustin Hartzler
X: @DustinHartzler
More about Dustin Hartzler: Dustin Hartzler
Hometown: Dayton, OHDustin Hartzler is a Happiness Engineer at Automattic by day, where he helps business owners work all of the kinks out of their WooCommerce stores. If working with WordPress all day wasn’t enough, he spends time each week recording his WordPress podcast called Your Website Engineer. He enjoys helping people understand and use WordPress to its fullest capacity and spends time tinkering with code.
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Machelle Cox
Hometown: Louisville, KY
More about Machelle Cox: Machelle CoxMachelle Cox is a WooCommerce Happiness Engineer at Automattic. She is located in Louisville, KY with her daughter and young golden retriever. She has several years of WordPress experience and is driven by a strong desire to help others. Her passion lies in guiding and educating people on how to use WordPress and WooCommerce. She regularly attends WordCamps and has both organized and volunteered for local WordCamps and WordCamp US in the past. When Machelle isn’t working, she really enjoys reading, crafting, traveling, hiking, and spending quality time with her daughter and puppy.
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Nik McLaughlin
Hometown: Portland, OR
More about Nik McLaughlin: Nik McLaughlinNik McLaughlin is a WooCommerce Support Engineer at SkyVerge, a GoDaddy brand. After 10+ years in Portland, he’s grown quite fond of the quirky, personal, and exceptional small and micro businesses that the city fosters so well. He’s obsessed with helping these merchants navigate the eCommerce landscape and, at SkyVerge, building the tools to help them do so.
When he’s not at his standing desk, you can find Nik perusing the wares of any number of bookstores, coffee shops, beer halls, food trucks, and local-artist-powered gift shops with his wife and 2-year-old son and, when possible, refraining from asking how they like their current payment or eCommerce provider.
Web
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Kelly Choyce-Dwan
Mastodon: @ryelle@front-end.social
More about Kelly Choyce-Dwan: Kelly Choyce-Dwan
Hometown: Philadelphia, PAryelle has been a developer for 15 years, with the last 9 at Automattic. She’s worked across Jetpack, WordPress.com, WooCommerce, and now builds tools for the WordPress community. ryelle is a core committer and a meta contributor, working on the Block Directory, Pattern Directory, and other WordPress.org projects. She lives in Philadelphia with her partner, two cats, and two dogs.
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Steve Erdelyi
X: @stephenerdelyi
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Hometown: Reno, NVSteve Erdelyi is a seasoned web developer, working with high-scale WordPress sites on the daily. As a core contributor and WP meetup organizer, Steve loves to help others become more comfortable working with WordPress. This is Steve’s first year serving on the web committee for WordCamp US.
Social Experience & Swag
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Jennifer Powers
Hometown: Cincinnati, OH
More about Jennifer Powers: Jennifer PowersJennifer Powers is a developer/designer who builds websites with WordPress by writing custom code and plugins. She has been involved with the WordPress Community for years and looks forward to helping with this year’s WordCamp as part of the Social Events & Swag team.
Sandy Rao
LinkedIn: @sandy-rao-31383a42
More about Sandy Rao: Sandy RaoX: @smudra
Hometown: Franklin, TN
Meet a critical-thinker turned creative-thinker back to a critical-thinker, Sandy Rao. A rare find. Multi-linguistic, thoughtful, patient, methodical, structured, problem solver are some of the words that describe her.
In 2005, Sandy started her second career as a Graphic Designer after having been an Accountant. Working at XMi Association Management, she was introduced in 2009 to web development with Drupal and WordPress. To improve her skills, she completed her B.F.A. in 2016, at O’More College of Design (now Belmont University) with Interactive Design as her major. She’s been working on WordPress ever since alongside WooCommerce.
Sandy now works as a Front-end Web Developer at PurSolutions, a research-based protein manufacturing company.
Somer Athari
Hometown: Reno, NV
More about Somer Athari: Somer AthariSomer is an Associate Technical Director at Noble Studios, a digital marketing agency with extensive experience in creating custom WordPress websites. She has a reputation for being organized, hyper-focused on problem-solving, and dedicated to getting the job done right the first time. She is overjoyed to be supporting the WordPress Community this year on the Social Events & Swag Committee!
Will Middleton
Hometown: Seattle, WA
More about Will Middleton: Will MiddletonWill Middleton owns an agency called WPCourseGuide and is a freelance developer who specializes in online courses and memberships. Will specializes in making content to help others learn how to build complex websites in WordPress.