Organizers

Stephen is a WordPress development consultant that works with all kinds of businesses, churches and Non-Profit groups. Originally from Ireland, Stephen lives in Phoenix, AZ with his wife Lauren and Golden Retriever “Teddy”.

Raquel Landefeld is a professional cartwheeler with a young soul. In 2010 she co-founded Mode Effect a Phoenix-based WordPress agency. Intentional about community building, she believes that wherever her feet are is where the building happens. She is currently active in several communities from tech to government to neighborhoods and more.

On the personal side of her life she is a wife & mum, dancer, music lover, an amateur photographer, and has a 20-year-curated Wonder Woman collection.

Justin Tucker is back-end developer at The Wirecutter. He’s active in the Arizona WordPress Group and outside of programming he can be found doing anything outdoors, from hiking to camping.

David Ryan is a WordPress Engineer at Time Inc. In the past he’s worked at Arizona State University’s New Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lab, nonprofit newsrooms and Forrester Research.

Cory Jenkins hails from mile high Prescott, Arizona and is a Co-Founder/Developer at Aspen Grove Studios & Managing Partner at Divi Space. He is a WordPress Enthusiast, blogger and lover of all things tech. In his spare time, Cory enjoys spending time with his kids, cheering for the Dodgers, camping/fishing, and relentlessly hunting for sasquatch.

Carol is the Principal and co-founder of FreeUp Web Studio is the current Arizona WordPress Meetup Organizer with a membership of 1800+ around the Phoenix metro area.

Betsy Cohen joined FanSided as Product Manager last year after running a boutique web design agency for 10+ years. She speaks at occasional conferences on the web design process, user experience, and WordPress, and hosts a local WordPress Meetup. Outside of work, Betsy is raising 3 digital-age children, and enjoys such analog activities as reading, yoga and hiking.

Andrea is a web developer at FanSided. Previously she built sites for Positive Element and managed WordPress sites at RadiateWP. Andrea is active in the Phoenix community, including the Arizona WordPress Meetups.