Organisers
We’d like to introduce you to the WordCamp Europe 2024 Organising Team!
Behind the scenes, you’ll find a variety of volunteer organisers from across the continent and beyond, helping to plan and prepare for the largest WordCamp event in Europe!
All of our organisers dedicate their own time and skills to help bring our community together for an amazing few days to learn, collaborate and celebrate.
Lead Organisers
We’ve three dedicated and experienced Lead Organisers who will be overseeing the organisation of our event and supporting our team members.
They are in charge of helping keep everything on track by bringing their own individual touch and their past WordCamp experiences to set the tone and energy for WordCamp Europe 2024.
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Juan Hernando
Freelance web dev, long-time WP user, and open web advocate. Co-organiser of meetups and WordCamps in Galicia, Spain. Program Manager at WordPress Global Community Team. Sponsored by Weglot 5ftF WordPress Profile
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Takis Bouyouris
Web developer @ Nevma.gr, builds WordPress websites, makes WordPress meetups and WordCamps, enjoys music, books, movies, tv series, travelling, is a pacifist, a liberal, an internationalist and a dad. WordPress Profile
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Wendie Huis in t veld
WordCamp is my happy place and I am so thrilled I get to organise again this year. With BIG ambitions and a great team I am pretty sure this is going to be another amazing WordCamp Europe. WordPress Profile
Attendee Services Team
The Attendee Services Team provides audience support and ticket logistics. They are available throughout the event, making sure attendees have all the information they need.
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Uros Tasic
I’m a WordCamp organizer and speaker, passionate about WordPress. Having a deep appreciation for culinary delights and enjoys exploring the world of food. Working as a Tech Lead at Maksimer. WordPress Profile
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Alexandros Kaounas
A digital nomad and WordPress developer rooted in Athens, Greece. Specializing in creating websites using blocks and Gutenberg. Also, a devoted dog owner and passionate travel enthusiast. WordPress Profile
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Marieta Christopoulou
Marketing Communications Manager at Papaki & Top.Host (team.blue Group). Avid bibliophile with a WP blog named Mybookmark.gr Loves technology, gaming, traveling, and learning new things. WordPress Profile
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Lorenzo Fracassi
Web designer and problem solver, loves maps and transports and playing videogames, chess and GeoGuessr. In WP community since 2018, mod/editor for WordPress.tv, WordCamp Italia and Verona organiser. WordPress Profile
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Ivelina Dimova
WordPress developer working at Awesome Motive, focused on back-end development and passionate about version control systems and server administration tools. Loves yoga, traveling, and photography. WordPress Profile
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Andrea Gandino
I am a full-stack developer, and I co-host the local WordPress meetup in my town. I enjoy good typography, and I like traveling & cats. Using WordPress since version 1.0. WordPress Profile
Budget Team
The Budget Team brings the financial expertise that helps ensure a seamless WordCamp experience for all before, during, and after the event.
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Kel Santiago-Pilarski
Kel is a former nurse, tattooist, WP+AWS product evangelist & WP plugin support. She’s currently a Happiness Engineer at Automattic and has been a part of the WordPress global community since 2014. WordPress Profile
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Toze Vasconcelos
His professional background comes from designing smart homes, and one day he decided to update our company’s website and found WordPress 4.3…and since then, he have fallen in love with WP community. WordPress Profile
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Emma Wager
Ops Manager/Partner at BTW (Beatthewhites), helping people/brands empower their online identity. Love improving workflows and excavating ancient mines. WP novice and keen to be part of the community! WordPress Profile
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Justina Baskyte
Ecommerce expert & business owner nowadays, WP developer & PM in the past. WordPress user since version 1.5. Meetup organiser & speaker, lt_LT translator. Mom of 2, fan of cats, baking & classic rock. WordPress Profile
Communications, Marketing & PR Team
Our Communications, Marketing & PR Team works closely with all other organising teams to ensure that attendees are kept up-to-date on the latest WordCamp Europe developments via our blog, social channels, and attendee emails. They also work with our partner media organisations to help spread news, information and back-stage activity worldwide.
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Steve Mosby
Quality Improvement professional who runs his own accounting business. Hooked with WordPress since his first blog back in 2005. Passionate about automation, communities, good food and wine. WordPress Profile
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Matt Ross
Lover of WordPress and IT in general. Solutions provider to individuals and small businesses. I garden, I keep animals, live in the countryside and about to become a beekeeper! WordPress Profile
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Ximena Vinitzca
Argentinian, animal and travel lover. CEO at Folka Media, a tailor-made web development agency specializing in WordPress. Co-organiser of WP MeetUps in Buenos Aires and WordPress teacher. WordPress Profile
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Jorge Casals
Business Development and Marketing Director. Currently leading two SaaS projects – DataPocket & Filkers. Originally a psychologist, nowadays a tech enthusiast. Public speaking at WP-related events. WordPress Profile
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Mike Johnston
Retired US IT director and program manager, now a writer, blogger, and management coach in Lisbon. Building with WordPress since 2018. Learning something new every day. The WCEU community rocks! WordPress Profile
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Ali Kojok
Torino based e-business developer and amateur photographer. Building with WordPress since 2010 and aspiring to help more local and global businesses. Excited for my first ever WCEU! DAIII!! WordPress Profile
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Luca Rodino
I handle the global partnerships and the Italian market growth at SiteGround. Into the web industry for over 10 years. Whenever I can, I venture into exotic places…and WordCamps. WordPress Profile
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Hacer Yilmaz
Freelance WP developer and Production Manager. Likes to work on complex web projects, from her home office in a remote Portuguese region, where she also has 4 dogs, 11 chickens and a food forest. WordPress Profile
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Ruth Kalinka
Content Strategist, Experience Designer, & Connector. Helps people tell stories, share cultures, & build relationships. Polyglot into travel, photography, food, wine, swimming, Latin dance, & WordCamp. WordPress Profile
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Philipp Zeder
Working with WordPress on a daily basis as a Senior Support Specialist and by creating content for the company blog. Co-organiser of the Basel WordPress Meetup group. Father of 2, husband of 1. WordPress Profile
Community Team
The Community Team raises awareness of contributing to the WordPress project, enhances the event’s community-building element and, ultimately, makes WordCamp Europe more fun!
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Liza Bogatyrev
Russian living in Sweden, working with WordPress products on a global scale at group.one. Firm believer in the power of marketing, eternally loyal to WordPress from the very beginning. WordPress Profile
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Matteo Enna
Sardinian soul! I’m a backend developer at a wine e-commerce company. I rely on PHP and ‘GPL v2 or later’. I believe that the WordPress community is the best example of Free Software. WordPress Profile
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Ohia T
Passionate designer living in Granada, Spain. When I’m not designing, I teach English and work with NGOs doing outreach, direct service, and advocacy. If I’m not replying to emails check the forest! WordPress Profile
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Humera Zubair
A Computer Engineer skilled in WordPress, PHP, JavaScript, and HTML/CSS. Serving as a Senior Developer and Project Manager who drives web innovation, business growth, and satisfies her wanderlust. WordPress Profile
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Aleksandar Savkovic
I’m Aleksandar Savkovic, a WordPress veteran with diverse roles, now driving WordPress growth at Indystack Cloud Hosting. Passionate about the community. WordPress Profile
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Elli Mouchtari
Branding Strategist and Content Creator. Based in Athens. Loves photography, travelling and meeting new people. Always eager to learn something new. When she grows up, she wants to be an artist. WordPress Profile
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Earl Cruz
SaaS consultant, Head of Support. My contributions span the Community and Polyglots team. Organiser and speaker for WordCamps. Away from WP, I revel in exploring the world. Sponsored by marketgoo.com. WordPress Profile
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Wajari Velásquez
SEO consultant with a weird name. I teach technical SEO and WordPress. I collaborate in the co-organization of open-source technology groups. I love technology, the internet, gardening and cooking. WordPress Profile
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Lidia Pellizzaro
COBOL dev in the past, IT help desk technician for several years, Italian Polyglots GTE (translation), WordCamp Verona and Meetup Vicenza organizer. She likes to press keys, roll dice, help people. WordPress Profile
Content Team
The Content Team is responsible for putting together a rich and varied schedule of talks to inspire and educate WordCamp attendees.
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Piermario Orecchioni
Freelance web designer, Italian Polyglots team GTE. He’d like the web to be open and accessible. Besides building websites, he loves clouds, lighthouses, whales, Sparks and loud guitars in general. WordPress Profile
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Marta Torre
Fullstack developer freelance in Open Source projects. I contribute in #WPDiversity and plugins review team and I WordPress Santander meetup organizer. Advocate for web accessibility and clean code. WordPress Profile
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Emma Young
Emma is the Head of Content at Hostinger. Her nomadic lifestyle helps her learn more about different cultures, people, and quality of life. One of the reasons she loves the WP Community so much. WordPress Profile
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Anchen Le Roux
Owner and Creative Director at Simply Digital Design. Co-host of the Page Builder Summit. Lover of WordPress & the WP-Community. Passionate about simple, green and nomadic living. WordPress Profile
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Luisa Ravelli
WordPress and open source lover, Luisa describes herself as a problem solver. Meetup co-organizer, WordCamps organizer and Italian Polyglots team GTE, she loves books, podcasts and horses. WordPress Profile
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Andri Koolme
WordPress user for a decade with a background in media and marketing. Attendee and volunteer at past WordCamps. A staunch open-source advocate and proud Automattican. WordPress Profile
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Pascal Birchler
Pascal is a software engineer, long-standing WordPress core contributor, event organiser, and public speaker. He cares about internationalisation and performance. WordPress Profile
Design Team
The Design Team supports other teams with their visual communications needs and is responsible for WordCamp Europe’s distinctive style!
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Lena Lekkou
Multidisciplinary Designer from Greece, Head of Web Department at SAE Athens, Podcast host of the show “Life of Dev”, Active volunteer in local tech communities, Passionate mentor to young creatives. WordPress Profile
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Evangelia Chatzilygeroudi
Passionate Junior UI/UX Designer driven by a desire to create user-friendly systems. I am dedicated to crafting intuitive and seamless user experiences that simplify complex processes. WordPress Profile
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Leonidas Xiros
Web & Graphic Designer. Volunteer of WordCamp 2023. I love pushing my limits while learning and staying creative. Loves designing, music production, playing games, nature and listening to music. WordPress Profile
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Milvydas Mažonas
Director of Creative Studio, in-house creative agency. Many years working in various creative and design agencies, Deep knowledge of design best practices and a keen eye for detail.
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Sofia Xeniadi
Passionate designer. Loves designing&researching. Games are her sore spot Dog mom Sweets addict. WordPress Profile
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Eleonora Anzini
Passionate Brand Designer and Graphic Designer. I transform the image of my clients by working on visual identity through logo design, corporate image and web design. WordCamp and Meetup Organiser. WordPress Profile
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Gessica Peretti
I’m a graphic/web designer. I deal with printed graphics and Corporate Identity. I love using WP for my projects, it’s a tool that I can adapt to all needs. I’m the co-organizer of the Torino meetup. WordPress Profile
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Claudio Rimann
Background in print and graphic design, Claudio co-founded and runs a Design & WordPress agency, created a popular plugin for photographers. do_action, WordCamp and meetup co-organiser in Switzerland. WordPress Profile
IT & Website Team
Our IT and Website team helps make sure that everything ticks, the website works, and teams have access to everything that they need.
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Pascal Casier
International Polyglot Mentor, fr_BE/nl_BE GTE, TranslationDay3 Global Lead, WCEU 2018-19-20-23 Organiser. Belgian based in Italy, missing beer and chocolate but loving coffee and food. WordPress Profile
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Enrico Battocchi
Enrico met WP in 2007. Creator of the Duplicate Post plugin, he’s now Plugin Team lead dev at Yoast. Used to be a movie buff, he still organizes film festivals in his hometown of Livorno, Tuscany. WordPress Profile
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Thom Stackhouse
Works within a specialist technical team at Automattic. Passionate about all things WP. Has a long history of working with plugins having retrained as a developer at 27. Attended his first WC in 2022. WordPress Profile
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Carlos Longarela
WordPress developer, principally backend and a bit of frontend. Freelancer, time is yours. Loves WPO and resolving problems. Photography lover, he edits a magazine since 2006 (yes, it’s WordPress). WordPress Profile
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Giacoma Stefania Allegretta
Italian Polyglots member and GTE, attended WordCamps either as organizer (Bari), volunteer (Verona) or speaker (Torino). Frontend developer on working days, loving sports and pet my cute dog otherwise. WordPress Profile
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Fotis Stathopoulos
Long-term supporter of WordPress and active member of the Greek Community. He has helped in the organization of both local and international WordCamps. Currently working at Automattic. WordPress Profile
Local Team
Our Local Team brings a wealth of knowledge and contacts for Torino, supporting logistics, sourcing local suppliers and venues – but also highlighting some of the sights and history of our host city.
Thanks to the work of this team, attendees can learn more about cultural customs and reduce potential barriers or difficulties in language.
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Laura Sacco
WordPress lover, polyglots passionate and WP events organiser. Laura is a Support Engineer @Yoast, and new businesses consultant. She used to be a social worker, and believes that fairytales are true. WordPress Profile
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Gloria Liuni
Web Designer freelance. Moderator of the Italian Support Forum, passionate about WP since 2009. She teaches the use of WordPress with easy and kind words. Loves taking long walks with her dog. WordPress Profile
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Marco Chiesi
Software Engineer and WordPress enthusiast who contributed in different fields: plugin developer, WordCamp/Meetup speaker & organizer, translator, and core contributor. Head of WordPress at Hostinger. WordPress Profile
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Cristiano Zanca
Cristiano Zanca started Internet browsing in 1995 with a 14400Kbps modem Today he is the product manager of an eCommerce software based on WordPress WooCommerce and an Open Source Software supporter. WordPress Profile
Photography Team
With images and videos, the Photography Team documents and tells the visual story of the WordPress community coming together to learn and engage at WordCamp Europe.
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Kostas Fryganiotis
Kostas is a professional photographer at kfphotography.gr and web developer/project manager at nevma.gr. He is a member of the Athens WC and Athens WP meetup organizing team and WCEU Athens. WordPress Profile
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Anastasiya Kolomoytseva
WordPress enthusiast since 2007, juggling plugins, 3 dogs, and 5 cats—keeping code and paws in harmony! Product Manager at Uncanny Owl, dedicated to growing Uncanny Automator plugin. WordPress Profile
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Nilo Vélez
Co-organizer of WordPress Sevilla, es_ES polyglots GTE and WPTV moderator. Nilo has been making websites since 1998 and helping people stream events since 2019. WordPress Profile
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Selena Salustri
Dog, travel, photography, and WP lover. She was a volunteer at most of the WC Europe and in several WC around Italy as well. WordPress Profile
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Stefano Cassone
Freelance web designer, GTE of the Italian Polyglots team and organiser of the Rome meetup. Besides building websites, he loves photography, the sea, the Dolomites,…Iron Man and Star Wars. WordPress Profile
Sponsors Team
The Sponsors Team works closely with our generous sponsors to ensure an enjoyable WordCamp Europe for all involved. You can contact the team at: europe-sponsors(at)wordcamp.org
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Anne-Mieke Bovelett
Anne is a multilingual accessibility advocate with 25 years experience in web design. She loves to connect people. Lovingly chases plugins, theme and page builders to do better on accessible output. WordPress Profile
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Mario Wolf
Mario Wolf is a Founder, Solutions Architect, Digital Strategist, and Co-Organizer of WordPress Meetup Düsseldorf. Passionate digital nomad exploring global coffee spots, street food, and coworking. WordPress Profile
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Marion Couturier
I partner with companies to uncover their core needs, forging a thoughtful strategy. I then relay this vision to the tech team with agile methodology, fostering harmony, communication and purpose.
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Isotta Peira
A passionate community manager, I love working with international teams on remote projects. Since January 2022, Automattic sponsors me to contribute full-time to the WordPress Global Community Team. WordPress Profile
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Lucas Radke
Product Manager at WordPress VIP & Automattic with a heart for the WordPress Community. Passionate about open source, hosting, WordPress, and offline scouting. Sponsor Team at WCEU2023 and WCDE2023 WordPress Profile
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Angelos Synadakis
I help businesses get results by changing the way they use their digital channels. During the last decade I had the chance to work with more than 250 companies in a variety of different sectors. WordPress Profile
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Sabina Ionescu
Accidentally fell in love with the WordPress community while joining Themeisle & CodeinWP in 2015. Rock climber. Loves succulents and jazz. And Italy, certo! Wanna sponsor WCEU? Ping me on Twitter! WordPress Profile
Volunteers Team
WordCamps everywhere are only possible with the hard work of volunteers who sign up to lend their time and energy to make sure everything runs smoothly during the event.
The Volunteer Team for Torino 2024 has the illustrious, but hugely satisfying, job of recruiting, training, organising and managing upwards of 200+ individuals for three days.
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Patricia Brun Torre
Gives back to WordPress contributing to Community & co-organising Geneva meetups & Swiss WordCamps. Patricia loves & creates projects centered on human relations for all to make their voice heard! WordPress Profile
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Fotis Routsis
Athenian fullstack developer, proud member of the WordPress Greek community & WCGR/WCATH organiser! Loves to code and to scuba dive (not at the same time), but mostly he loves the big WP family! WordPress Profile
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Aida Correa-Jackson
WordCamp Enthusiast -Wife, mom, grandma, AfroLatina, neurodiverse. Creative by day, university instructor by night – teaching DEI for the web -pushing the boundaries of the face of technology. WordPress Profile
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Valérie Galassi
As a freelancer front-end developer, Valérie works with WordPress since 2011. She contributes to it in various ways: she organises Meetups in her city, translates plugins and co-organises WordCamps. WordPress Profile
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Carlos Moreira
WordPress enthusiast from Porto dedicated to plugin development. Active community member, helping with translations and attending, speaking and volunteering at WordCamps and Meetups. WordPress Profile
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Samah Nasr
Project manager at Yoast turning ‘mission impossible’ into ‘mission accomplished’. Wanderlady collecting passport stamps & contributing to WordPress. Language enthusiast with a dictionary passport! WordPress Profile
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Jose Arcos
WordPress developer, José is part of the WP Spanish Community and has been speaking at WordCamps, organising local WordPress Meetups and helping in the Spanish forums as a moderator. WordPress Profile
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Francesco Di Candia
Doing WordPress stuff for 10 years, actively involved in volunteering and organizing WordCamps and Meetups, now a brand new Community Deputy trying to understand the whole WP world under the curtains. WordPress Profile
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Michelle Bulloch
Anglo-Swiss freelance editor and translator happily involved in the Swiss community as a WordCamp and meetup organiser. Attends and organises classical concerts when not playing around with WordPress. WordPress Profile
Five For The Future
Five for the Future was launched in 2014 and aims to encourage organisations to contribute five percent of their resources to WordPress development.
This year, WordCamp Europe is launching a special initiative to ensure organisers and volunteers who contribute to the project can be placed in touch with organisations who support the Five for the Future programme. We’ll be announcing more about this initiative later in the year!
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Jason Rouet
I help large companies build their WordPress maintenance strategy at the Whodunit agency. On the community side, I’m the secretary of WPFR.net, the French-speaking association of WordPress users. Would you like to support our organisers and volunteers? Let’s talk about it! WordPress Profile
Thank you
We’d like to also thank members of our community who have unfortunately stepped down as organisers, but provided supportive and valuable insights and support during the planning stages.
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Kartik Shukla
Sr. Project Manager at Axelerant and Certified ScrumMaster®. Passionate about WordPress and its vibrant community. Off-duty, Kartik is a Cricket enthusiast and proud father of adorable twins. WordPress Profile
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Val Vesa
Val is Sr. Social Media Manager for Cloudflare, a father of two and passionate photographer. He volunteers his time to teach kids and teens about how to safely use social media. WordPress Profile
