A'14 Org Chart

• Looking for last year's org chart? It's at A'13 Org Chart
• Other historical org charts can be found on the Org Charts list page.

If you have filled a staff position for Arisia 2014,also fill out the New Staff Member Form. Do this whether or not the volunteer has been on Arisia staff in the past. You can add the volunteer to the org chart yourself, or ask Staff Services to do it for you. If you have trouble accessing the form or other questions Staff Services will be happy to help.

This is a work in progress and the structure is subject to change.

Con Chair

Con Chair: Lisa Hertel

• Asst Con Chairs:
  • Benjamin Levy ( Food, Hotel Liaison, Exhibits, Ops, and Registration),
  • Mike Sprague ( Children's Services, Programming, Events, Multimedia, Tech, and Zambia),

(All other Div Heads report directly to the Con Chair: Communications, Member Services, and Staff Services)

• Con Chair staff:
• Meeting Support:
• Project Manager (timeline): Susan Bingham
• Management Advisor: Syd Weinstein
• Promotional Parties:
• Sales T-Shirt:

• Convention Treasurer: Rachel Kadel-Garcia
  • Head Cashier: Kathleen Morrison
  • Treasury Staff:
  • Swipe Box Guru: Alex Latzko

• GOH Liaison: Debi Chowdhury
  • Artist GOH Liaison:
  • Fan GOH Liaison:
  • Writer GOH Liaison:
  • Staff:
  • Carl Brandon Liaison: Dash

Children's Services

Div Head Dale Meyer-Curley

• ADH: Kris Pelletier
• Childcare/Babysitting (AKA "Turtle Track"): Ocean Thundermoon (there are probably other aliases too)
  • Staff:
• Fast Track: Liz Turi
  • FT Front Desk: Jill Sylvester
  • FT Program: Sheila Oranch

Communications

Div Heads: Rachel Silber and Nicholas 'phi' Shectman

• Convention Website - [1]
  • Design: [2]
    • Staff: Benjamin Levy
  • Content: [3] (Use Request Content to be Posted to request that your updates are posted)
• Wiki (email) - [4]
  • Moderators:
• Forums (email) - [5]
  • Moderators: Mike Sprague
• Social Media Coordinator: Terri Ash(Use Request Content to be Posted to request that your items are posted)
• Ticketing System requirements analysis: Dale Meyer-Curley
• Attendee Mailings: [6]
• Flyers: Lisa Hertel
• Souvenir Book
  • Content Manager : MaryBeth Santarelli
  • Souvenir Book Graphic Design and Layout: Rachel Mello
  • Copy Editors
• Pocket Program : Catelyn Johnson
  • Editor:
  • Software support:
  • Copy Editors
• Guidebook: Eemeli Aro
• Newsletter
  • Editor-in-Chief: [7]
  • Design and Layout:
  • Copy Editor:
  • Staff Reporters:
  • Staff Phographers:
• Ad Sales: Rick Katze
• Restaurant Guide
  • Editor:
  • Copy Editors
• Online Schedule:
• Progress Reports:
• Sign Shop: [8]
  • Staff:

Events

Div Head: Sharon Sbarsky

• ADH: Samantha Dings
• General Events Staff: Adina Adler, Joni Brill Dashoff
• Dances:
  • Saturday Night Club Dance: DJ Johnny Zed
  • Drum and Dance at Arisia:
• Live Performances:

• Masquerade: Dr. Karen Purcell
  • AMD: Deidre Purcell
  • Staff: Joni Brill Dashoff
  • Registration:
  • Registration Table:
  • MC:
  • MC's Assistant: Toni Lay
  • Stage Manager: Mike Rafferty
  • Judges:
    • Presentation Judges:
    • Workmanship Judges:
    • Judges Clerk: James Hinsey
  • Green Room Manager: Byron Connell
    • Den Moms:
    • Repair Table Manager: Tina Connell
  • Kamikaze Kids: Dawn Albright
  • Head Ninja:
    • Assistant Ninjas:
    • Backstage Pirate:
  • Official Photographer:
  • Fan Photography:
  • Hall Costume Awards:
  • Masquerade House Manager:
    • Ushers:
  • Masquerade Halftime Coordinator:
  • Masquerade Computer Guru: Michelle Wexelblat

Exhibits

Div Head: David D'Antonio

• ADH: Skip Morris
• Art Show: Jill Eastlake, Pat Vandenberg
  • Assistant Director: Bridget McManus, X
  • Automation: Nicholas (phi) Shectman
  • Liaison to Programming: Pat Vandenberg, Mary Dumas
  • Mail-in Art: Megan Lewis
  • Close-out:
  • Sales:
  • Setup/Teardown Crew Lead: Arthur Ercolini (Thumper)
  • Setup/Teardown Crew:
  • Staff: Bonnie Atwood, Ted Atwood, Jenny Kraus
  • Student Art Contest: Jacob Lefton
    • Mailing Coordinators:
    • First Round Judges:
  • Surveyor: Allan Kent
• Dealers' Liaison: Ed Trachtenberg
  • Assistant Dealer Liaison: Amy Chused
  • Dealers' Room Coordinator:
  • Staff:
• Artist's Alley: [9]
• Galleria Manager: Skip Morris
• Tax ID Czarina: Anna Erishkigal
• ADH - Games: Mike Dlott
  • Table Top Games: Andrew Zorowitz
    • Table Top Schedules:
    • Table Top Games Room Monitor:
  • LARPs: [10]

Food

Div Head: Conor Walsh

• ADH: [11]
• Quartermaster/Bulk Purchasing: [12]
  • Assistant:
• Food Safety Czar: [13]
• Bread Fairy Liaison:
  • Bread Fairy: Vicki Schnoes and the Brookline Food Co-Op
• Con Suite: Derek Lichter
  • Brilliant Strategist:
  • Night Shift:
  • Cast of Thousands:
• Staff Den: Kit Golan, Christina Schoenfeld
  • Assistants:
  • Chef Behind the Green Curtain:
• Green Room: [14]
  • Staff:
• Dead Dog:

Hotel Liaison

Div Head: Kris "Nchanter" Synder

• ADH: Amos Meeks
  • At-Con Hotel Liaisons: Tom Traina, Craig McDonough, Matt Ringel, Joel Herda
• Innkeeper: Jason Melchert
  • Staff: Paul Kominers
• Hotel Food (F&B):
• Party Czar: Crystal Huff
• Resume Wrangler: Aaron Haviland
• Parking: Benjamin Levy

Member Services

Div Head: Bridget Boyle

• ADH: OPEN Suggestions gratefully accepted
• Access: Tanya Washburn
  • Staff: Masha Sten-Clayton, Rob Allison
• Blood Mobile Liaison:John Hodges
  • Onsite Recruitment:
• Coat Check: Katherine E. Cunningham (Area Head), Greykell Dutton, Barb Jewell, Rachel Olsen Wortheimer, Maya Gounard, Shawn Johnson, Josh Sprague, Louisa Ricker
• Fan Tables: Jerome & Kara Connor
• Info Desk: [15]
• Press Relations: [16]
  • Press Liaisons:
• Promotions and Sponsorships: Stephanie Clarkson
• Teen Lounge: Alyssa Amidon and Carolyn Wilk
• Tiptree Bake Sale: B. Diane Martin

Multimedia

Div Head: Mary Dumas

• ADH: Pam Larson
• Media Panelist Coordinator: Adam Lipkin
• Video/Web Room Coordinator: Lance Oszko
  • Video Assistants:
• Film Festival Coordinator: Scott Dorsey
  • Silent Film Live Organist:
  • Reel-to-Reel Assistants:
• Arisia TV Coordinator: Pam Larson
• Anime Room Coordinator: The New England Anime Society
  • Anime Panels: The New England Anime Society
  • Anime Video: Victor Lee
• Art and Music Panels Coordinator: [17]
  • Art Panels: [18]
  • Music Panels and Programs: Jeff Keller
    • Assistant: Kristin Lundin
• E-Games: Joe Locastro
  • Games Panels: [19]
  • Room Assistant:
  • Video Games Provider: Game Underground

Ops

Div Head: Anna Bradley

• ADH: Walter Kahn
• ADH: Daniel Eareckson
• IT Support:
• Logistics: Lucky
  • Assistant and Loadmaster:
    • Truck Drivers:
    • Load Crew:
• Operation Hammond: Steve Huff
  • Staff:
• Ops Desk: [20]
  • Staff:
• Security:Adam Burdick
  • Assistant:
    • Lieutenants:
      • Staff:

Programming

Div Head: Jaime Garmendia

• ADH: Micah Schneider
• Diversity Coordinator: Dash
• Talent Coordinator:
• Editors:
• Track Managers:
  • Comics:
  • Communities: Aimee Bouchard
  • Costuming: Jennifer D'Entremont
  • Fan Interest: Shana Fuqua
  • Literature: Shira Lipkin
  • Gaming: Andy Rosequist
  • Maker:
  • Science:
  • Writing: Mike Sprague
  • Five Minute Talks:
• Program Nexus:
  • Staff:

Registration

Div Head: Kathryn Kun

• ADH: Josh Rachlin
• Pre-con staff: Amol Vaidya, Danielle Reese
• At-con staff:
• Speaker to Congo:
• Systems Minion:
• Congo Assistance:

Staff Services

Div Head: Terry Holt

• ADH: Sandry Wilkie
• Massage Den: [21]
  • Staff: Jocelyn VanBokkelen
• Volunteers Area Head:Claire Oberholtzer
  • Volunteer Lounge Coordinator:
  • Assistant Volunteers: Alden Latham
  • College Outreach:
  • Duck Hunt: Talisu Lovett
• Space Pilot Program:
• Staff Newsletter:
• Training Organizers:
• T-Shirt and Swag Coordination:
  • T-Shirt Art: Cassandra Boell
• Ribbons: Sharon Sbarsky
  • Ribbon Game: Jan Dumas
• Thursday Night Staff Dinner:

Technical Services

Div Head: Persis Thorndike

• ADH: Peter Olszowka, Abby Noyce
• Events Liaison: Joel Lord
• Dance Events Liaison: BDan Fairchild
• Room designs and documents:
• Program AV:
  • Pre-Con: Janet Stickle
  • At-Con: Harriet Severino
  • Staff:
• Lighting Designer: David Silber
  • LD Emeritus:
  • Assistant LD:
• Sound Designer: Paul Kraus
  • Assistant SD:

• Video Designer: Syd Weinstein
  • Video Gear Wrangler:
  • Video Director:
  • Video Staff:
• Arisia TV Feed: z!
• Tech Mom:
• General Tech Staff:

Zambia

Area Head:Peter Olszowka

• Zambia HelpDesk:
• Zambia SysAdmin: Matthew Barr
• Zambia Administrator: Dan Franklin
• Development: David D'Antonio
• Settings Tweaker: