A'06 Org Chart

Con Chair and Chair’s Staff

• Chair: Nicholas Shectman
  • Assistant Chairs: Joel Herda, Ben Levy
• Guest of Honor Liaison: Sheila Oranch
• WGoH Liaison: Walter Kahn
• AGoH Liaison: Carsten Turner
  • Staff: Rosa Carson
• Musical Guest Liaison: Ellen Kranzer
• Hotel Liaison: Elka Tovah Davidoff
  • Assistants: Debra Cebulski, Joel Herda, Dennis McCunney, Craig McDonough, Noel Rosenberg
• Hotel Contract: Skip Morris
• Innkeeper: Tia Kaplowitz
  • Assistants: Adria Crum, Pete “Happy” Thomas
• Treasury: Cris Shuldiner
  • Assistant: Zanne Labonville
• Insurance: Mark Hertel
• Registration: Dave Belfer-Shevett
  • Assistants: Lisa Holsberg, Sarah Twichell
  • Staff: Tom Beebe, Ben Cordes, Bonnie Denis, Susannah Larrabee, Chuck Lechien Jr, Cristin Rose Scott, Laura Sweet, Melissa Tedrow, Katherine Toomajian

Events Division

• Division Head: David D’Antonio
  • Assistant: Patricia Vandenberg
  • Staff: Samantha Dings, Allan Kent, Sheila Oranch
• Boffer Tourney: Matt Pearson
• Captions Play: Mike Ciaraldi
• Charity Events:
  • Blood Drive: Heinlein Society: John Hodges, Mike Sheffield
  • Eyeglasses Collection: Rachel Mello
  • RIF Duck Hunt: Elizabeth Orenstein
• Chicken Heart: Neil Marsh
• Club Dance: Johnny Zed
• Drum Circle: Charles Hannum, Wil Howitt
• Filk Concert: Ellen Kranzer
• Film Festival: Patty Silva
• Screen 1 (35mm): Scott Dorsey
  • Staff: Melissa McDowell, Scott Norwood
• Screen 2 (DVD/live-action): Lance Oszko
• Screen 3 (DVD/animated): Mike Toole
  • Staff: James Andrew, Neil Nadelman
• ArisiaTV: Janet Max Stickle
  • Staff: Solomon Davidoff, Patrick Foster, Steve Glass, Carl Zwanzig
• Amateur Video Contest: Janet Max Stickle
• Gaming Rooms: Jason Schneiderman
• Goth Beach Party: Antonia Pugliese
• Higgins Armory Demos: Mark Millman
• Roman Demo Special: Andy Volpe
• If I Ran The (Arisia) Zoo: Pat Vandenberg
• Incus: Jason Cohen, Felicia K.A.M. McNeill
• LARPs: Samantha Dings
• Masquerade Director: Carl Mami
  • Assistant: Dora Buck
  • Emcee: Marty Gear
  • (Masquerade continued)
  • Green Room: Byron Connell
  • Repair Table: Tina Connell
  • Halftime: David D’Antonio
  • Photography: Sandy Middlebrooks
  • Stage Manager: David Silber
• Raptor Demo: Natasha Hawke
• Retro SF Dance: The Deadwood Society: Karl Winkler, Bonnie Kenderdine
• Rocky Horror: Teseracte Players of Boston
• Spray-Can Art: Okian Warrior
• Storytelling for Adults: Sally Rae Rogers
• Tech Director: Joel Lord
  • Assistant: J. Michael Spencer
• Lighting Designer: Hobbit
• Sound Designer: Mike Piantedosi
• Videographer: Patrick Foster
• Video Hell: Mike Horne

Fixed Functions Division

• Division Head: Ben Levy
  • Assistant Div Head for Food Functions: Ted Beatie
• Art Show: Karen Purcell
  • Art Show Reception/Meet the Pros: Gay Ellen Dennett
  • Auction: Ted Atwood
  • Auctioneer: Mike Short
  • Bidder Registration: Joni Dashoff
  • Check-In/Check-Out: Bonnie Atwood, Jenny Kraus
  • Jury: Bob Eggleton, Ruth Sanderson, Scott Lefton, Johnna Y. Klukas
  • Mail-In Transportation: Karen Purcell
  • Print Shop: Mike & Allison Feldhusen
  • Sales: Andrea Senchy
    • Set-Up: Liz Orenstein
    • Consultant: Ted Atwood
  • Crew: Mike Feldhusen, Karen Purcell, Megan Gentry, Erik Meyer, Rob Allison
  • Student Art Contest: Airelle Rhodes
    • Judges: Rachel Mello
  • Juror’s Website: Jill Eastlake
• Babysitting: Rhonda Radford
  • Assistant: LoriAnn Goode
• Coat Check: Britton ‘Bryt’ Bradley
• Dealers: Lisa Hertel, Pamela Koretsky
• Fan Tables: JB Segal
• Food Functions: Ted Beatie
  • Con Suite: Kathleen Morrison, Persis Thorndike
    • Staff: Rob Allison, Amqueue, Troy Daniels, Pete Gast, Andy Kaufman, Lia Olsborg, Bill Toscano, Victor Raymond, Conor Walsh, and a cast of bakers
  • Green Room: Mike Trachtenberg
    • Staff: Stacey Grant, Austin Varney
• Smoking Lounge: Chris Amshey
  • Staff: Meredith Schwartz
• Staff Den: Rachel Darman
  • Assistant: Ann Muir Thomas
• Staff: Liz Angiello, Joanne Handwerger, Megan O’Neal, Sandry Wilkie
• Staff Support: Crystal Huff

Marketing Division

• Division Head: Rickland Powell
  • Promotional Parties: Ben Levy

Operations Division

• Division Head: September Isdell
  • Assistants: Carsten Turner, Jim Stevenson
• Accessibility: Buzz Harris
• Gopher Hole: Mary Dumas
• Info Desk: Susan Mozzicato
  • Staff: David Wolff, Diane Rosenburg, Rick Kovalcik, Deb Geisler, Tim Szczesuil
• Logistics: Rick Kovalcik
  • Assistants: Lisa Hertel, Hobbit, September Isdell, Skip Morris, Carsten Turner, and the usual suspects
• Ops Desk: Carsten Turner
• Party Liaison: Daniel Abraham
• Security: Jim Stevenson
• Webmistresses: Catya Belfer-Shevett, Lisa Holsberg

Programming Division

• Division Heads: Tracy Gangwer, Jack Dietz
  • Assistant: Heather Munn
• Database Champion: Rachel Silber
• Fast Track/Children’s Programming: Persis Thorndike
  • Assistant: The Marvelous MERV
  • Staff: Ming Diaz
• Filk Czar: Ellen Kranzer
• General Clue & Firefighter: Bridget Boyle
• Participant Packets: Michelle Behr, Margie Cugini
• Program Development/Nexus: Dale Curley, Alicia Goranson, The Marvelous MERV, Sybil Shearin, Mike Sprague, Jesse Wertheimer, Ellen Blackburn, Shoshanna Holzer
• Tools Development: Peter Olszowka
  • Staff: David Kaplowitz, hacksaw

Publications Division

• Division Head: Skip Morris
  • Advertising Design: Erica Schultz, Jet Turi
• Mass Mailer: Val Grimm, Carsten Turner, Rachel Mello
• Newsletter: Lew Wolkolf, Paul Birnbaum
• Photographer: Lenny Provenzano
• Palm Schedule: Skip Morris (with thanks to Dean Gahlon)
• Pocket Program: Rachel Mello
• Braille Edition: Buzz Harris
• Prereg Packet: Skip Morris
• Program Errata Sheet: Paul Birnbaum
• Program Guide: Skip Morris
• Program Grid: Alaina Bailey, Skip Morris
• Restaurant Guide: Jet Turi
• Sign Shop: Martin Garden, Joanne McLernon, Kimberly Harrington
• Souvenir Book: Paul Selkirk
• Prooffreaders: Persis Thorndike, Miraba, Elka Tovah Davidoff