(As of 19 July, 2019)
Chair
Chair: James Bacon
Chair’s Advisor and Voice of Reason: Vincent Docherty
Chair’s Advisor: Ben Yalow
Committee Without Portfolio: Erin Underwood
Design and Branding Lead for Bid: Trish O’Flaherty
Design and Branding Lead for Convention: Sara Felix
Previous Committee: Adam Beaton, Emma England, Gareth Kavanagh, Elizabeth McCarty, Terrence Miltner, Kris Snyder, Patty Wells
Events
Division Head: Helen Montgomery
Deputy Division Head: John Brown
Ceremony Receptions Area Head: Sondra de Jong
Opening Ceremonies / Retro Hugos Reception Staff: Susan Cane, Chris Rose, and Isabel Schechter
2019 Hugos Reception Staff: Susan Cane, Chris Rose, Jerry Gilio, and Liz Gilio
Convention Photography Area Head (At-Con): Michael Benveniste
Convention Photography Area Head (Pre-Con): Randall “RJ” Buckler
Convention Photographers: Michael Benveniste, Randall “RJ” Buckler, Simon Bubb, John O’Halloran, Sanna Pudas, and Anna Stefankova
Closing Ceremonies Director: David Gallaher
Events Admin: Karin May
Events Scriptwriter: Stephan Herman
Auditorium Green Room Area Heads: Tara Boutilier and Tom Boutilier
Auditorium Green Room Staff: Lauri Ahone, Robert Cauley, Katharina Eggert, Mason Engel, Agata Koc, Lori Meltzer, Gillian Polack, and Zoe Stephenson
Logistical Support: Clare O’Beara
Music Events Producer (At-Con) : Hari Shenoy
Music Events Producer (Pre-Con): Helen Montgomery
Theatre Producers: Lisa Macklem and Fionna O’Sullivan
Green Room Staff: Katharina Eggert, Thresa Hassan
Logistical Support: Clare O’Beara
Hugo Awards Ceremony Director: Joshua Beatty
Assistant Director: Alex McKenzie
Stage Manager: Daria Medved
Staff: Mike Anderson, Magdalena Grajcar, Marcin ‘Alqua’ Klak, Marta Markowski, Alissa McKersie, Marcin ‘Seji’ Segit, Mark Shrout
Hugo Awards Ceremony Receptions Area Head: Sondra de Jong
Masquerade:
Director: Kevin Roche
Contestant Lounge Manager: Jill Eastlake
Contestant Lounge Staff: Sharon Bass, Joni Dashoff, Pat Russell, and Sharon Sbarsky
Stage Manager: Christine Doyle
Stage Ninja Coordinator: Chris O’Halloran
Registration Desk: Debbie Bretschneider, Linda Wenzelburger
Liaison to Tech: Betsy Marks Delaney
Staff: Jakob Drud, Louise Kane, Mette Markert, Lori Meltzer and Kathleen Sobansky
Music Events Producer: Open
Opening Ceremony / Retro Hugo Ceremony Director: Alex McKenzie
Assistant Director: Joshua Beatty
Stage Manager: Daria Medved
Staff: Mike Anderson, Magdalean Grajcar, Marcin ‘Alqua’ Klak, Marta Markowski, Marcin ‘Segi’ Segit, Mark Shrout
Exhibits
Division Head: Paul Taylor
Deputy Division Head: Shana Worthen
Exhibits Desk Staff: Ryan O’Toole
Layout: Andrew Stewart
Logistics Liasion: David Farmer
Raspberry Pi Wrangler: Colin Stewart
Art Show Area Head: Alice Lawson
Art Show Deputy Area Heads: Serena Culfeather, John Wilson
Art Show Staff: Barbara Stewart, George Charpied, Joni Brill Dashoff, Sarah Haddock, Dominika Klimzak, Tim Kirk, Jamie Scott
Art Show Volunteers: Richard Adu, Tony Berry, George Charpied, Joni Brill Dashoff, Kathleen Dimmich, Dominika Klimzak, Steve Lawson, Diane McRae-Hardin, Barbara Stewart, and Ronan Stewart
Build a Spaceship Competition Coordinator: George Miller
Build a Spaceship Competition Staff: Adrian Horsman
Creators Alley Area Head: Kirsti van Wessel
Creators Alley Admin: Rupert Schwarz
Dealers Area Head: Erwin van Ballegoij
Dealers Deputy Area Head: Rana Mukherji
Dealers Area Staff: Catelynn Cunningham, Thomas Westerberg
Displays Area Head: Constanze Hofmann, Elaine Jennings, Maciej Matuszewski
Displays Staff: Mickey Blake
Academic Posters: Sam Scheiner
Academic Posters Outreach: Milena Popova
Guest of Honour Displays: Ben Nathan
Guest of Honour Displays Staff: Laura Atkins
Papercraft Co-ordinator: Sarah Little
Exhibits Adviser: Lisa Konrad
Fan Tables Area Head: Liz Zitzow
Exhibits Division Advisers and Emeritus Staff:
Art Show Adviser: Lisa Konrad
Administrator: Morag O’Neill
Dealers and Creators Alley Area Heads: Rachael Kavanagh, Melissa Taylor
Facilitation
Division Head: Esther MacCallum-Stewart
co-Deputy Division Heads: Clare Boothby and Colette H. Fozard
5-2-1 Team (DH Care At-Con): Meg Frank, Malcolm Hutchinson,
Administrators: Terry Neill, Shadow
Blog Manager: Terry Neill
Blog Paint Me a Picture Writer: Oisin McGann
Blog Travel Writer: James Shields
Chair’s Runners: Rowan Daly, Steve Dean, Jackie Kamlot, Emma J. King, Stef Lancaster, Nelly Petrov, Randall Shepherd
Death of Emails: Ben Yalow
Hugo Loser’s Party Wrangler: Craig Glassner
Observers: Kelly Buehler, Norman Cates and Lynelle Howell
PA to the Facilitation DDH: Terry Neill
Scribes: Rowan Daly, Phil Dyson, Meg Frank, and Shadow
Support Team: Phil Dyson
Timeline Manager: Bobbi Armbruster
Website Manager: Colette H. Fozard
Webcontent Team: Rogers Cadenhead, Tom Cunliffe, Veini Lehkonen, Laurie Mann, Marykate Jasper
Website Admin and Consultant: Thirzah Brown
Wiki Manager: Ian Paul Power
Facilities
Division Head: Steve Cooper
Deputy Division Head: Joyce Lloyd
Bar Manager: Martin Hoare
Deputy Bar Manager: Anton Sweeney
CCD Liaison, After Hours Events: Stephen Boucher
CCD Liaison, Exhibits: Mark Herrup
CCD Liaison, Programme: Theresa Renner
Facilities Staff: Naomi Butler
Party Maven: Debi Chowdhury
Party Staff: Emily Domitz, Robert Domitz, William Domitz, Dorothy Sklarsky-Domitz
Signage Area Head: Sandra Levy
Signage Staff: Aurelie Bourg, Paul Walsh
Tech Director: Keith Smith
Deputy Tech Director: James Turner
Auditorium Tech Area Head: Peter Smith
Tech Staff: Maria ‘Nene’ Blackmore, Deborah Crook, Scott ‘Kludge’ Dorsey, Adrian Gosling, Janine ‘Daisee’ Gredig, Vincent ‘Vin’ Heywood, Bill Keaton, Steve Kilbane, Ian ‘Herald’ Kitley, John Maizels, Sondre Øverås, Walter Parker, Liam Proven, Peter ‘Smudge’ Smith, John Stewart, Philip Tovar, Genevieve Tyrrell, Chris Ward, Dave ‘Boggis’ Ward
Finance
Division Head: John “JC” Clarke
co-Deputy Division Heads: Bruce Farr and Lea Farr
Budget Director: Bruce Farr
At-Con Treasurer Office: Eric Weber
At-Con Treasury Staff: Terri Weiner and Peter de Weerdt
Finance Assistant: Gwen Frazer and Sam Scheiner
Registrar: Lea Farr
Area Head, Pre-Con Registration and Invoicing: Chris Ragan
Registration Assistant Area Heads: David Guon, Sandy Cohen and Louis Galvez
Registration Solutions Desk Area Head: Elayne Pelz
Registration Solutions Desk Assistant Area Head: Sandy Cohen
Registration Staff: Gary Agin, Peter Åkerlund, Emma Apted, Claudia Barron, Ed Beecher, Judy Bemis, Dan Binchy, Leo Breebaart, Bridget Chee, Lorain Clark, Rachel Coleman, Oisin Creaner, Deidre Culhane, Todd Dashoff, Fionnuala Doherty, Theresa Ebenhoe, Nick Eden, Katharina Eggert, Anna-Lena Fulter, Louis Galvez, Carolyn Griffin, Irene Harrison, Louise Kane, Katharina Kloock, Lucija Leutic, Rob Lopresti, Kelly Luiz, Andrew Meany, Kirsten Nelson, Paul O’Neil, Nigel Parsons, Astrid Prüger, John Sapienza, Kate Savage, Rachel Scanlon, Martin Smart, Melica Smith, Jesper Stage, Zoe Thompson, Jason Vassos, Frans Venema, Jim Young, and June Young
Sponsorship Area Head: Pam Burr
Sponsorship: Stephan Herman
Fringe
Division Head: Maura McHugh
Deputy Division Head: Harvey O’Brien
Administrator: Declan Meenagh
Dublin City Council Liaison: Anton Sweeney
Dublin City Galleries Liaison: Paul Sheridan
Staff: Simon Rooney
Logistics
Division Head: Brian Nisbet
Deputy Division Heads: Gadi Evron and Colette Reap
Advisors: Warren Buff, Patty Wells
At Con IT Area Head: Rick Kovalcik
At Con IT Deputy Area Head: Graham Hayes
At Con IT Staff: Trevor Barker, Tanya Carter, Kevin O Riordan, and Conor Stephens
Con Office Area Head (Pre-Con): Leane Verhulst
Con Office Area Head (At-Con): Open
Con Office Staff: Liz Gilio, Jenna Kantor
Division Admin: Kent Bloom
Furniture Area Head: Aidan Barron
Furniture Deputy Area Head: Miles Tugman
IT-infrastructure Area Head: Arnaud Koëbel
IT-infrastructure Staff: Peter Flynn, Duncan Healy, Stuart Jenkins, Naveed Khan (SysAdmin), David Matthewman, Raj Rijhwani (Security Analyst) and Cristian Sirbu
Listener Team Area Head: Sarah Brennan
Listeners: Niamh Carey
MIMO Area Head: Bella Storey-Cosgrave
MIMO Deputy Area Head: John Dodd
MIMO Team: Tadeusz Cantwell, Janet D’Agostino-Neill, Scott Hipp, Louise Kane, Dybbuk Klezmer, Mikolaj Kowalewski, Robert Macintosh, Chris Marble, Terry Neill, George Nelson, Michael Nelson, Tom Nelson, Eric Nolan, Gene Olmsted, Yehuda Porath, Leila Qisin, and Susan Weiner
Ops co-Area Heads/Ops Managers: Pat Maher and Toni Korlee
Ops Admin: Beth Marshall
Ops Radio Control: Alan MacDonald
Ops Shift Managers: Jack William Bell, Garth Coogan, Christine Davidson, John Dodd, Mad Elf, Marcin Segit, Neil Simpson, Russell Smith, Jean Thompson, Juliet Vogel
Ops Rovers: Emjay Ameringen, Sandra Battye, Seamus Butler, Don Clary, Deborah Costello, Michael Davidson, Valerie Merriam DeBill, Adrian Emery, Katherine Farmar, David Flood, Martyn Griffiths, Aya Jackson, Rodhri James, Katherine Jay, Brian Kerns, Janne Lindgren, Vivien Little, Ben Lyu, Saul Marcus, Carlos Martin, Marilyn Mauer, Eth Morgan, Kevin Mortimer, Sandra Norman, Colin O’Hagan, Nikita Parab, Marion Pritchard, Alicia Smyth, Theresa Storey, Paul Van Oven
Shipping and Storage Area Heads: Paul Mara and Anna Preis
Shipping and Storage Staff: Angela Jones-Parker and Alicia Smyth
Member and Staff Services
Division Head: Tammy Coxen
Deputy Division Head: Kathy Bond
Access co-Area Heads: Jen Shortt and Paul-Anthony Shortt
Access Staff: Anna Ahern, Douglas Drummond, Helen Gbala, Celia Modell, Patricia O’Neill, Orjo Pättiniemi, Lyssa Sue Shaffer and Giani Siri
Childcare Staff: Liisa Lahtinen
FANtastic Dublin Fund Administrator: Auri Poso
Freebies: Siobhan Greaney
Freebies Staff: John Barthelemy, Cecile Kristofari
Information Area Head: Irene O’Dowd
Information Deputy Area Head: Laurie Mann
Information Desk Staff: Pam Burr, Nikki Ebright, Ian Moore, Virginia Nitz, Nora Schinnerl, Billy Van Ark, Claudia Wallraf
Local Business Liaison: Seamus Scanlon
Ribbons Coordinator: Wyn Jones
Special Projects: Auri Poso
Staff Lounge Area Head: Wyn Jones
Staff Lounge Staff: Noelle Ameijenda
Tours and Excursions Coordinator: Phil Kehoe
Volunteers Area Head: Kaisa Vitikainen
Volunteers Deputy Area Head: Paula Niemi
Staff Onboarding Administrator: Tom Barnes
Volunteer Newsletter: Fionnuala Murphy
Volunteer Rewards: Alissa McKersie
Volunteers Staff: Jenine Abarbanel, Mike Allum, Padraig Butler, Sherrie Cronin, Sam Duignan, Susanna Huhtanen, Tracy Johnson, Gillian Madigan, Paul O’Neil, Sara Virtanen, Nasa Wofford, Sienna Wofford, and Tammy Wofford
Programme
Co-Division Heads: Ian Stockdale and Terry Fong
Deputy Division Head: Carol Connolly
Guest of Honour Liaison Area Head: Colm Lundberg
Liaison for Bill & Mary Burns: Rory Priest
Liaison for Steve Jackson: Colm Lundberg
Liaison for Diane Duane: Dónal Cunningham
Liaison for Ian McDonald: Paul Morrison
Liaison for Jocelyn Bell Burnell: David Brodigan
Liaison for Ginjer Buchanan: Janice Gelb
Pre-Con Staff
DH Team Administrator: Kris “Nchanter” Snyder
Programme Special Projects: Erin Underwood
Grenadine Administrator: Liz Batty
Onboarding Administrator: Jackie Kamlot
Administrators: Rebecca Downey, Jackie Kamlot, Raewyn Nevin, and Kevin Samuels
Scheduling Administrators: Liz Batty, Christine Doyle, Diane Martin, and Catherine Sharp
Programme Content Consultant: Gerald Coleman
Libraries Liaison: Ruth Long
Book Launch Adminstrator: Jackie Kamlot
Staff: Claire Brialey, John Coxon, Vincent Docherty, Jaime Garmendia III, Niall Harrison, Constance Hu, Niamh Kearney, Carolina Gomez Lagerlöf, Elizabeth McCarty, Caroline Mullan, Kat Tanaka Okopnik, and Jukka Särkijärvi
Programme Areas
Academic Area Head: Mike Cosgrave
Art Area Head: Oisín McGann
Staff: Sara Felix
Children’s Programme Area Head: Sal Roche
Staff: John Nisbet and James Shields
Comics & Graphic Novels Area Head: Chris Hwang
Costuming & Cosplay Area Head: Rebecca Hewett
Staff: Sharon Bass
Irish Language Programme Area Head: Peadar Ó Guilín
Fandom Area Heads: Catherine Sharp and Kris “Nchanter” Snyder
Gaming Area Head: Eoin Murphy
Staff: Noirin Curran, Liz Dornan, Gareth Hanrahan, Gregor Hutton, and Cat Tobin
Literature Area Head: Liz Loikkanen
Staff: Liz Bourke, Amelia Chen, Marcin “Alqua” Klak, David Lascelles, Jennifer Mace, Sini Neuvonen, Claire Rousseau, and Deanna Sjolander
Young Adult Literature Area Head: Iain Cupples
Staff: Marieke Nijkamp and Mirkka Ojala
Horror Literature Area Head: Lynda Rucker
Staff: Fionnuala Murphy
Children’s Literature Area Head: Erin Underwood
Media Programming Area Head: Jannie Shea
Anime: Raissa Perez
Theatre Area Heads: Maura McHugh and Erin Underwood
Science and Technology Co-Area Heads: Henry Balen and Renée Sieber
Staff: Helen Pennington and David Shaw
NASA Liaison: David Shaw
Writing & the Business of Writing Area Head: John Jarrold
Staff: Brenda Noiseux, Erin Roberts, and Erin Underwood
Workshops Coordinator Area Head: Caryn Fauerbach
Staff: Máire Brophy and Iain Cupples
Brainstrust
Brainstorming Area Head: Catherine Sharp
Members: Henry Balen, Liz Batty, James Brophy, Michael Carroll, Maeve Clancy, Dave Clements, Carol Connolly, Mike Cosgrave, Iain Cupples, Noirin Curran, Eugene Doherty, Sara Felix, Jack Fennell, Kristina Forsyth, Nigel Furlong, Gareth Hanrahan, Cheryl Harding, Martin Haverholm, Rebecca Hewett, Emily January, Bob Kuhn, Marcin “Alqua” Klak, Carolina Gomez Lagerlöf, David Lascelles, Liz Loikkanen, Lisa Macklem, Maciej Matuszewski, Elizabeth McCarty, Oisin McGann, Maura McHugh, Helen Montgomery, Eoin Murphy, Brian Nisbet, John Nisbet, Abigail Nussbaum, Peadar Ó Guilín, Mirkka Ojala, Pádraig ó Méalóid, Morag O’Neill, Fionna O’Sullivan, Janet O’Sullivan, Sal Roche, Claire Rousseau, Jannie Shea, James Shields, Renée Sieber, Deanna Sjolander, Geri Sullivan, Wayne Talbot, Paul Taylor, Cat Tobin, Erin Underwood, John Vaughan, David Williams, and Shana Worthen
At-Con Staff
Programme Ops Area Head: Niamh Kearney
Programme Ops Deputy Area Heads: Janice Gelb and Jim Mann
Staff: Bobbi Fox, Rose Mary Johnston, Carolina Gomez Lagerlöf, Perianne Lurie, Marilyn Mauer, Liam Proven, and Michael Sprague
Green Room Area Head: Sue Edwards
Staff: Micheal Abbot, David Axler, John Bray, Paul Dormer, Glen Funnell, Naomi Jacobs, Klara Lammers, Janet Maughan, Robert Maughan, Phil Nanson, Gillian Polack, Rilla Rosenvall, Marcus Streets, Peter Wareheim, Kathy Westhead, and Anne Wilson
Autographings Area Heads: Frank Olynyk and Gary Robe
Staff: Corlis Robe
Children’s Programme Area Head: Sal Roche
Staff: James Shields and John Nisbet
Gaming Hall Area Head: Eoin Murphy
Staff: Noirin Curran, Liz Dornan, Gareth Hanrahan, Gregor Hutton, and Cat Tobin
Kaffeeklatsches & Literary Beers Area Head: Mirkka Ojala
Administrator: Diane Martin
Stroll With the Stars Area Head: Debra Nickelson
Special Guest Liaisons:
For Jeanette Epps, Ph.D.: Catherine Sharp
For Dr. Norah Patten: Fionnuala Murphy
For Sana Takeda: Christopher Hwang and Gek Puay Teo
Translator: Gek Puay Teo
Promotions
Co-Division Heads: Vanessa May and Marguerite Smith
Deputy Division Head: Petra Bulic
Admin Team: Janet Clark (Outbound Advertising), Rachael Scanlon (Budget and Timeline)
At-Con Newsletter Area Head: Mike Scott
Newsletter Staff: Steve Davies, Giulia de Cesare, Flick, Sue Mason, Alison Scott, Jan van’t Ent
Country Agent: Ann Morris (US), Heidi Van der Vloet (NL)
E-mail Process Consultant: Laura Atkins
E-mail Wrangler: Steve Atkins
Gaming Ambassador: Andrew Coffey
Irish Promotions Events co-Area Heads: Fiona Conlon and Andrew Meaney
Irish Promotions Staff: Brian Ambrose (Limerick), Andrew Coffey, Fiona Conlon, Conor Kenny (Galway), Fergal Mac Carthaigh, Joe Neary (Galway)
Irish Volunteer Manager co-Area Heads: Pat Fanning and Ruth Frances Long
Outreach Admin: Nikky Winchester
Outreach Staff: Ivan Kranjcevic
Party Maven: Frank Kalisz
PP Wiki Wrangler: Kate Sheehy
Press Officer Area Head: Diana Ben-Aaron
Press Officers: Jessica Elgenstierna, Nina Törnudd
Press Room Admin: Maria Eskinazi
Promotions Generalists: Ed Fortune, Shevaun Frazier, Ivan Kranjčević,, Klara Lammers
Social Media Area Head: Matt Calvert
Social Media Deputy Area Head: Zoe Deterding
Co-Social Media Coordinators: Alexandra Wren and Anne-Marie Mitran
Social Media – FB: Zoe Deterding
Social Media – Twitter: Olav Rokne
Social Media – Instagram: Ila Khan
Social Media Staff: Jenn Arndt, Fiona Conlon, Ed Fortune, and Claire Rousseau
Publications
Division Head: Michael Nelson
Advertising Inbound: Kees van Toorn
Art Director: Sara Felix
Brainstorming Lead: Steven Silver
Copy Editor: Janice Gelb
Progress Reports Editor: Sara Felix
Pocket Convention Guide Editor: Michael Nelson
Opening and Hugo Awards Ceremonies Programme Editor: Terrence Miltner
Events Performances Guide Editor: Mark Richards
Souvenir Book Design: Shevaun Frazier, Iain Clark
Souvenir Book Cover Art: Iain Clark
Souvenir Book Content Editor: Noelle Ameijenda
Souvenir Book Editor: Diana Thayer
WSFS
Division Head: Vincent Docherty
co-Deputy Division Heads: Mark Meenan and Nicholas Whyte
Administrator: Ila Khan
Hugo Administrator: Nicholas Whyte
Deputy Hugo Administrator: Sanna Lopperi-Vihinen
Hugo Helpdesk:Rebecca Hewett, Mike Kemp, Terry Neill, Brent Smart
Hugo Research: Claire Brialey, Mark Plummer
Hugo Trophy Wrangler: Ian Moore
Hugo Packet Leads: Kathy Bond, Kristina Forsyth, Kat Jones
Hugo Video Production:
Director and Co-Producers: Fionna O’Sullivan and James Shields
Editor and Producer: Mark Slater
Production Assistance: James Brophy, Diarmuid Fanning, and Jack McGovern
Hugo Video Announcers: Diarmuid and Emily Fanning, MaryBrigid Turner, Anthea West, Jo Zebedee, Carolina Gómez Lagerlöf, James Shields, Sarah Rees Brennan, Catherine Sharp, Raissa Perez, Fionna O’Sullivan, Helen Ryder, Jim Fitzpatrick, Michael Carroll, Jack McGovern, Nicholas Whyte, C.E. Murphy, USS Cuchulain (Frank Kiernan, Elaine Whelan, and Alan Whelan), Peter Morwood, James Brophy, James Bacon, Chris Hwang, Hari Shenoy, Shevaun Frazier, Cathy Bacon, Marguerite Smith, Philippa Ryder, R.F. Long, Noelle Ameijenda, Brian Nisbet, Deidre Thornton, and Diane Duane
Site Selection Area Head: Johan Anglemark
Site Selection Deputy Area Head: Mark Linneman
Site Selection Staff: Ali Baker, Martin Blacklock, Laura Domitz, Fai Greeve, Patrick Molloy, Alan Stewart
WSFS Business Meeting Area Head & Business Meeting Presiding Officer: Jesi Lipp
Business Meeting Deputy Presiding Officer: Kevin Standlee
Business Meeting Parliamentarian: Don Eastlake
Business Meeting Secretary: Linda Deneroff
Business Meeting Timekeeper: Alex Acks
Business Meeting Logistics Manager: Jared Dashoff
Business Meeting Sergeant-at-Arms: Terry Neill
Business Meeting Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Jo Van Ekeren
Business Meeting Staff: Steve Rice
Business Meeting Videographer: Lisa Hayes
WSFS MPC Delegate: Paul Dormer
