Websites from WI, United States

Cathy Grier is a blues musician with a career spanning over four decades. A professional musician since 1978, she has opened for artists such as Laura Nyro, The Band, and Joan Armatrading. She won an MTV Basement Tape award in 1986 and spent time gigging in Key West and writing hit songs in France. From 1999 to 2015, she was a New York City busker known as NYC Subway Girl. Currently residing in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, Cathy continues to perform and write music, believing the Blues is a feeling and a way of expressing life. Her album, "I'm All Burn," released with The Troublemakers in 2020, received national and international airplay and reached the Top 100 on the RMR Contemporary Blues chart in 2021.

Jason Kotecki is an artist, author, and professional speaker. He is a partner in crime with his wife, Kim, on a crusade to annihilate Adultitis. Jason uses paint as his medium of choice for art. He helps organizations beat burnout and become more innovative by breaking rules that don’t exist. Jason is also the author of a children's book, 'The Penguin Who Flew.' He aims to inspire, entertain, and encourage people to rekindle their childlike spirit and create the life they were made for.

Adam Fisher is a Milwaukee area trumpet player, teacher, and clinician. He holds a Master's Degree in Trumpet Performance from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, and a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education from the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse. Adam teaches at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music and Tamarack Waldorf School. He performs with the Wisconsin Philharmonic and subs with regional orchestras. He also plays musicals, church services, weddings, and other events. In his free time, Adam enjoys reading, gardening, and woodworking.

Andrew Shell is a Senior Web Engineer from Madison, WI. He is a software developer, writer, and community builder with a passion for open-source technology and collaboration. He co-founded Pinpoint Software in 2011 and built Date Check Pro. He left the company in 2018. Andrew founded Madison PHP. Currently, he works more with Node.js than PHP and manages community projects. He has hosted and developed the JavaScript port of the RSS Cloud Server since 2015 and has participated in the Federated Wiki community, building Federated Wiki Feeds.

Dakota Chambers is a software engineer and tech lead at Zendesk, working on the Engineering Productivity - Deploy Platform team. Dakota and their team build tools for configuring and deploying software to millions of customers around the world. Outside of work, Dakota enjoys running, biking, reading, baking sourdough bread and pizza, and drinking coffee. Dakota lives in Wisconsin with their wife, two young kids, and dog.

Cedar Lehman (they/she) is a student political activist and an Information Science and Technology student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM). They are a library enthusiast, an avid reader, and an occasional writer. Cedar is currently the secretary of the Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA) at UWM and organizes with the Milwaukee Anti-War Committee (MAC). They advocate for free software and are interested in cybersecurity, IT-systems management, political theory, theology, freedom of information, and Minecraft.