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Location 🇺🇸 US-Pacific 🌎 Chinook (Multnomah, Clackamas) & Cowlitz lands 🌹 Portland, OR
Current Role(s): 
Back-of-the-frontend engineering // Drupal themer // Community organizer online & offline
Rootwork
Member
Drupal Diversity & Inclusion
Digital Director
MultiEtch.com
IRC: 
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Professional Info

Companies Worked For
CoLab Cooperative, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Peace and Justice Studies Association, Funny Monkey, EchoDitto, Genocide Intervention Network, Casino-Free Philadelphia
Industries Worked In: 
Nonprofit, NGO, Foreign Policy, Social Justice, Academic, Arts

Personal Info

Pronouns: 
he/him
Primary language: 
English
Other languages: 
English

On Drupal.org for 18 years 9 months

Over 100 edits to documentation

Bio: 

I am the creative director of Rootwork.org, a freelance Drupal developer and online organizer. A co-founder of the Genocide Intervention Network, I was a community organizer in Philadelphia before relocating to Portland, Oregon, in 2012. I co-organized PDXTech4Good, affiliated with NetSquared and NTEN, for several years. I've presented at South By Southwest, the Nonprofit Technology Conference, U.S. Social Forum, New Organizing Institute, the Nonprofit Software Development Summit, and the Gandhi-King Conference, and post on Twitter @rootwork.

Contributor roles

  • Project contributor CreditAttribution: Rootwork
    From 2005-07 to present
    Throughout my time in Drupal I've contributed to Drupal core on an ongoing basis and at global sprints and DrupalCon sprints. I've also contributed here and there to other projects, as well as the Drupal Diversity and Inclusion project.
  • DrupalCamp speaker CreditAttribution: CoLab Cooperative
    From 2010-01 to present
    I've spoken at the Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit, Drupaldelphia, Devsigner, and presented at several DrupalCamp nonprofit summits/workshops at places like the Nonprofit Technology Conference and BADCamp.
  • Drupal meetup organizer CreditAttribution: Rootwork
    From 2006-11 until 2018-06
    Started the Philadelphia-area Drupal group and helped organize it on and off (with plenty of help!) until 2012. Organized and spoke at dozens of Drupal for nonprofits groups, including a monthly virtual call and Drupal Day at the Nonprofit Technology Conference several times.
  • DrupalCon Scholarship Program Mentor CreditAttribution: Rootwork
    From 2015-02 until 2015-05
    I was one of three folks overseeing what was then the scholarships and grants program for DrupalCon LA 2015.
  • DrupalCon Track Chair CreditAttribution: Rootwork
    From 2013-01 until 2014-05
    Frontend track chair at Drupalcon Portland 2013; frontend global chair at Drupalcon Austin 2014.
  • DrupalCamp Lead Organizer CreditAttribution: Rootwork
    From 2014-01 until 2017-12
    Along with a core group of folks, helped plan several Drupal-heavy Devsigner Portland events.
  • DrupalCamp Lead Organizer CreditAttribution: Rootwork
    From 2008-01 until 2011-03
    Initially led Drupaldelphia organizing, then co-organized with several others, as well as presenting.
  • Documentation editor
    From 2009-05 until 2012-06
    Wrote the "Views 2 Theming" guide at the Drupalcon DC 2009 sprint, and continued to actively edit and contribute to documentation during this time.
Drupal Contributions: 

I am the creative director of Rootwork.org, working with nonprofits and community groups as a Drupal developer and online organizer. I've been developing in Drupal since 2005, in the waning days of version 4.5.

I was the Drupalcon Portland frontend track chair in 2013, the Drupalcon Austin frontend global chair in 2014, and helped coordinate Drupalcon LA scholarships and grants in 2015.

I've been very active in the nonprofit tech and Drupal communities, long helped co-organize monthly Drupal for nonprofits and social change discussions and presented at the Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit, Nonprofit Tech Conference Drupal Day and the BADCamp Nonprofit Summit.

I started the Philadelphia Drupal group, and have helped organize and present at numerous "Drupaldelphia" camps. In 2012, I moved to Portland, Oregon, where I helped organize the Drupal-adjacent Devsigner Conference and presented at the Portland user group.

Because my focus is on nonprofits and small community groups, I've ended up specializing in theming and frontend development, as functionality needs are often met with existing modules.

I've attended code and documentation sprints at many Drupalcons and camps and help out in the queue when I can. (For instance, I wrote much of the Views 2 Theming handbook page way back at the Drupalcon DC 2009 doc sprint.) I'm often on #drupal-support to help out others and ask my own questions.

Areas of Expertise: 
Frontend
Themer
Site builder
Nonprofit Developer
Drupal events: 
DrupalCon DC 2009
DrupalCon San Francisco 2010
DrupalCon Chicago 2011
DrupalCon Denver 2012
DrupalCon Portland 2013
DrupalCon Austin 2014
DrupalCon Amsterdam 2014
DrupalCon Nashville 2018
DrupalCon North America 2021
DrupalCon Portland 2022

Credited on 67 fixed issues

Projects maintained

Drupal Association Individual Member

rootwork helps support and grow the Drupal community with the Drupal Association.

I contributed Drupal patches
I contributed Drupal modules
I contributed to Drupal issue queues
I contributed to Drupal.org
I contributed Drupal documentation
I helped organize DrupalCon
I reviewed Project applications
I help in the Drupal support forums
I provide Drupal-related services
I give support on IRC
I help mentor new contributors