Credits

These are the people who make Ignite Phoenix happen. If you see them, give them a hug or buy them a drink!

If you want to get involved, let us know. We’re always looking for new voices and ideas to help Ignite Phoenix evolve.

Core Team:

Jeff Moriarty – Founder
	Jeff’s driving passion is connecting people with ideas in new and interesting ways. He loves creating, exploring, and causing general shenanigans. It’s only through pushing our own limits, and challenging our preconceptions, that we really discover everything the world has to offer.He consults with companies on social media through Improv Media, offers education and training to authors entering the world of digital publishing at ePublish Unum, and may or may not be involved in pranks and flash mobs around the Phoenix area.
Brian Carson – Speaker Coach and Audio/Video Manager
	Honored with a Volunteer Of The Year award in 2008 by The Phoenix Business Journal, Brian Carson truly believes that you can accomplish anything in life as long as you’re prepared to serve others first. He is exercising that belief as our Speaker Coach for Ignite Phoenix. When Brian is not busy growing his Video Production Company, teaching as a Professional Speaking Coach, or consumed by his day job as a Media Producer at Intel Corporation, he enjoys working with his wife Linda to raise two ordinary kids who are accomplishing extraordinary things.
Alan Dayley – Speaker Selection Guide and Speaker Sherpa
	Alan aspires to be an atypical father, husband and world citizen. Be careful about bringing up terms like “Scrum,” “Agile Development” because his passion might come out! The Dayley Agile blog chronicles his Agile Coaching experiences with BigVisible Solutions. Passion for the wonders of human creativity and interaction fuel his drive to support Ignite Phoenix.
Oden Hughes – Project Manager
	I’m fairly certain that I came out of the womb with visions of Gantt charts in my head. No really, my mother could tell you stories – happily, for hours. My energy comes from working strategies, taking goals and figuring out the steps needed to achieve them. Early on I realized that all of this was far more fun if I surrounded myself with talented and motivated people and I found the perfect mix with the fine folks I get to work with on every Ignite Phoenix event.
Andy Woodward – Stage Manager and Presenter Herder
	Andy Woodward has spent most of his 20-year career as an Information Technology consultant, managing design and implementation of multi-million dollar projects for medium to large organizations. Industry experience includes: banking, insurance, petroleum, distribution, education, and government. Projects have ranged from global communications and security solutions to custom development of vertical applications.During Ignite Phoenix events, Andy is the king of backstage. In addition to coordinating all of the behind-the-scenes activity, he ensures that the speakers are in place and ready to go. This requires a tremendous amount of skill, along with the ability to use judo moves to take down presenters attempting to flee in fear before they go on stage.In his spare time, Andy enjoys herding animals which are easier than Ignite presenters to deal with, particularly wildebeest and cats.
Sabrina Susini – Social Media Marketer
	Sabrina’s greatest passion is writing, whether it be pen to paper or tapping away on whatever Apple product she’s got handy (she has a long history of destroying other products). She’s also fascinated by people and their stories, and is convinced no problem exists that a thesaurus or rhinestones can’t fix. When she’s not whipping the world around her into uber organization, she’s likely either creating a mess in her kitchen, snort-laughing at her own antics, or perfecting her written voice on her latest project.*Except for Sabrina. She would prefer to skip the hugging.
Ruth Carter – Assistant Stage Manager & Ignite Bitch
	Known for her outgoing personality and daring antics, Ruth is a licensed attorney and the owner of Carter Law Firm in Phoenix. She was also selected as a 2012 Legal Rebel by the American Bar Association for her work in flash mob law. She spoke on flash mobs at Ignite Phoenix #5 and has been volunteering behind the scenes ever since. In her free time, Ruth is a co-founder of Improv AZ, a classically trained soprano, writes weekly for The Undeniable Ruth blog, and runs the Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon every year.
Nat Handler – Sponsorship Liaison
	Nat joined the Ignite Phoenix team following his attendance, and subsequent participation in Slide Show Karaoke, at Ignite Phoenix #12. Nat brings 30+ years of marketing, events, corporate sponsorship and public relations experience to the table having worked for such well-known companies as LA Gear, the National Basketball Association (NBA), Chicagoland Speedway/Route 66 Raceway (NASCAR/IRL), M Group Scenic Studios and Simon Property Group.Along with running Vendara Group LLC, a leading public relations and marketing consultancy in Scottsdale, Nat is a zeppole loving epicurean and avid sports fan, by way of Brooklyn, NY. Nat enjoys spending time with family and friends and maintains active involvement in several networking and community service organizations in the Greater Phoenix area.
Dannie Moriarty
	Brought up in Corporate America, Dannie now uses her skills for a start-up chocolate company in Scottsdale. Her talents lean towards supporting non-profit organizations and establishing top notch Customer Service in a socially connected world. Other hobbies include home brewing under the Boo Boo Squad label and instigating follicle anarchy.
Bill Risser
	VP, New Media & Education Chicago Title-Maricopa, Husband of most patient wife in the world, Dad to one cool son, Barbra Streisand lover, Ignite 8 presenter and I’ve opened straws from the middle for years. Sports freak with fantasy teams in baseball, football, golf and occasionally NASCAR.
Stephanie Liebold – Creative Director
	Any graphic designer can obsess over the perfect typeface or Pantone color. Besides recognizing the beauty of a well-designed logo or poster, Stephanie Liebold sees the elegance of a well-designed project – bringing all the right elements and people together, while managing the timeline, budget, and production. She does this for print design and t-shirt projects at boutique agency Bold Avenue, which she founded in 2005. When Ignite Phoenix asked her to be their Creative Director, she decided to take on the challenge of coordinating the team and vendors, and making sure designers and printers have what they need to work their magic with programs, shirts and signage. Outside of creative directing, she’s a fan of local eats, hiking, art, traveling, and is a huge language geek (but not the kind that will correct your grammar).
Shaina Rozen – Website Wordsmith
	Shaina Rozen loves being part of the Ignite team as the resident website contributor and word nerd. When she’s not spiffing up the site, you can find her lending her creative prowess to other businesses as a strategist and account manager at a digital marketing firm. Since Ignite is all about exploring your passions and interests, Shaina makes sure she devotes enough time to indulging in hers, including scouring local restaurants, planning new travel adventures, and practicing her sweet dance moves.
Raoul Encinas – Volunteer Extraordinaire
	Raoul Encinas is passionate about doing fun, cool things with really smart people, so he feels blessed to be a small part of the Ignite Phoenix team. He spoke at Ignite Phoenix #13 and now handles “Other Duties As Assigned” as a volunteer. In his spare time, Raoul rescues greyhounds, sits on non-profit boards, and is a principal at a leadership development coaching and consulting firm.

Extended Team:

It takes a huge amount of time and effort to make Ignite Phoenix happen. These people are the ones who make sure there is always fuel for the fire by helping out in countless ways.

Andrew Ryno – Website Development

Yeager North – Website Design

Previous Credits:

We also want to make note of hard working individuals who, while not currently on the main team, have contributed massive amounts of time and passion to make Ignite Phoenix what it is today.