The night Molly Ditmore arrived at Burning Man 1998, she told everyone that she had come home. She didn't pack a flashlight or get any sleep. She volunteered at Media Mecca for six years, where she handled press inquiries from the music community and hosted an art tour. Costuming for Burning Man inspired her to sew again, a skill she learned in middle school home economics class. She is now a couture pattern-maker, custom clothier and rain hat maker. Molly got dusty from 1998-2009 and 2012-2015. She reads the comments.
Molly Rose promotes the civic impact Burners achieve in the world in her role as Program Manager for Burners Without Borders. She partners with leaders at all stages of civic aspirations, amplifies community initiatives, and supports the BWB network in self-organizing and decentralized networking. Molly is especially driven around access to creative expression, process and equity focused partnerships, and finding shared work in dynamic collaborations. Her favorite scent is growing tomatoes and she's a morning person on and off playa. Molly believes that our liberation is only shared, and she hopes to see you at dawn.
Matthew Reyes, aka Motorbikematt, is the producer of the official Burning Man webcast. On playa, he has helped build and fund space-themed art installations such as the Mars Rover Art Car and the Black Rock Observatory. In the default world, Matthew is a Product Manager at Dolby Laboratories empowering Mobile game studios create the most spectacular audio experiences. Formerly with NASA and GoPro, he has worked in deserts throughout North and South America, Africa, Australia, and Asia but still finds the Black Rock Desert to be his favorite of them all.
John Mosbaugh aka Moze is a SF Bay Area heretic and writer who's been hauling himself out to Black Rock City since the Nebulous Entity first beckoned him to check out this phenomenon known as Burning Man. Moze is a "Life Collector" who scribbles down encounters with you to share on the blog. He enjoys the hyper reality of that week in the desert enough to keep coming back. He's been on the Burning Man web team since aught two and has written for Piss Clear and the YEP (Yahoo Education Project). He doesn't speak for the org and he finds you fascinating. He celebrates you and loves it when you take away ideas from Burning Man and share them with the rest of the world. He likes to make grilled cheese on Burn Night afternoon and gift it to you because you're probably hungry. Moze is a big fan of fire, art, freedom and community.
Namiko "Koko" Uno is the Regional Network Coordinator at Burning Man Project, where she supports a thriving network of events and activities around the world. She's made her way to San Francisco by way of Los Angeles, England, New York, and Zambia. She has an ever-expanding love of people, early mornings, and hot cups of tea.
I am a new media artist and journalist from New York City who tells stories, takes photographs and designs things. My company is called Misfit Media.
Nicole is a professor of data science and production systems at James Madison University (JMU) in Harrisonburg, VA. She uses data science and machine learning to study quality and process improvement (and writes books about it so you can too). She is presently working with Burning Man’s education program on 10 Principles-based pedagogy and sometimes coordinates activities of the Burning Nerds group. She tweets about quality, weather, AI, machine learning, and data science (mostly using the R statistical software) at @nicoleradziwill.
Nir Adan is CEO and co-founder of Midburn and one of four Burning Man Regional Contacts in Israel. He’s been participating in Burning Man since 2001. He was born and raised in the south of Israel, and he’s a proud dad of two desert boys aged 10 and six. He believes in the human power of inspiration to change the world.
Blue wears a variety of hats for the Burning Man Project. Year-round, he can be found at Burning Man Project headquarters in San Francisco as the Facilities Manager. During the event season, you will find Blue in the Department of Public Works, handling Waste Stream Logistics and designing lighting for The Man Pavilion. And with the Community Services Department as Project Manager for Recycle Camp. Blue made his first trek to Black Rock City in 2001 and immediately felt at home.
