Misa has been burning since 2010. She learned about Burning Man by accident on internet and is dust addict ever since she stepped on playa. She started to volunteer as Regional Contact for Czech Republic and Eastern Europe, is helping the Regional Network and in 2015 became the first Burning Man Project Fellow. She is based in Prague in Europe and makes sure Europe keeps Burning. Misa also loves to wear black and volunteer with Gate, Perimeter & Exodus. Her name should be written with diacritics, but it usually breaks computers...let's try it... Míša (pronounced as Misha or Meesha).
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.
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.
Quest Skinner is an artist and free thinker. A member of the DC Burner community, Quest has served as the Art Director for theme camps at Regional Burns as well as Black Rock City, and has served in various roles from assistant to lead on various Effigies & Temples for the Mid-Atlantic Community. Before Burning, Quest worked for decades as a mixed-media artist, teacher, community activist residing in Washington, DC. Since Burning, the world has become her studio and gallery, the global community her students and audience. She tweets, occasionally, at @QuestSkinner.