Richard Wilks has been bringing mobile art projects and mutant vehicles to Burning Man since 2009 and has spent many burns as a greeter and wrangler at the DMV. As an artist, the uncharted terrain that captivates him is the ‘form to formless’ world of ‘Human to BEing’. His tools and techniques combine a mix of formal training, curiosity, and serendipitous accidents that invite citizen engagement and hands-on participation!
Roni Kantor (a.k.a. Polka dot com) is one of the founders of Midburn and is now Special Advisor for Community Development and Communication. A Burner since 2009, she came back to Israel from her first Burn with a new spark in her eyes. She’s a shoe designer, artist and community hacker. On playa, when she’s not running like a child with her Burner son from one art installation to another, you can find her building something colorful or picking up MOOP.
Rosalie Barnes works year round in San Francisco as the Senior Project Manager for the Government Relations & Legal Affairs Department of Black Rock City, LLC. During the Burning Man event, Rosalie is part of the External Relations Team, a program that gives tours of the art and infrastructure of Black Rock City to visiting officials and cultural ambassadors. Rosalie received a Bachelor of Arts in Theater from Brandeis University and in 2009, she received a double Masters from Harvard, focusing on Technology, Media and Learning. She first participated in Burning Man in 2000, and came to work for the Man in 2009.
Roxane Jessi is an aid worker and roving Burner who has participated in more than a dozen different Burns around the globe. In 2023 Burning Man Publishing released her book, "Once Upon a Time in the Dust, Burning Man Around the World," which chronicles the year she spent participating in seven Regional Burning Man Events on six continents.
Foxes is frequently seen biking in deep playa, behind a window at the Box Office, or writing on top of Lello. If you’re nice to her, she might give you gin.
Sarah Norris is a Nashville-based writer and yoga teacher.
Girolamo Savonarola (September 1452 – 23 May 1498) was an Italian Dominican friar and preacher active Renaissance Florence whose prophetic and apocalyptic visions led to the mass incineration of secular art in the "Bonfire of the Vanities," and the overthrow of the ruling Medici family. After defying the Vatican, he himself was burned at the stake, and the Medicis returned to power in 1512.
Lisa Schile-Beers (aka Dr. Scirpus) is a Land Fellow for the Burning Man Project for six months. She is exploring and documenting the flora, fauna and everything else she comes across on the Fly Ranch property. When not smelling the sagebrush, she manages the Environmental Compliance team for the Burning Man event. Lisa has worn many hats since first volunteering and attending the Event in 2006: managing the fuel department, building the Man, making and installing signs, and tinkering with golf carts. When not in the desert, she studies wetland ecology throughout the US and internationally, and is happiest with a little bit of mud on her.