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Who We Are

The TED staff is headquartered in New York City and Vancouver, with contributors worldwide who work with us to shape the TED Conference, the TED Prize and the TED.com website.

New York Office

Chris Anderson
Curator

Jane Wulf
TED Scribe

Kelly Stoetzel
Content Producer

Lara Stein
Licensing Director

Salome Heusel
TEDx Assistant

Yesenia Martinez
Curator's Assistant, Office Manager

TED Media Team

June Cohen
Executive Producer of TED Media

Angela Cheng
Media Production Specialist

Christian Omania
Software Architect

Emily McManus
TED.com Editor

George Riley
Software Architect

Jason Wishnow
Director, Film + Video

Kari Mulholland
Film + Video Editor

Kristin Windbigler
Translation Project Manager

Leigh Ferreira
Digital Partnerships Manager

Mark Bogdanoff
Production Engineer

Marla Mitchnick
Film + Video Editor

Matthew Trost
Assistant Editor, TED.com

Michael Glass
Production Manager

Mike Femia
Image Production Specialist, TED.com

Phi-Hong Ha
Interaction Design and Strategy Consultant

Shanna Carpenter
Writer and Community Manager

Jenny Zurawell
Editorial Intern

TED Prize Team

Amy Novogratz
TED Prize Director

Anna Verghese
Production Coordinator, TED Prize

Casson Rosenblatt
TED Prize Community Catalyst

Bonnie Calvin
TED Prize Producer

Dan Mitchell
TED Prize Wish Manager

TED Community Team

Tom Rielly
Community Director

Emeka Okafor
TEDAfrica Director, TED Fellows Consultant

Logan McClure
Program Coordinator, TED Community Team

Simone Alexander
Assistant, TED Community Team and TED Office

TED Partnership Team

Ronda Carnegie
Director of Partnerships

William Allen
Senior Manager of Partnerships

Matt Curtis
Senior Manager of Partnerships

Cristina Thompson
Partnerships

Vancouver Office

Katherine McCartney
Director of Operations

Janet McCartney
Director of Events

Alla Geraskina
Financial Controller

Lisa Stringle
Accommodation, Registration, Work Group

Melanie Sandeen
Social Program Work Group

Jill Greenwood
Staffing, Security, Sponsors, Signage, Collateral Work Group

Leah Blakeway
Food and Beverage Work Group

Holly Santandrea
Speaker and Tech Assistant

Miranda Higgs
Sponsor Concierge

Michiyo Katayama
Fellows Conference

Christina Rea
Activities and Post Tours

Sheldon McRae
Registrar

At Large

Bruno Giussani
European Director

Lakshmi Pratury
TEDIndia Director

Thomas Dolby
Music Director

Bill Bragin
Music Advisor

Laura Galloway
Media Relations

Ram Sahasranam
Partnerships, India

TED.com

The TED team collaborated closely with Method, a design firm based in New York and San Francisco to create TED.com. The design and engineering is a product of their hard work and extraordinary talent. Leading their team: Founders Kevin Farnham and David Lipkin and Development Lead Christian Omania.

Key contributors to TED.com include:

Writers
Martha Baer
Robert Thomas Carter
Sean Cooper
Kristin Courtemanche
Rebecca Harper
Cynthia Joyce
Stuart Luman
Pennie Rossini
Rebecca Smith Hurd
Don Steinberg
Evany Thomas
Helen Walters
Tim Ziegler

Transcriber
Kati Bicknell

Open Translation Project volunteers, including Fabio Ceconello, the dotSUB staff, and everyone listed on our Translator page

Photographers
Asa Mathat
James Duncan Davidson
Michael Brands
Robert Leslie
Andrew Heavens

Photo editor
Kevin Kwan