Tabletop Gaymers is led by a Board of Directors who are responsible for long-term planning and the future of the organization and other talented officers who are responsible for specific areas of our operation. We are always looking for additional skills and people who want to make a difference. If you have an interest in joining our team, please contact us.
Executive Officers
Justin Nauman, President
Areas: Conventions, Sustaining Donors
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Ames Iowa
Justin (he/him) works for Iowa State University in the Office of Admissions as a web developer. He brings his experience from past leadership roles in several organizations to the board. Always an avid video gamer, Justin was introduced to tabletop games in college where he first fell in love with Dungeons & Dragons and Euro-style strategy games.
Edwin Morales, Secretary
Areas: Gayme Night Coordinator, PAX Unplugged Lead
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New York City New York
Edwin (he/him) works at Apple in the retail space. He is originally from Puerto Rico and has been playing tabletop games since high school, most notably Vampire the Masquerade and Dungeons and Dragons. He recently launched the brand GeekHiveLabs with an enamel pin collection and has the goal to continue to expand into the tabletop gaming arena. Edwin loves to travel, both nationally to gaming conventions and internationally to learn about cultures.
Ronald Melencio, Treasurer
Areas: Safe Space Initiative for Retailers Coordinator
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San Francisco Bay Area California
Ronald (he/him) works as a Product Manager in artificial intelligence software for a medical device company. Playing video and board games at a young age, Ronald always wanted to make games. With the passion to become a published board game designer, Ronald jumped into the board game industry in 2018. Socializing and sharing an experience in tabletop is what drives Ronald to play, create, and teach games with others.
Additional Officers
Amanda Rivera, Director
Area: Brand and Strategy, PAX East Asst.
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New York City New York
Amanda (she/her) is a creative and marketing director with experience in a number of industries. She spends a majority of her free time playing and learning tabletop games, being creative for a cause, and finding the best restaurants. She is a longtime attendee of annual conventions including NYCC and PAX Unplugged.
Danielle Reynolds, Director
Areas: Creative and Graphic Design, PAX East Lead
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Springfield Massachusetts
Danielle (she/her) is a game designer and developer with experience in a number of industries. She is the host of the “Game Design Unboxed: Inspiration to Publication” podcast hosted by the Know Direction Network. She is a board member of Unpub as well as their graphic designer and an admin for the Board Game Broads Facebook page. She enjoys rock climbing, hiking, traveling and spending time with friends in her free time.
Dustie Lohmeyer, Director
Areas: Finance, Gamehole Con Lead, Gary Con Asst.
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Madison Wisconsin
Dustie (she/her) a transgender registered nurse. She finds herself enjoying many board games with various groups in her local area. She became aware of Tabletop Gaymers while attending her first Gen Con in 2016. She quickly fell in love with the convention and the surrounding atmosphere it brings. She is always up for a good game of Are You a Werewolf?!, or most social deduction games. She finds some time for the occasional pc-game in between social relationships, board games, photography, hiking, traveling, cooking, and generally just being.
Jaclyn Lewis
Areas: Social Media, Online Communities Asst.
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Kalamazoo Michigan
Jaclyn (they/she) runs TTRPG games for queer youth: encouraging creativity and self-expression, teaching boundaries and consent, and wrangling the (inevitable) chaos. She also runs two nerdy shops: one at Rem Alternis, where she streams on occasion, and one at Janatee Craftily, where she makes custom plushies, nerdy accessories, and LGBTQ+ pride gear out of yarn, art film, and lots of love. They enjoy crafting stories, gifts, and community, and can often be found at conventions of all sorts in the Midwest.
Jeff Sorensen, Director
Areas: Fundraising, Donor Rewards, Procurement, Gen Con Asst.
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Ames Iowa
Jeff (he/him) works for Iowa State University as the manager of IT Web Development Services. He’s been addicted to playing tabletop games since he was a teenager in the 80’s. His first experience was playing Advanced Dungeons and Dragons (1E) with an older cousin who brought the game back with him from college. His first convention was Gen Con in 2005.
Jessiye Davis, Director
Areas: DEIA Outreach, Online Communities, Discord, Twitch, Finance Asst.
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Milwaukee Wisconsin
Jessiye (she/her) works as a grant writer and DEIA (diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility) specialist in the nonprofit world. Jessiye first fell in love with board games after playing her first chutes and ladders game at the age of three. Her love for board games has evolved into a collection of board games that is now in need of a fourth floor-to-ceiling shelf. Jessiye started playing Dungeons and Dragons in her mid thirties and now finds herself having the most fun GMing and playing all kinds of TTRPGs (Tabletop Role Playing Games). Jessiye loves to be colorful and you will often find her wearing something including the entire rainbow. When she is playing or streaming games she loves to do collaborative things with the audience and other players.
Josh Yoder
Areas: Volunteers
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Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Josh (he/him) is an educator from Philadelphia, PA who specializes in WWII History and Historical Archaeology. In his off time, he serves as Vice President of the NYC Ghostbusters cosplay group and is an avid dancer of Kathak, Bhangra and Square Dance with the International Association of Gay Square Dance Clubs. His favorite games include Robinson Crusoe (what got him hooked), Burgle Brothers, and A Study in Emerald. He is an avid traveler and spends a lot of his time between Ottawa, Toronto, New York and his home in Philadelphia where he lives with his husband Gene.
Kade Johanning
Areas: Technology Asst., Volunteers Asst.
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Kalamazoo Michigan
Hello! My name is Kade Johanning (he/they) and I’m so excited to be a part of TTG! I come with a varied background of experiences and I’m thrilled to be helping with the work we’re doing! I originally hail from a small town in central Wisconsin but moved to Michigan to be closer to the important people in my life. I spend most of my free time playing/thinking about D&D 5e, video games with friends, or spoiling my cats Zorro and Pepper Jack.
Kimberly Hinkle, Director
Areas: Compliance, Gary Con Lead, Gamehole Con Asst.
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Chicago Illinois
Kimberly (she/her) has been playing board games and card games for as long as she can remember and expanded to role playing games, LARPing, collectible card games, and attending conventions in the early 90s. A devoted button masher, she has been gleefully terrible at video games since 1979. She is a mom to two amazing humans and a mama bear for everyone who needs one.
Lydia-Rae Wehmeyer
Areas: Partner Outreach, DEIA Outreach
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St. Louis Missouri
Student-centered educator with 7+ years of experience in teaching in diverse populations, Lydia-Rae Wehmeyer has planted her roots in many areas within the table top community. As a conference speaker, she leads workshops and builds educational curriculum about what mechanisms can be used inside and outside the learning spaces. In addition, Lydia is a DE&I specialist in the gaming community advocating for LGBTQIA+ youth as well as promoting table top gaming as a tool for mental health, disability inclusion and much more. She holds a Bachelor’s in Speech and Theatre education 5-12, and Master’s in Educational Technology. In addition, she is also currently working on an additional Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health in Counseling. Lydia is excited to be on the leadership team to continue to advocate and bring awareness to the LGBTQIA+ community in St. Louis one game at a time.
Matt Layne
Areas: Game Masters, Volunteers Asst., Safe Space Initiative for Retailers Asst.
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Cincinnati Ohio
Matt (he/him) runs D&D games for charity and conventions online and across the country in person. He is passionate about getting new people into the hobby and working to help good causes.
Rory McConnell
Areas: Corporate Liaison, Gayme Night, Creative and Graphic Design Asst.
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San Diego California
Rory (she/her) learned two very important lessons at an early age: The power of self-discovery through roleplaying, and that game stores in the 90s and 00s weren’t the most supportive places for a young queer child. Undeterred, she decided that the best way to find new gamers would be to make them and set out on what has become a lifelong mission of community development through shared play. She can be found behind a Chessex booth at Gen Con, San Diego Comic Con, and Dragon Con, and her three great passions in life are learning games, teaching games, and giant robots.
Sebastian Bingham, Director
Areas: Technology, Data Management
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Dallas-Fort Worth Texas
Sebastian (he/him) works as a Sr. Operations Associate with an international non-government organization specializing in disaster response. He found Tabletop Gaymers when looking for a charity to support on his Twitch Charity Stream. His passions at work include data integrity and applications that help teams work more efficiently. Outside of work, games, and streaming on Twitch, Sebastian has a broad interest in hobbies to keep him busy. He enjoys everything from hiking to working with stained glass.
Unai Miguel Andres, Director
Areas: Technology Asst., Gen Con Lead
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Indianapolis Indiana
Unai (he/they) works as a Data Analyst for the Indiana University School of Medicine. He is originally from Spain, but has been living in Indianapolis since late 2017, which led them to attend his first Gen Con in 2018. He is a lifelong board gamer, remembering playing tile games since being 5, euro-style games and RPGs since age 10, and their favorite, social deduction games, since age 16. He is always up for playing in or leading social deduction games sessions.
Xtina Stiso, Director
Area: Communications, Conventions Asst.
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Bloomington Indiana
Xtina (she/they) is currently a Ph.D. student in the Learning Sciences program at Indiana University, Bloomington where they study game-based learning and classroom equity. A lifelong board gamer, her love of RPGs began with a game of Pathfinder in college. Their first convention was San Diego Comic Con.
Zach Lones, Director
Area: Panelists and Speakers, Origins Lead
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Seattle Washington
Zach (he/they) works at Microsoft as a software engineer. He started playing Dungeons and Dragons in high school and in college was introduced to more tabletop games. Their first convention was Gen Con 2012 and over past few years has traveled to more across the country.