Below is a list of staffers that make up the SXSW Interactive team. They work hard to put on the big show in March.
Learn a thing or two about them and if you've emailed your questions / feedback to inter@sxsw.com about the event then you've probably corresponded with one of them at some point (it's always nice to have a face with a name).
In alphabetical order, here they are:
Dana Abramovitz
- Hometown: Grew up in Pittsburgh, PA – lived in the Bay Area for the last 13 years and moved to Austin a year ago.
- Hobbies: dancing, exercise, baking, reading, and being with friends and family
- Favorite thing: my Kitchen Aid mixer
- Social: Twitter: @DanaAbramovitz / LinkedIn: Dana Abramovitz
Maria Alonso
- Hometown: Mexico City – been in Austin since 2000.
- Hobbies: Vice-Presidenting Boards
- Favorite thing: ganging out with my kiddo, my dog and my partner person
Christine Auten
- Hometown: Houston, TX – been in Austin 8 years.
- Hobbies: camping (RVing)
- Favorite thing: My husband and family
Estevan Aviles
- Hometown: Austin, TX
- Hobbies: gaming, eating, slacking off (not necessarily in that order)
- Favorite thing: This is a tie between a cloudy day where I'm not expected to go anywhere, and instead get to stay at home and play video games all day... and eating a watermelon.
- Social: @EstevanAviles
Aurora Blase
- Hometown: San Antonio, TX – been in Austin for 11 years.
- Hobbies: daydreaming, cooking with wine, traveling
- Favorite thing: It's a tie between my dog and napping.
- Social: @ajblase / Instagram: @ablase
Justin Burnham 
- Hometown: Boston, MA
- Hobbies: video games and weightlifting (yes, I know these are rarely seen together)
- Favorite thing: my family
- Social: @JustinBurnham
Wendy Cummings
- Hometown: Baltimore, MD – been in Austin for 15 years.
- Hobbies: hiking, running, hanging out with my friends, traveling
- Favorite thing: my husband and my two daughters, Harper and Tatum
Rebecca Feferman
- Hometown: Albuquerque, NM – been in Austin for 7 years.
- Hobbies: softball, cooking, binge watching, running
- Favorite thing: #GoBlue
- Social: @RebFef
Hugh Forrest
- Hometown: Austin, TX
- Hobbies: reading and sleeping
- Favorite thing: frito pie
- Social: @hugh_w_forrest
Sarah Garcia
- Hometown: Weslaco, TX – been in Austin for 6 years.
- Hobbies: going to concerts/festivals, reading, swimming, biking, BBQing, Netflix'ing, playing with other people's dogs, practicing my Spanish
- Favorite thing: Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
- Social: @SarahNichole27
Tammy Lynn Gilmore
- Hometown: Houston, TX – been in Austin for 13 years.
- Hobbies: yoga, reading, traveling, festival hopping, gaelic football
- Favorite thing: GIRAFFES!!!!
- Social: @tammylynn5
Aaron Haley
- Hometown: Smalltown, America – been in Austin for 20 years.
- Hobbies: community building, making, fabrication, hockey, and beer/bbq
- Favorite thing: hockey, BBQ/Beer, and the color blue
- Social: @ahaley or @CreateATX
Todd Hansen
- Hometown: Minneapolis, MN – been in Austin 8 years.
- Hobbies: looking for the end of the Internet, hopscotch, wine, jokes
- Favorite thing: Kerrygold Butter
- Social: @todhansen
Henry Heuck
- Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA
- Hobbies: painting, reading, appreciating Creed and Nickelback
- Favorite Thing: making stew on a snowy day
Kathryn Irwin
- Hometown: Irvine, CA by way of Houston, TX – been in Austin for 16 years!
- Hobbies: reading and movies at the Alamo Drafthouse
- Favorite thing: my daughter, Evan
- Social: Twitter: @txrocks / LinkedIn: Kathryn Irwin
Katie King
- Hometown: Carmel, IN – been in Austin 14 years.
- Hobbies: photography, yoga, hiking
- Favorite thing: my dogs Hugo and Peanut
Kelly Krause
- Hometown: Columbus, Nebraska – been in Austin 4.5 years.
- Hobbies: bikes, picnics, cheese plates, traveling, ice coffee and documentaries
- Favorite thing: My road bike. And Valentino Rock Studs. And Hall & Oates.
- Social: @kelljokrause / Instagram: @kelljokrause
Sarah Lynn
- Hometown: Grew up in Houston. Lived in Chicago for the last five years. New to Austin.
- Hobbies: Any outdoorsy adventure, workin on my fitness, Netflix
- Favorite thing: my dog and da Chicago Bulls
- Social: Instagram: @sgracelynn / LinkedIn: Sarah Lynn
Andrew McNeill
- Hometown: San Antonio, Texas – been in Austin since August 2008.
- Hobbies: Fishing.
- Favorite thing: All of the sports. Especially soccer. And basketball.
- Social: @andrewamcneill
Dhinuka Perera
- Hometown: Colombo, Sri Lanka – been in Austin for 8 years.
- Hobbies: backpacking, hiking, tennis, reading, binge watching, and trying to keep up with the Internet.
- Favorite thing: Food. Also, Walking Dead.
- Social: @dhinukap / LinkedIn: Dhinuka Perera
Chloe Quakenbush
- Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
- Hobbies: yoga, cooking & baking, watching funny TV shows
- Favorite things: Cake and the Syracuse Orange!
Caroline St. Romain
- Hometown: Louisiana – been in Austin since 2002.
- Hobbies: design, cooking, playing fetch with my lab
- Favorite thing: morning yoga
Monica Sack
- Hometown: Portland baby!
- Hobbies: reading, writing, long walks on the beach, and drinking whiskey
- Favorite thing: playing goaltimate on New Year's day
- Social: @meanica
Mason Stewart
- Hometown: Austin, TX.
- Hobbies: Enjoying wildlife and the outdoors, camping, fishing, photography, reading, writing, and mechanical tinkering.
- Favorite thing: the Payette National Forest
- Social: @MasonStewart
Chondra Washington
- Hometown: San Antonio, TX – been in Austin 8 years.
- Hobbies: Paper crafts, wine tasting and volunteering
- Favorite thing: I love summer time swimmin'
Wei Yeh
- Hometown: Houston, TX – been in Austin since 1994.
- Hobbies: marine aquariums
- Favorite thing: Failure is not an Option by Gene Kranz
