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Julie is the Development Director for the Harry Potter Alliance. She has a Ph.D in literature, has worked in charity management and academia, and is now grateful to be outside of the Ivory Tower and "making stuff happen" instead of writing papers on things others are doing.
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Lauren has been involved with the Harry Potter Alliance since 2010 as a volunteer and joinied its senior staff in 2013. She vlogs for the HPA’s YouTube channel and has spoken at various conferences on the topics of fan activism and new media.
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Ashley has been a leader of the Harry Potter Alliance since early 2012 and is currently the organization’s Operations Manager. In her muggle life, she is a graduate student working on a dual masters in social work and public health.
Paul is a fandom innovator. He plays in Harry and the Potters, co-founded the Harry Potter Alliance, created the Snitchwich, and orchestrated the Nerds for Obama campaign last fall. He is the Director of Campaigns and Operations at the HP Alliance.
Matt was born in 1979 and spent the first six years of his life exploring the wilderness of Tarkiln, RI. This one time, he caught a bullfrog so big that his mother exclaimed, "I reckon that's the biggest dern bullfrog I EVER saw." But Matt's favorite activity was...
Andrew is a teacher, social organizer and human rights activist, comedian, actor, and writer. He spent years performing sketch comedy for hundreds of colleges across the US, only to stop touring so that he could devote himself full time to the HP Alliance, which he co-founded in 2005. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Brandeis University, Andrew is dedicated to learning and extrapolating how modern myth, new media, and expressive therapy can...
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