11/11/2025
Hi. It’s me, Grandpa Mikee.
(Sometimes others are handling this account.)
I wanted to publicly thank my wife Lena for putting up with me doing Tom Con and the staff of volunteers, whose help I could not have done without. They brought all of the magic! We ran with no hiccups, no “oh sh*t!” moments, no stress. I am grateful to all of them from the bottom of my heart. Thank you for making this a very special and smooth running event.
Alphabetical by first name…
Brad White - Sound and Load/Unload
Bryan Gray - Sound capture
Derrick Phillips - Promotion, Advertising, Airport Transfers, Artist relations, Everything
Eddie Harbour - Lead Moderator, Panels, Artist relations, Schedule
Gabe Ginorio - Lead Video and Audio capture
Israel Escamilla - Stage Manager, Artist relations
Jessica Kimbrough - Load/Unload
John Leatherwood - Airport Transfers, Artists relations
John Nissen - Branding, Logo, Graphics
Jon Sylvester - Lead Registration, Artist relations
Kim Romero - Registration, Stage management, Badge and table tent production, Artist relations
Klaus Burkhart - Photos
Lena Bridges - Registration, Artist relations, Everything
Match Ray - Video capture
Michael Kimbrough - Load in/Out
Rafael Archuleta - Lead Graphic Design, Ticketing, Website, Advertising, Video, Artist relations
Yendi Love - Registration, Video, Graphic design, Artist relations
Zhenya Phillips - Registration, Everything
A huge thank you to
DAVE MAST and JON MARK DEARDORFF and JASON MARTIN(no relation) from Starlite Cinemas and Rose City Works for making Tom Con more than it ever could be on its own. You guys are amazing and have fantastic attitudes! An absolute pleasure to work with you! Thanks for making Tom Con look and sound great!!
https://www.starlite-cinemas.com
https://rosecityworks.com/
Thank you to everyone who picked up a chair to help! You are awesome!
More to come...
