preload

TEDxBloomington logo

Team

MAARTEN BOUT

By Play / As a builder of pirate worlds and complicated rail transportation systems, Maarten is often found in the companionship of his three-year-old son, Hugo. Beating the odds as the “un-ha ...

KALYNN BROWER

By Play / Kalynn enjoys beach walking, popcorn and movies, reading out loud, hiking, architecture, finding pictures in the clouds, gardening, hula-hooping, hummingbirds and woodpeckers, eating out ...

GAIL GAYER HALE

By Play / Gail is a lifetime learner, a mother and a wife to Stephen Hale. She was the first to graduate college in her family of origin in 2007. She still thinks she has learned the most important ...

DEBBY HERBENICK

By Play / Debby loves to frolick with her dog, cook with friends, dance, practice yoga, take long walks, dress up in costumes, hug the people she adores, and swim. By Day / Sex researcher at Indiana ...

JENN HILEMAN

By Play / Jenn laughs a lot. She gets this from her son, Ethan. They make art, read books, climb trees, skateboard, sing nonsense songs, jump off things, listen to great music and find every cha ...

KEVIN MAKICE

By Play / A secret identity waiting for a superhero. Loves television (the good parts) and movies, saying dumb things to his kids, cajoling them to point at the sky, and holding out hope he’ll ...

SALLY MEYER

By Play / A lover of people and a supporter of their passions; a tea connoisseur, a worm farmer, a bird enthusiast, and a friend to all succulents, ferns and trees. She loves words, reading half of ...

NINA ONESTI

By Play / Enjoys anything that involves technology and creativity. Loves Bloomington, her family, friends, and her dog Vega. Loves to camp, hike, get in trouble in the great outdoors. Obsessed with ...

MICHAEL SHERMIS

By Play / Avid mushroom hunter, disc golf player, exercise fanatic, community volunteer, and life enthusiast. Recently finished a six-year stint on the board of the Lotus Education and Arts Foundat ...

MIKE TROTZKE

By Play / Evangelist of technology, devourer of cheese, board game maniac, lover of Bloomington and all-around geek. Passionate about helping startups, building community, creating value and eating ...

ETHAN BODNAR

By Play / Explorer of the world, artist, photographer, sculptor, participant in the natural world, collector of interesting things. By Day / Ethan is a designer and creative thinker who believes in t ...

DAVID KRANE

DAVID KRANE – TEDxBloomington Steering Team, IU School of Informatics and Computing Board Member, IU Alum By Play / Frequent TEDster, hockey fan, board member for Vista Center for the Blind an ...

CHRISTIAN LONG

CHRISTIAN LONG – TEDxBloomington Curator, Co-Event Planner, Speaker Director, IU Alum By Play / Boston Red Sox fan (with a son named Beckett), skier, lifelong nomad/explorer, summer camp couns ...

LUCI ENGLERT McKEAN

TEDxBloomington Co-Curator, Co-Event Planner, Local Speaker Director By Play / Maker of things and connections, an artist and activist, blogger and podcaster, explorer of spirit and meaning and iden ...