2026 IJA

Festival Team

The IJA is incredibly grateful for the time and energy of these and other amazing volunteers. Without them, the IJA Festival would not be possible. If you see any of them, make sure to say, “Thank you!”

Core Team

Noel Yee

Co-Festival Director

Afton Benson

Treasurer

Sofia Noethe

Registrar

Events & Support Team

Biz

Games Coordinator

Ross Berenson

Festival Website, Open Stage Director

Chabuku

Glow & Fire Jam

David Cain

Historian

Benjamin Domask-Ruh

Youth Juggling Academy Director; Planting the Juggling Seed Show Director; IJA Board Member

Lisa Ellipse

Marketing Lead

Sterling Franklin

Joggling Director

Viveca Gardiner

IJA Juggling Championships Co-Director

Nick Hanson

Vendor Co-Coordinator

Mark Hayward

Renegade

Jack Kalvan

X-Juggling

Emory Kimbrough

Photographer

Christian Kloc

Raffle

Jay Ko

Videographer/Photographer

Andréanne Lafleur Caouette

Stage Manager

Terrie Levy

Lead Reg

Kayla Malmgren

Benefit Show; YJA

Zak McAllister

Videographer

Emily Moore

Joggling

Keith Nelson

Renegade

Vickie Pang

Workshop Coordinator

Jonathan Perry

Disc Golf, Board Member

NeilFred Picciotto

IJA Juggling Championships Co-Director

Josh Schilling

Workshop Coordinator

Thayer Slichter

Graphic Designer

Nick Thomas

Numbers Juggling

Nathan Wakefield

Film Festival

Thom Wall

Historian