Paizo Inc.
Paizo Inc. (formerly Paizo Publishing, LLC) is a leading publisher of fantasy roleplaying games, accessories, board games, and novels. Paizo's Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, the result of the largest open playtest in the history of tabletop gaming, is currently the best-selling tabletop roleplaying game in hobby stores. Pathfinder Adventure Path is the most popular and best-selling monthly product in the tabletop RPG industry. Paizo.com is the leading online hobby retail store, offering tens of thousands of products from a variety of publishers to customers all over the world. In the ten years since its founding, Paizo Inc. has received more than 50 major awards and has grown to become one of the most influential companies in the hobby games industry.
Staff
As of October 25, 2023, the staff of Paizo Inc. consisted of the following people.
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- Creative Directors: James Jacobs and Luis Loza
- Director of Game Design: Jason Bulmahn
- Director of Visual Design: Sonja Morris
- Director of Game Development: Adam Daigle
- Managing Creative Director (Starfinder): Thurston Hillman
- Senior Developers: John Compton, Eleanor Ferron, Jenny Jarzabski, and Jason Keeley
- Developers: Mike Kimmel, Dustin Knight, and Landon Winkler
- Lead Designer (Games): Joe Pasini
- Organized Play Line Developers: Jessica Catalan, Josh Foster, and Shay Snow
- Design Manager: Michael Sayre
- Pathfinder Lead Designer: Logan Bonner
- Senior Designers: James Case
- Designer: Joshua Birdsong
- Managing Editor: Patrick Hurley
- Lead Editor: Avi Kool
- Senior Editors: Ianara Natividad and Simone D. Sallé
- Editors: Felix Dritz, Priscilla Lagares, Lynne M. Meyer, Zac Moran, and Solomon St. John
- Concept Art Director: Kent Hamilton
- Art Directors: Kyle Hunter and Adam Vick
- Senior Graphic Designer: Emily Crowell
- Graphic Designer: Adriana Gasperi
- Production Designer: Danika Wirch
- Director of Brand Strategy: Mark Moreland
- Paizo CEO: Lisa Stevens
- President: Jim Butler
- Chief Creative Officer & Publisher: Erik Mona
- Vice President of People & Culture: Maggie Gallagher
- Vice President of Sales & Operations: Mike Webb
- Vice President of Technology: Rei Ko
- Controller: William Jorenby
- Bookkeeper: Emma Swan
- Director of Sales: Cosmo Eisele
- Sales & E-Commerce Assistant: Mika Hawkins
- Director of Licensing: John Feil
- Director of Marketing: Aaron Shanks
- Marketing and Licensing Coordinator: Raychael Allor
- Marketing and Media Specialist: Rue Dickey
- Community and Social Media Specialist: Jonathan Morgantini
- Organized Play Coordinator: Alex Speidel
- Director of Project Management: Glenn Elliott
- Project Coordinator: Lee Aula
- Finance Operations Specialist: B. Scott Keim
- Front End Engineering Lead: Andrew White
- Senior Software Developer: Gary Teter
- Software Architect: Brian Bauman
- Software Developer: Robert Brandenburg
- Software Test Engineers: Erik Keith
- System Administrators II: Whitney Chatterjee and Josh Thornton
- Web Content Manager: Maryssa Mari
- Webstore Coordinator: Katina Davis
- Customer Service Lead: Austin Phillips
- Customer Service Team: Kait Chase, James Oakes, and Jackson Wood
- Warehouse Manager: Jeff Strand
- Logistics Coordinator: Kevin Underwood
- Warehouse Distribution Lead: Heather Payne
- Warehouse Team: Alexander Crain, Summer Foerch, James Mafi, Evan Panek, and Jesus Reynoso Ortiz