@The Los Angeles User Experience Meetup

The Los Angeles User Experience Meetup
Los Angeles is home to one of the largest volunteer-run User Experience (UX) professional development organizations in the world. The Los Angeles User Experience Meetup has more than 5,300 members. 
Since the organization was founded on April 21, 2007 by Lynn Boyden, Chris Chandler, Craig Nakano and Weston Thompson, over 60 events have been held for User Experience Designers, Information Architects, Interaction Designers, UX Researchers, Usability Analysts and Engineers and others interested in UX-related topics. Our events are open to the public, are usually free and range in size from small gatherings to events with 400 attendees. Some of the topics covered since 2007 have been accessibility, taxonomy, internet technology, lean UX, Customer Experience (CX), mobile design, prototyping and much more. 
The group also partners with other local UX groups to put together events. A listing of the other UX organizations in the area can be found on this Quora thread.
Throughout the years, many UX professionals in the Los Angeles area have contributed substantial time and effort to grow the community. In particular, these leaders played a crucial part in the group's history:

1. Alberta Soranzo
2. Alex Vejnoska
3. Alexa Roman
4. Alexis Antonelli
5. Amy Li
6. Angel Anderson
7. Brian Clayton
8. Carlos (Charlie) Salazar
9. Chris Chandler
10. Christian Sosa-Lanz
11. Christopher Rider
12. Coco Chalfant
13. Craig Nakano
14. Crystal Ehrlich
15. Darren Wong
16. Grace Lau
17. Hannah Galloway
18. Janette Shew
19. Jason Gillard
20. Jens Jonason
21. Jessica DuVerneay
22. Jill Strawbridge
23. John Khuu
24. Jon Plummer
25. Kathy Mirescu
26. Lara Fedoroff
27. Lynn Boyden
28. Matthew Hays
29. Michael Stancato
30. Monique Escamilla
31. Noel Saw
32. Nuzi Barkatally
33. Patrick Neeman
34. Peter Maziak
35. Rajesh Sharma
36. Sam Bloomberg-Rissmann
37. Sarah Stern
38. Seth Gordon
39. Steven Diebold
42. Susan Oslin 
43. Tai Green
44. Tim Gallati
45. Tim Richards
46. Weston Thompson

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