Board of Directors

Brett Hanover / Auryn
Independent Filmmaker, United States of America

Auryn is a filmmaker, new media artist, and curator from Memphis (TN), USA.

Dr Hazel Ali Zaman-Gonzalez / Sibyl
Assistant Professor of Social Work and Director of Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies Department at Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA, USAr

Informed by queer and trans of color critique and scholarship, Hazel engages with various interdisciplinary fields, such as transgender studies, performance studies, and critical youth studies, in writing about queer and trans of color life. Hazel’s current teaching and research interests include queer and trans healthcare, wellness, and the utilization of phenomenological and participatory methodologies for applied trans inquiry.

Reuben Mount / Vanguard Husky
PhD Candidate, Birmingham City University, United Kingdom

Reuben Mount otherwise known as Vanguard the Husky is a furry researcher in the U.K., studying the furry fandom at Birmingham City University. His research specialisms include furry identity, furry media and safe spaces.

Tommy Bruce / Atmus
Visual Artist, United States of America

Tommy Bruce is an artist living in Portland, Oregon. His work centers on an exploration of identity in contemporary culture through work with the Furry community. His work has been featured in exhibitions and publications internationally, including Art in America, The Institute for Contemporary Art Philadelphia, Vice, Lenscratch and ArtForum. He was an invited speaker on the subject of the Furry community at the 2016 New York City Porn Film Festival, and has advocated for the legitimacy and value of the Furry community through public presentations, exhibitions and programming for more than a decade.

Dr Xavier Ho / Spaxe Austral
Senior Lecturer in Interaction Design, Monash University, Australia

Spaxe (pronounced ‘spakes’) is a designer, researcher, and a hobby singer. He works with queer and trans gamemakers to investigate best practices for documenting, preserving, and describing games as cultural history in the making, including furry games. Spaxe is a co-founder of Furry Studies, and an editor on the Special Issue of Furry Studies in Journal of Popular Communication. He loves musical theatre and hosts the Furry Variety Show at Aurawra, and performs in musical events regularly in the furry community.