Northwest Leather Celebration

Presenter Biographies

arcane
Iain and Angela
Domina
Ann Grogan
Monica Grace Molton
Rona (Ron) Choy
Dr. Gabriele Hoff, PsyD
Coral Mallow, Ms. Oregon Leather 2007
Ms. Kendra
Ryan


arcane
arcane has been active in the lifestyle for over 13 years, though interested in it for a lot longer. He currently resides in Ohio where he is a member of SEO, a local BDSM group. At the outset of his relationship with Mistral (his Mistress) he built a flogger, because "She didn't have one". One thing led to another and as a result he now travels to several events a year as a vendor, presenter and performer.


Iain and Angela
Angela and Iain are officers in the Society of Janus, and teach in the SF Bay area and nationally at all levels. Their teaching style combines humor and approachability with clarity and thorough research. They have taught at the Dog and Pony conference, FolsomFringe, Good Vibrations, the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality (IASHS), LLC conference, LLW conference, SF Citadel, SF Mensa RG conference, smOdyssey, Society of Janus, The Scenery, House Weirdness, and elsewhere. Several of their topics are not offered by anyone else.

Their regular events include Newcomers Series, Paideia, Beginners' Dungeon, Sampler Night, the Dog and Pony Show, Kinky Dance party, RenFaire party, Victorian Christmas party, Back to School party, and the Kinky Holiday Fantasia. Their classes include Beginners' Dungeon, the Newcomers' series, Paideia playshops, Sexplay in the Dungeon, BD/SM for Health Care Professionals, Kink in the Bedroom series, Spice Play, Mentoring, NGGW, and many topics in sensation play.


Domina
Domina aka the Frugal Domme has been playing for years. She likes canes, edge play, and anything involving shedding blood (especially that of pretty girls.) She is a training Mistress and webmistress for the Northern California Ladies Tea and Discussion Society (www.twistedteas.org/), a group of ladies who throw excruciatingly correct teas with naked slaveboy servers. She is an Emeritus member of the board of the Dungeon Monitor's Association. With her husband/slave, Feynman, and the help of other members of her leather family, House Corwyn, she runs the Frugal Domme (www.frugaldomme.com/), an informational website that also sells toys. She has been teaching all over the west coast for the past ten years and is personally enslaved by three cats, all of whom have strange personality quirks, though maybe not as strange as Domina's.


Ann Grogan
Ann Grogan is president and owner of San Francisco's ROMANTASY Exquisite Corsetry, the oldest custom corset design business in the US, established in 1990 (www.romantasy.com). She and her partner, Ron/Rona, present locally and nationally on the topic of corsetry and waist training. Her team of five corset makers provides the world's widest selection of corset styles. Ann personally coaches students in wearing corsets to achieve permanent waist reduction and feminize the figure. Ann also conducts one-on-one Gender Presentation Counseling Sessions and offers four-hour Transformation Salons in her home (featured as part of a two-hour Discovery Health Channel program in spring 2005, recently re-aired in February of this year). Ann has appeared on ABC-TV's "World News Tonight," Discovery TV Travel Channel, HBO (US and England) and the Maury Povich Show. Ann's book, "Corset Magic: A Fun Guide to Trim Your Waist and Figure" will be available at the vendor fair.


Monica Grace Molton
Monica Grace Molton joins Ann to co-teach "The Basics of FTM Style." She owns a Bay Area Image Consulting and Model's Makeup business. She brings 20 years of experience in her field starting in Hollywood. Monica has styled Ricky Martin, Fergie (Dutchess of York), Chayanne, Ellen Thatcher, and our local San Francisco mayor, Gavin Newsome, among others. She's also worked at several major San Francisco hair and makeover salons. She has participated in numerous ROMANTASY Gender Image Salons since 1995, and has styled many of ROMANTASY's corset models for professional photographs taken over the years. She is a California licensed cosmetologist. Monica's expertise revolves around both hair and wig styling and makeup services, with special focus on creating illusions through sophisticated and subtle makeup contouring techniques. Her skill level and results are extraordinary.


Rona (Ron) Choy
Rona/Ron Choy co-teaches the Basics of Style Workshop with her partner, Ann Grogan. Rona has five years experience as Ann's primary business assistant and as a corset tight-lacer, with 15 corsets in her wardrobe at last count! She has studied women's style and fashion as an avocation, choosing an understated personal femme image appropriate for the circumstance, and approaching passability as "Rona" in public, although that is not her main goal. Rona will assist Ann at the vending exhibit, as well as during the workshop with both the technical aspects and serving as a model to demonstrate color and other design principles. She has assisted at major national transgender conferences such as Cal Dreamin (San Jose), Esprit (Wash. State), First Event (Boston), and Southern Comfort (Atlanta).


Dr. Gabrielle Hoff, PsyD
Gabriele Hoff, PsyD is dedicated to removing the stigma and stereotypes surrounding erotic powerplay and those who engage in it. Dr Hoff is a lecturer at the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, San Francisco. She has provided guest lectures at San Francisco State University in the Human Sexuality program, at Sonoma State University and at the Dominican University in San Rafael, CA. She has made presentations at many organizations that offer psychological services or training, including the University of California at San Francisco AIDS Health Project, the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center Psychiatry Department, and the Center for Special Problems.
Dr Hoff presented at the annual conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality in Las Vegas 2006; she presented at the AASECT conference in San Francisco, 2006; she presented at the World Congress of Sexology in Montreal, Canada, 2005; she presented at the annual conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality in San Antonio, Texas, 2003. Dr Hoff has written several articles on different aspects of powerplay, SM and DS. Her most recent research is awaiting publication. She was interviewed by Discovery Channel Canada: The Sex Files, shown in 2004.


Coral Mallow, Ms. Oregon Leather 2007
Coral is a force of nature, and because of that the most interesting things occur in her general vicinity. In an effort to be more than just the Universe's cat toy, She has pooled her energies into enjoying life, from chocolate to flesh hooks, boys to girls, books to super powers, and boots to gloves! Always in pursuit of knowledge and a good story, she can be found talking to just about anyone.
Coral is a member of P.L.A., R.C.D.C., F.L.A.G., Bad Girls, Bodybound, and is an honorary Bear. She is an educator, artist, Ordeal Path shaman, body pride advocate, model, gamer/comic geek, mentor, and honored to be the Owner of her property, Ryan.
During her reign as Ms.Oregon Leather 2007 she will raise money for her and her Sash husband Ben "Bear" Brown Jr's charities, Esthers's Pantry http://www.ourhouseofportland.org/programs/estherspantry/" and Central City Concern (Ben), /http://www.centralcityconcern.org/.


Ms. Kendra
Ms Kendra has been a part of the leather community for about 25 years. She hails from Indianapolis, Indiana where she and her slave garrett produce the Great Lakes Leather Alliance event weekend. Ms Kendra serves on the board of directors for the Leather Achieves and Museum. She enjoys traveling abroad as well as attending leather events. Ms Kendra has a wonderful Maltese, Samantha Christine. Ms Kendra has judged many contests including International Mr. Leather, International Master/slave, International Olympus, as well as many other locally and regionally. Ms Kendra along with slave garrett enjoy presenting workshops at various events throughout the country. Ms Kendra was presented with the 2006 Pantheon Woman of the Year award. Building a stronger community is a life long goal for Ms Kendra.


Ryan
Ryan is proud to be the property of Coral. Having earned his boots to start his leather journey, he looks forward to new challenges and experiences. His prior military experience gives him special insight on how to learn things in the Old Guard "Trial By Fire" method. He would like to spare future generations this particular form of pain by sharing what he learns along the way.
Ryan also maintains an identity as a house kitten, and when not lounging in sunbeams, becomes human only long enough to plug into his computers ie: The Collective. He is a member of P.L.A., R.C.D.C., Whippersnappers, an Oregon Bear, and a Bad Girls brother.