Christina Habibi moved to Athens from California in 2019, she’s spent most of her life between Minnesota and California. Christina is a project manager for Hewlett Packard Enterprise, where she’s worked for 15 years delivering large technology projects throughout the globe. Christina studied graphic design and is currently pursuing a degree at the University of Minnesota in management and communications. She’s a prolific artist and engages with the art community through her membership and service to Athens Institute of Contemporary Art (ATHICA), she’s served as the Vice President of the ATHICA board of directors.

To put it in stark terms, Stephanie Burr Lynn saved the Wild Rumpus in 2020. VIP. Stephanie’s work has put this organization on the foundation it needs to grow into the next 12-year cycle of wild growth, and arguably the next 100. Did I say VIP? VIP.

Stephanie currently serves as a Senior IT Manager at UGA. She has a Masters Degree in Public Administration, with a specialization in Nonprofit Management. She is also the Treasurer of the Joint Development Authority of Athens Clarke County and the City of Winterville. She is a proud member of the local Tango and Salsa community. She is married to David Lynn and has two lovely daughters, Emma & Erin. Her hobbies include dance, sewing, pottery, gardening, and genealogy research.

In her second year of Rumpus, Juliet Jones’ awesome work ethic, get-it-done mentality, and generosity have been a huge boon to Wild Rumpus already. We are grateful to have her!!

Juliet Jones grew up in Metro Atlanta and moved to Athens, GA in 2003 to study at The University of Georgia earning a degree in Risk Management and Insurance. Juliet has worked in many service industry positions in Athens, most recently for The National. In January 2020 Juliet relocated to Charleson, SC to work for High Wire Distilling as their Tasting Room Manager. She enjoys volunteering and has worked in the past with other local non-profits such as The Tyanna Foundation and AlanFest. Juliet also spent 5 seasons in ACC’s Level C co-ed softball team playing 3rd base for The Supertonics. She retired in 2019 following their Championship win against Hendershots.

Christy O’Reilly, a sixth-generation Athenian, earned her Masters of Science in Nursing from Emory University in 2006 and has been practicing as a Certified Nurse Midwife since that time. Previous to that she was a Labor & Delivery RN at Athens Regional and spent many years prior to that in the Athens service industry. She graduated from Clarke Central in 1991 and remains a proud Gladiator. Other than a few years spent living on Catalina Island in California, she has lived her entire life in Athens. She and her husband, Colm, moved to the Boulevard neighborhood in 1999 and raised their two children, Sage and Roan, in the 100 year old Victorian that they renovated there (secretly she wishes it was haunted but it is not). In her spare time, she loves supporting local music and spending time with friends. You can always find her front row at any show that her son, Roan, is playing at! When she can, she loves to travel and often makes visits to the coast of Georgia to visit her daughter Sage. Spooky season is her absolute favorite time of the year and she and her family have attended nearly every Wild Rumpus over the last decade. Now that her children are older and leaving the nest, she is excited to have the time and opportunity to join the Board of the Wild Rumpus and become more involved with creating magical spooky memories for all Athenians and visitors to our city.

Adriana Thomas was born in North Carolina and grew up between the three states of  North Carolina, Texas, and Georgia. From an early age, she took an interest in music, performing in various choirs, eventually starting several musical projects playing drums and singing. She graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and English and began a career in non-profit management with The Boys & Girls Clubs of Athens. While in this role, she helped lay the groundwork for a music program at the Boys & Girls Club, teaching middle-schoolers how to write, produce and record music in a professional studio. After graciously accepting the opportunity to tour the UK playing drums and singing backing vocals, the deep connections she made in England lead her to pursue a 200hr Yoga Teacher certification. She enrolled to learn more about the human body, but she quickly became fascinated with how both emotional and physical traumas influence all parts of our bodies. Her new mission deepened to include helping others treat themselves and their bodies with more compassion through meditation, diet, and mindful exercise. She specializes in trauma-informed yoga in Vinyasa, Hatha, Yin, Chair, and Restorative styles. She is currently completing an additional 300hr yoga teacher training certificate and has plans to pursue a yoga therapy certification in the near future.

Her fascination with medicine and technology has most recently lead her to her current professional role as a clinical content producer/writer at Teladoc Health. She works with a team of medical professionals and multimedia experts to deliver educational and lifestyle content to people managing chronic conditions. 

On the weekends you may find her salsa dancing, performing with various musical projects, performing improv comedy, teaching yoga, hiking or in a studio recording her own music.

New to Athens, Ben is ready to put his skills to work with Wild Rumpus. He attended his first Rumpus in October 2022 and knew he needed to be a part of the organization. With many years of experience in event planning and being from New Orleans where the largest free show, Mardi Gras, takes place; he will have a lot to bring to the table. Ben is “ready to bring the Crescent City to the Classic City.” He is excited to continue to put down roots and grow in Athens community with his husband Boyce and their cat Klaus.

Christina grew up primarily in Marietta, GA and moved to Athens to attend UGA in 2012. After getting her degree in fashion merchandising she moved to Seattle to work for Nordstrom at their buying offices before returning to Athens to be closer to family in 2020. Since then, she has been curating local underground electronic music events with her husband Dado under their music label and promotion company Nightshade Family, as well as homeschooling their 7 year old daughter Annabella. Through these events she developed a passion for connecting with the local community and bringing people together through music. She strives to create an inclusive community for local DJs and producers to find support and opportunity. Personal interests include DJing (artist name Curst), sustainable fashion, reading mystery novels and spending time with her family and their two cats Roger and Oliver. 

Suki Janssen likes to talk trash and is quite resourceful!  She is the Director of the Athens-Clarke County (ACC) Solid Waste Department and has been with ACCGov for eighteen years.  Biggest accomplish to-date was bringing a Center for Hard to Recycle Materials (CHaRM) to Georgia.  Prior to her position in Athens-Clarke County, she was a Program Coordinator for the Keep Georgia Beautiful program.  She is a certified middle grades teacher (having taught 7th and 8th grade science in Cobb County Georgia for five years).  She is a past Georgia Recycling Coalition President and board member, current Northeast Georgia Regional Solid Waste Management Authority board member and Solid Waste Association of North America Georgia (SWANA) Chapter past president and current International Advisory Board Delegate.   She is a SWANA certified Landfill Operator and Class Instructor since 2005, SWANA Recycling Systems Manager certified since 2007, and Composting Programs Manager certified since 2013.  She is a Georgia Master Gardener, Master Composter and Master Naturalist.  She published a children’s book about nature’s best recycler, the vulture.  The book is titled There Goes the Neighborhood and came out in February 2020. 

Timothy ‘Timi’ Conley was born in 1967 in Massachusetts and raised between Mass, and East Tennessee. He attended The University of Massachusetts in Amherst, receiving a BFA in Oil Painting in 1990. In early 1991, he moved to Athens, GA to start a music career that now spans three decades. His accomplished musical projects include Wonderland Rangers, Kite to the Moon, Aqualove, and Fuzzy Sprouts.

Restlessly creative, Timi started the Wild Rumpus Parade & Spectacle in 2009. The parade took the streets unofficially that year, with crowds large enough that Conley received a citation for disrupting traffic. Since 2010, the parade has grown, as has the organization. The Wild Rumpus parade is a unique event, centered on the premise that the public IS the parade, and that “All are invited”. Timi fundraises through business and individual sponsorships, civic and arts-related grants, tourism grants, private foundations, crowdfunding, and more to put on one of the biggest parties of the year in Athens and the Southeast, concurrently raising money and awareness for locally-based nonprofit charities.

The Wild Rumpus now attracts Halloween enthusiasts by the thousands, locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally, and has been supported by hundreds of businesses’ and individuals’ sponsorships. Timi formed the nonprofit entity for the Wild Rumpus in 2020 during the pandemic, paving the way for Rumpus for years to come.

Timi lives in Athens near downtown, prides himself in his kids, Sage and Luna, and his current musical project Wonderland Rangers, is a 25-year vegetarian, bicycle and espresso enthusiast, and avid proponent of environmentalism and being in Nature. Timi continues to make and sell art, mostly serving the imagery of the Wild Rumpus.

Reluctantly, Timi has ‘grown up’ to the degree of doing spreadsheets and taxes, but adheres to his tenet: “Keep playing.”