Bethany Lang has taken the long and winding road to project management and WordPress. After receiving her BFA in Theatre Management from The Theatre School at DePaul University, she began her career as a grant writer and fundraiser in Chicago for organizations like Steppenwolf Theatre Company and Chicago Children’s Museum. As the youngest person everywhere she worked, she was often called upon to do “the stuff with computers.”
In 2012, Bethany left fundraising to transition to join NeonCRM’s training and implementation team, helping nonprofit organizations get up and running with their new CRM. In her three years there, Bethany became the team’s first director, supervising its growth from two to five full-time staff, creating new training materials and seminars, and assisting hundreds of nonprofit organizations.
Bethany came to WordPress through her previous position as Project Manager and Web Developer at Cornershop Creative, where she managed a wide variety of nonprofit tech projects and built websites for progressive nonprofits. She loves WordPress because it’s flexible and has a tremendous open source community, but it’s still so easy to use for everyday editors.
When she’s actually away from her computer, Bethany enjoys exploring Pittsburgh’s booming craft beer scene, rooting for her beloved Pittsburgh Pirates, and hanging out with her two dogs, Mina and Pavel.