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A full-stack web developer, Betsy specializes in JavaScript, CSS, Python, and PHP, and most recently, Craft CMS builds. For nearly twenty years, she's collaborated with developers, designers, UXers, and product owners to create websites & apps across a wide variety of industries and development stacks. She's especially interested in human-friendly, accessible, and culturally conscious software, built using atomic-based development.

She wrote about serendipitously stumbling into web development in Coding For Artists, and was invited to speak as a panelist at the events #ilooklikeadeveloper and Intersection of Design & Technology

Currently, she is the Director of Development at Legion Collective, a marketing agency based in Chicago.

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Engineering Tomorrow

Engineering Tomorrow Legion Collective

Engineering Tomorrow is a nonprofit that introduces students to engineering through free physical and virtual labs, sessions with professional engineers, and mentorships with college students across the US, UK, and Australia. A vital feature of this Craft CMS build was the bilateral CRM (Salesforce) integration, in conjunction with custom module creation, to facilitate an intuitive and dynamic registration experience for teachers & students, as well as a seamless workflow for internal staff & recruiters.

Art on theMART

Art on theMART Firebelly

Art on theMART is the largest digital art projection in the world, projecting artwork across the 2.5 acre façade of The Merchandise Mart along Chicago's Riverwalk. This was a full site redesign and re-platforming from Wordpress to Craft CMS. The site boasts interactive moments evocative of the art projection experience itself.

Casey Tanner / The Expansive Group

Casey Tanner / The Expansive Group Firebelly

Casey Tanner is a queer sex activist, influencer, therapist, speaker, and writer. Working in close collaboration with the client and design team, this was a Craft CMS multi-site install for both the client's personal brand and therapy practice, with a pivotal feature being an API (Google) integration to process patient intake forms.

The Kendeda Fund

The Kendeda Fund Firebelly

In 2023, the Kendeda Fund sunset three decades and more than $1 billion dollars of grant making on many of the most impactful issues today – from climate change and land conservation, to girls’ rights and gun violence prevention, to racial injustice and inequitable economies. This content-rich Craft CMS build served as archive and swan song for the Kendeda Fund and its powerful work. 

Society for Contemporary Art

Society for Contemporary Art Firebelly

The Society for Contemporary Art (SCA) is a nonprofit that supports the Art Institute of Chicago by promoting art appreciation & community engagement through special programming & events, exhibitions, and acquisitions. This Craft CMS build required new & existing tiered membership processing & management, and event registration & management.

Institute of Politics

University of Chicago / Institute of Politics Firebelly Design

The Institute of Politics is a non-partisan program, associated with The College of the University of Chicago and the Harris School of Public Policy; it is committed to fostering a passion for public service and active engagement. This was a complete site redesign & build, with technical requirements around the CRM (Neon) integration, integral to event management and internship & career opportunities.

Threadless

Threadless

Threadless is a Chicago-based e-commerce company established in 2000 -- one of the first major crowdsourced ventures -- that facilitates the submission & public voting of artwork by a global artist community, with winning designs printed & sold on the website. A decade in, Threadless launched Artist Shops, a platform independent of the Threadless store, through which each artist controls their own shop, content, and pricing. As an in-house developer, key responsibilities included maintenance of the main site, as well as UI development of the artist dashboard & product tooling.