MLS Staff

Connie Connie found JAFF in 2004 and joined the MLS staff in December 2007. Connie's main duties include fundraising, technical support and the Meryton Reading Room. Her love of Jane Austen started in high school after reading P&P for the first time. It wasn't until 20 years later that her love for Jane turned in to a JAFF obsession.

Connie lives in Oregon, USA, with her husband, two daughters and two cats. She loves to read JAFF, dabble a little in writing, quilts, beads, makes homemade jam and loves to attend the JAFF tea parties.

cjoki@meryton.com

ellenjp - Board of Directors & Pemberley Library

Ellen Ellen has been involved in JAFF since 2004, discovering Austen’s novels at the relatively advanced age of 58. (Better late than never!) Not owning a laptop, she began creating printable PDF versions of her favorite stories, so she could take Darcy to bed! She has been a board member since MLS incorporated in 2008.

Ellen has been owner, financial officer, IT guru and housekeeper for her graphic design business in central Virginia since 1993. In her infinitesimally brief, non-business hours, she helps authors prepare their books for publishing, drinks a bit of wine, reads the best fanfic in the universe, watches classic movies, tries to keep her husband straight, and sleeps!

ellenjp@meryton.com

gail_etc - AHA Root Admin

Gail Gail discovered JAFF in 2005 and joined the MLS staff in December 2007. As a Root Admin she works hard keeping the board nice and clean.

Gail loves JAFF, loves JAFFers even more and loves writing her version of JAFF most of all. She writes to preserve what little sanity she has left - finding it to be cheap therapy (except for the times it threatens to rip her guts out instead).

gail_etc@meryton.com

gailw15 / AHA Root Admin

Gail GailW fell in love with Jane Austen many years ago in High School but it wasn’t until after her second viewing of P&P2 in 1998 that she discovered JAFF and has been hooked ever since! She joined the MLS staff in October of 2009 and is responsible for the member validation queue and assisting with other site maintenance.

Gail lives with her husband in Massachusetts, USA and has two grown children. She works part-time as the benefits manager of a Fortune 100 company and in her spare time loves to read, travel (especially to JAFF tea parties), camp and watch her beloved New England Patriots.

gailw@meryton.com

EmilynW - Board of Directors

Emilyn Emilyn rediscovered dear Jane in 1999 after watching P&P2 at her best friend’s girls’ night. She began reading P&P every January until discovering JAFF in 2003. It took three years for her to de-lurk! If pressed, she will admit that Colin Firth is her favorite Mr. Darcy.

When she’s not reading JAFF, she smothers her husband and two adult children with love while taking care of her 94-year-old father full-time. During stolen moments, you’ll find her scrapbooking, beading, trying out new recipes, and reviving her French. When it’s not raining, you might catch her out in the garden.

She joined the MLS Board in March 2010.

LoryL - Board of Directors

Lory Lory discovered JAFF in 2004 as an avid reader then a year later as a tentative author. She joined MLS in November 2008 as a member of the board of directors.

Lory lives in Bucharest, Romania, with her dear husband, her dear daughter of 14 and her dear dog ( a French bulldog). She works as an Organizational Development Manager in a multinational company, and when she is not working ( which is very rare), she loves reading (Pride and Prejudice is the all time favorite), JAFF, going to the theatre and writing (JAFF, of course).

loryl@meryton.com

Moushele - CIO MLS / AHA Root Admin

Michele Michele discovered JAFF in 2005 after watching P&P 1995 for the first time and loving it. Primarily a lurker on other sites until finding AHA right after it was born, that changed in a big way! Now you'll find her just about anywhere on the board, and she has written several JAFF shorts and stories. Michele works primarily on technical issues for MLS.

Michele lives in Washington State, USA (not the one with the politicians) in her 'cabin' on the beach. She travels extensively for her work and has met JAFFers across the country.

micheler@meryton.com

KC Derby - AHA Moderator

KC found JAFF in 2008 and started posting her first story at AHA later that year. She joined the MLS staff as a Moderator in March 2010.

KC lives on a 4-acre slice of Penn's Woods in central Pennsylvania with her husband and 2 dogs. They enjoy hiking, gardening and being beer snobs (OK, not the dogs so much on that last one). Mr. KC doesn't understand KC's Austen obsession, but not everyone is perfect.

sadriani - Board of Directors

Susan Susan joined the MLS staff in August of 2009 as a member of the Board of Directors.

When she's not writing, Susan enjoys being outdoors, hiking, reading, and spending time with her family - all of whom, incidentally, are very, very indulgent about her JAFF addiction. She lives in New England, USA with her husband, their young daughter, and a very heavy cat.

sadriani@meryton.com

ladytrapper - Board of Directors

Nancy Nancy came to her JAFF addiction sometime after the fiftieth time she read Pride and Prejudice and the kids learned to drive themselves. Although Pride and Prejudice is her favorite book of all time, Nancy's read everything Jane ever wrote. It just wasn't enough. Discovering the Republic of Pemberley's Bits of Ivory was an aha! moment. For years a dedicated lurker, the community here at AHA provided the impetus to have her share in the conversation.

Nancy has worked for the same supermarket chain for forty years, starting as an afterschool cashier at age sixteen. Married to her Trapperman since 1975, they have two grown children. They reside in the wilds of Northeast Ohio with their son and cats.

ladytrapper@meryton.com

shmarollynn - Pemberley Library

Carol Carol .....

shmarollyn@meryton.com

Teapot50 - Board of Directors, Chairman & CEO

Nancy Nancy . . .

teapot50@meryton.com

zuki - Graphic Designer / MRR Coordinator

Zuki Zuki is a freelance graphic designer/photographer by day and closet JAFF addict by night. She found the wonderful world of JAFF in 2005 but didn't delurk until 2007 and started dabbling in writing about a year later. Zuki began to lend a hand behind the scenes at MLS with some graphics work and then the inauguration of the MRR.

Zuki resides in New England, USA with her own William D, loves watching period dramas, and dreams of one day visiting Scotland. In addition to working in freelance, she also moonlights in fashion retail, and illustrates for fun.

Mr. Darcy Fan - CFO of MLS

Lorie Lorie fell in love with JAFF shortly after watching P&P 2005. She is an avid reader and can often be found each night in a hot bath, glass of wine and a favorite story in hand. She joined MLS in October 2009 as a member of the board of directors and was elected as CFO in January 2010.

Lorie is an honest and true Georgia Girl, which is where she lives with her husband of 13 years and two sons. She has been employed at SunTrust Bank for 15 years most of which was spend as a PMO Manager. Hobbies include everything JAFF, dreaming of Matthew MacFadyen, yard work, watching sports and hanging out with friends.

lamb.lorie@meryton.com