TEAM
SCOTT
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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Scott (he/him) has been playing Table Top Role Playing games - especially Dungeons and Dragons, for over 40 years. His background as a video game designer spans a career of over 15+ years working for companies such as Disney Interactive, Scopely, Zynga, KIXEYE, and as CPO for Firefly Games. Now, he is turning his creative vision towards creating the best interactive storytelling program the world has ever seen, and he's excited to see what sort of new stories we create together.
SABRINA
PROJECT COORDINATOR​
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Sabrina (she/her) has an expansive career including Architecture, Finance, Project Management, and Community & Youth Services. The one constant has been a commitment to building communities & connections, and she brings this passion to The Hero Workshop, taking care of projects big and small. Outside the office and game rooms you can find her hiking and backpacking with her family and scout troops.
CLAIRE
GAME MASTER
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Claire (she/her) is a filmmaker, screenwriter, and comedian. She received her BA in Media Arts from BYU, where she focused her studies on writing, producing, and overanalyzing Tim Burton's Mars Attacks! As a GM, she uses TTRPGs to help players develop their own improvisational storytelling and critical thinking skills. She believes the stories we tell can give us the tools we need to become heroes in our everyday lives.
TIM
GAME MASTER
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Tim (he/him) is a substitute teacher with the LAUSD and a trained actor and comedian. Tim is also an experienced Dungeon Master and lover of Dungeons and Dragons. Tim combines his passion for the game with his long honed ability to bring characters to life through voice and physicality. But from all of these elements of Tim’s background he brings a love for collaboration and storytelling. The best stories are those we tell together.
RANDAL
GAME MASTER
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Randal (he/him) joins The Hero Workshop from the wild world of book stores, where he managed retail and ran table games. An Eagle Scout, Randal comes to us with over 17 years of experience as a DM.
Also, Randal is proficient in Japanese!
KAYL
GAME MASTER
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Kayl (he/him) is a lifelong fan of most things nerdy and has been DMing for well over a decade. Having spent much of his professional career doing IT and customer service in various fields, the problem solving and collaborative aspects of adventure and dungeon delving are some of the things he most enjoys highlighting at his tables.
JESS
GAME MASTER
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Jess Stellmann (she/her) has been playing in and running Table Top RPGs, mostly D&D, for over a decade. She is passionate about creating table environments that allow all players to feel safe and respected, even when their characters may be in mortal peril.
When she isn’t running games of D&D, Jess is a science educator and program director at USC’s Joint Educational Project (Serve On!)—she’s likely still thinking about D&D at least a little bit though!
SEAN
GAME MASTER
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Sean (he/him) is a bartender and avid enjoyer of all things D&D. He has been playing since 2015 and is originally from Orlando Florida. Sean likes to use his improv skills to keep his tables fresh and interesting both in role playing and running combat. Creating a fun and safe collaborative energy at the table is one of his top priorities. Sean enjoys going on hikes, playing videogames, and eating all the amazing food in Los Angeles.
JASMINE
GAME MASTER
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Jasmine (she/her) is a screenwriter and TTRPG performer from the Bay Area. She has over ten years of entertainment industry experience and got started playing D&D after finding a group of other nerds in the writers' room who wanted to learn how to play too. When she's not rolling dice, she can be found playing video games that stress her out, buying books she doesn't need, and singing songs to her dogs.
ZACH
GAME MASTER
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Zach (he/him) is an actor, writer, and filmmaker from Michigan. He has a deep passion for dungeons, dragons, and all things “nerdy.” He believes that storytelling is the greatest tool in forging a community, and he is excited to be sharing his experience as a storyteller with the community at the Hero Workshop! When he’s not playing D&D, he’s probably writing, exercising, or tutoring chess.