Emily Bresnahan

By Chris Reed on March 9, 2023

Emily Bresnahan lives in Boston, MA, and she lives and breathes live music. Emily found HeadCount while working as a security lead at House of Blues Boston and has been volunteering ever since. When not at a show she can be found at her local record store, at an art museum or listening to Taylor…

Damian Zamora

By clara on June 18, 2014

Damian has been a part of the music and voter registration scene since 2003. He first heard of HeadCount in 2009 at a Les Claypool show. He started seeing fellow HeadCounters at more and more shows. He decided to join in 2010 and traveled many times to volunteer at shows. Damian has been involved with music…

JR Wotring

By clara on June 21, 2012

JR has been volunteering with HeadCount since 2008 and became the Columbus, OH Co-Team Lead in 2012. With a stalker-like love for live music and a disdain for the lack of electoral participation, JR has used HeadCount as the perfect coping mechanism. JR’s day job is a Reporting Specialist with Gap Inc. Direct, but he…

Les Skolnik

By Laurie Lenninger on June 10, 2019

Les Skolnik loves being a HeadCount TL! Les is currently the Social Studies Learning Specialist at a high school in Brooklyn, NY. As a social studies teacher, Les facilitates classroom experiences that allow his students to see their own stories reflected in history. Les has been an educator, youth worker, and youth development specialist for over fifteen…

Greg Sarafan

By clara on May 24, 2012

Greg Sarafan started blogging for HeadCount in January 2011.  Since that time he has held numerous rolls within the organization NYC Team Leader, Legal Intern, Employee, Special Event Social Media Management, Pro-Bono Legal Adviser,  Artist Rep, and Training Coordinator.  Greg has degrees in political science and art history from Binghamton University and JD from Brooklyn Law…

Chris Reed

By clara on

Through a convoluted career path that involved managing a Taco Bell, teaching English in Japan, bartending in a country club, professionally advocating for sustainable seafood and now, working for the government, the one constant has been Chris’s love of music. He has a few degrees that have nothing to do with his current career. He…

Ann King

By clara on January 23, 2015

Ann King was born and raised in IL, lived in TX for 20 years, and is now proud to be a Seattle resident. She has raised two fabulous sons and has been a social studies teacher for almost 20 years at the secondary level.  She first got involved with HeadCount in February of 2012; by…

Steve Katz

By Laurie Lenninger on June 25, 2019

Steve is a retired executive recruiter who has lived in Denver since 1992. His new part-time job is babysitting for his two year old grandson two days a week (with another on the way). He has been regularly attending live music since his first Grateful Dead show in 1973 and still sees live music at…

Racheal Griffin-Jackson

By clara on June 14, 2012

Racheal joined HeadCount in 2012 as the Athens Team Leader after volunteering at an Andrew Bird show in Atlanta. She knew she was hooked after seeing the excitement and pride of the first young voter she registered that night. A huge Pearl Jam, Disco Biscuits, and Georgia Football fan, Racheal’s day job is teaching American…