{"id":148,"date":"2013-06-27T09:58:56","date_gmt":"2013-06-27T14:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2013.chicago.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_organizer&#038;p=148"},"modified":"2013-06-27T11:45:42","modified_gmt":"2013-06-27T16:45:42","slug":"heather-acton","status":"publish","type":"wcb_organizer","link":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2013\/organizer\/heather-acton\/","title":{"rendered":"Heather Acton"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Organizer Role:\u00a0<b>Co-Organizer, Lead Advisor<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Heather Acton is the founder of <a title=\"Chicago WordPress Development Agency\" href=\"http:\/\/heliointeractive.com\" target=\"_blank\">Helio Interactive<\/a>, a WordPress-centric digital agency in Chicago, IL, and is a self-proclaimed WordPress fanatic and WordCamp groupie.\u00a0Heather has built over 50 WordPress sites in the past 4 years, most while her kids were climbing on her lap or asking her for food or a hug.<\/p>\n<h2>How did you get involved in WordCamp?<\/h2>\n<p>I organized 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