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It's a Real Who's Who

Trivia Mafia employs hundreds of people (literally, more than two hundreds), but the vast majority are hosts working less than three hours a week. Here you'll see the people on the Admin side! They work anywhere from five to 40 hours per week. They are listed in the order that we think hosts will need to know them, not in order of importance — because not only do we value everyone equally, Sophie is the real MVP (and we're barely even joking). 

Use this contact list for any questions, comments, complaints, quibbles, or clarifications you may have relating to your trivia night, or for any employment-related things. A Host's primary point of contact will be the Host Manager, but continue down the list if they are not available.

Questions about paychecks, PTO balance, reimbursement et al should be sent to payroll@triviamafia.com. 

On the night of hosting, you can reply-all to the questions email to get thoughts from your fellow hosts.

You can call the On-Call person for your event's day (Mary Kate and Brenna cover Friday-Monday; Tuesday is Charles Spolyar, Wednesday is MYSTERY PERSON, Thursday is Marcus Woodard). You can also contact AV Expert Davis Steen via Slack or email.

You can post in the Host Slack under the channel that matches your issue, whether it be #answer-app, #avtroubleshooting, #content, #initialsgame, #social-media, #sub-needed, or #general.

If you're hosting a Private Event, you can use the #privateevents channel in Host Slack, email events@triviamafia.com, or any of the On-Call team (if it's the day of the week they are on).

We want all our staff to feel included, valuable, and seen, even though you’ll mostly only ever see your coworkers on Slack. So don't be a stranger; feel free to reach out to anyone at any time for any reasonable reason. Good trivia isn’t trivial, and the best part of getting together to play trivia is getting people together.

Administration Department

The Powers That Be 

Chuck Terhark, Owner-Operator

The Charles in charge, Chuck oversees payroll and billing on a weekly basis, as well as facilitating all the big ideas for the company. Co-founded the business with Sean McPherson in 2007.

Brenna Proczko, Executive Vice President

After being a player for eight years, Brenna started hosting for Trivia Mafia in 2015, and slowly took on more and more administrative duties until she could pick an impressive yet nonsensical title. She is the manager for all of Admin excepting Editorial, and her proverbial door is always open. 

Sean McPherson, Assistant Owner

While no longer actively part of the day-to-day running of the company, Sean co-founded the company with Chuck in 2007 and spent over a decade writing, hustling, recruiting, soliciting, and basically being everywhere to make Trivia Mafia a success.

On-Call Team

For our busiest days of the week, these people: 

  • keep an eye on Slack, email, and texts (maybe even use their phone as a phone) from about 3pm to 9pm
  • field those last-minute questions from hosts about how to get the questions, get logged in, get the mic to work, and how to get a sub. (On-Call staff are not responsible for finding subs for other people!)
  • sometimes run out to deliver hosts supplies or gear
  • when feasible, pick up last-minute sub shifts 
Charles Spolyar, Tuesday On-Call
A host since 2018! Great with spreadsheets, will always stop to pet your dog and ask about your cat. 
MYSTERY PERSON, Wednesday On-Call
Marcus Woodard, Thursday On-Call
A host since 2016! Originally from North Dakota, but we don't hold that against him. 

Staffing Department

Mary Kate Derrick, Host Manager

A longtime player, Mary Kate has been with us since 2022 to manage hiring, scheduling, and troubleshooting. Also handles all miscellaneous support requests, host coaching, updating staff info in the database, and organizing host gatherings.

Corrin Voeller, Recruiter

Added to Admin in 2024, Corrin has been hosting since 2023. She manages outbound recruiting and inbound evaluations, interviews, and hiring for hosts.

Sales + Customer Support 

Sam Wilczyk, Sales & Account Director

Sam started hosting in 2019 (and continues to host) while also fielding all incoming inquiries for regular trivia events (Trivia Mafia Classic, Initials Game Live, and QuizBang!!). He does outbound sales, all contract creation, account support, and facilitates excellent communications between customers and the rest of the admin team.

Davis Steen, AV Expert

Davis has been a host since 2022 (and still is), but also works with customers and Private Event clients to vet, troubleshoot, and help set up their sound systems (and visual, occasionally, if they use screens). He is the overseer for all of our PAs, keeps tabs on the state of the ICOEs, and will also field questions and offer support to all hosts who need technical support. You can use this form to ask for help. 

Private Events

Greg Harries, Private Events Manager
Richard Thorson, Private Events In-Person Coordinator

Editorial

Aaron Retka, Editor-in-Chief
Sophie Seaberg-Wood, Copy Chief
Megan Olson, Editor
Ruby Levine, Senior Editor
Ira Brooker, Editor
Andrea Buiser, Editor
Tony Abbott-Kline, Editor
Tim Anderson, Slide Master

Marketing

Em Hoar, Marketing Manager TMC
Larrell McAllister, Marketing Manager IGL + QuizBang!!
Mia McGill, Social Media Coordinator

Systems

Michelle Jones, Systems Manager

Architect and custodian of our databases and automations, Michelle started in 2020 as the Private Events Manager and pivoted to overseeing all systems and making them go in 2022. She keeps the trains on time and in the right time zone, and lives in Salida, Colorado.

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