Producer, Music Coordinator, The Big Kahuna, and our Fearless Leader Patrick Karnahan (email) Patrick Karnahan founded the Sonora Celtic Faire in 1987. At the time the faire was held in Sonora, Ca, just across the river from its current home. Eventually the faire moved to A new location in Calaveras County, then in 2008 moved back to Sonora. Patrick is also known for his music with the Black Irish Band as well as his artwork.

Reenactment & Clan Coordinator Marti Miernik (email) Marti’s involvement in Renaissance faires and Celtic events spans 13 years. She had a hand in production and management of numerous successful events including those in Redding, Pittsburgh, Pleasanton, San Jose, Sonora, Sonora, and San Diego and now a new one scheduled to appear in San Francisco. Most recently she took upon the co-management of St. Mariens Guild based in San Jose Ca. Till the end of last year she was an assistant guild mistress for the Guild of St. Andrews a premiere Scottish court group in California. In addition to working and (co)managing both guilds, she portrays the prominent role of Her Royal Majesty Mary Stuart and Her Highness Marta Von Mier Jagiellonska at faires throughout the west coast.

Vendor Coordinator, Reenactment Site Layout Manager Bill Watters (email) Bill Watters is a well-known and respected event producer and promoter, whose experience in Renaissance-themed events spans 20 years. He has worked at a management level of over a dozen events in 5 states. He specializes in pre-event layout and planning, and during-event management and operations. He is especially well knows for his ability to coordinate exceptional battle pageants. For the last three years, Bill has also been managing Guild of St. Maria, Bay Area-based Italian Reenactment guild. Bill is also the President Renaissance Productions and most recently he has been appointed as President of CIRGA.

Volunteer Coordinator Gary and Lissa Britt (email) Gary and Lissa have been volunteers at the faire for many years, and have recently taken over the role of Volunteer Coordinator. Following Mariah, Christine, and April, these two have big shoes to fill but we think they'll be up to the task.

Operations Manager, Webmaster Jemiah Westerman (email) Jemiah Westerman started working at the faire as a volunteer at the age of 14. He is now the faire operations manager, running the faire from setup through tear down. He also created and maintains the faire's web site.