Mick has been a member of the San Francisco Leather Community for over 20 years. He is active in several leather organizations and has been a frequent presenter at Leathermen's Discussion Group, Leather-Levi Weekend, SF boys of Leather, PerverCity, Society of Janus, and other venues. His BDSM journey began at the infamous Eagles Nest and notorious Mine Shaft in New York many years ago. Mick has enjoyed both monogamous and open Dom/sub relationships with former partners, but has found his most enduring joy in building leather family - the multiple, formal, structured relationships that he enjoys with his slave and boys.

slave bill has been an active member of the Leather Community for almost 20 years and is in his 15th year of service to his Master. he is a co-founder of the San Francisco chapter of the Defenders, has served on the Steering Committee of the Leathermen's Discussion Group and has participated in many workshops including Leather Levi Weekend, the San Francisco boys of Leather, and the Society of Janus. In addition to being a 24x7 non-live-in slave, he has a non-leather partner of 25+ years who is understanding and accepting of bill's calling to service as a slave.

Daddy Sal has been a part of the Leather Community and an activist for 20 years. She is founder and past coordinator of The Exiles in San Francisco. A past producer of the SF Dyke Daddy/Diva Contest, she has also organized numerous events and fundraising efforts. She identifies as a Sir and a Daddy and has a collared boy who has been in her service for over eight years. Her participation in the community comes from a passion for the Leather lifestyle, for education and for mentoring.

boyjean has been involved in the Leather life for over 16 years and has identified as a boy for as long as he can remember. he has the privilege and honor of serving his Sir/Daddy and regards service as a passion that comes from the heart. boyjean serves the Leather Community as a board member of Leather Traditions, coordinator of the International Community Bootblack contest, and has held the titles of Northern California Bootblack 2007, and International Community Bootblack 2007.

slave david has been in service to Master Steve of Tucson, Arizona for the last seven years. Other than periodic times in residence and trips with Master's household to national Master-slave events, he has fulfilled his commitment while living in San Francisco. He has attended and/or assisted at several weekend programs of Master Steve's Butchmann's Institute. He was a founding member of the SF-MAsT group and currently is a member of the San Francisco Defenders Club.

Miss Bethie Bee's unique approach to kink is an oddball mixture of a deep passion for formality tainted with irreverence, blended with an adoration of the bizarre and a love of adventure. When she is not in the dungeon or teaching classes she can be found volunteering for any number of kink organizations as a party host, event coordinator, and educational program director for organizations including SF Citadel, The Society of Janus, South Bay TNG and Leather Traditions. She was honored to be nominated for the SFBALA's Woman of the Year 2009 award and she is currently Ms SF Citadel 2011.

Patrick Mulcahey has been playing with rope, men, pain, trust and power for 35 years. He has presented on M/s, Leather and SM topics for the Society of Janus, Leather Alley at S.F. Pride, the Sacramento Valley Leathercorps, Leather SINS in Chicago, the Northwest Leather Celebration, Behind Closed Doors in Tucson, and the Master/slave Conference in Silver Spring, Maryland. He is a proud member of the 15 Association, MAsT and Janus, and program director of the S.F. Leathermen's Discussion Group. He lives in San Francisco with his slave patrick.

Brekke entered the Bay Area kink community in late 2000 and promptly began soaking up the educational opportunities as well as getting in touch with her inner volunteer. Throughout the years Brekke has been an Outreach, then Programs officer in The Society of Janus, Registration Coordinator for Folsom Fringe, an educator, Femdomme party producer, Journeyman III CA graduate, NWM/s Contest Producer (2006) and Judge (2007), and The Gal Who Brings the Bubbly to various and sundry events. After a brief and largely unsuccessful foray into Switching - where she was always very precise in her directions to the "top" - she listened to the universe's nagging and agreed that dominance was her authentic disposition. Brekke is honored to have been asked to be a part of the Leather Traditions organization, and to be able to partake of the opportunities for growth and fellowship with this awesome group of perverts.

slave Trudy comes to Leather Traditions with years of community service experience. She is on the staff of Butchmanns Experience and serves as the lead of its "On the Road team.". She has served as Instructor and VIP Liaison for Southwest Leather Conference for three years. slave Trudy was the driving force behind the formation of the Northwest Master/slave Contest. She is a graduate of Journeyman's III Academy and a former member of the Board of Directors of smOdyssey. It is not her accomplishments however but the friends she made along the way that foster her personal growth and spiritual journey. Hence she is thrilled to be invited to join the Leather Traditions team.