Extra Life Nerds - An Extra-Life.org 24 Hour Game-a-Thon Team
Extra Life begins on Saturday, November 7, 2020 at 8am
Why Do We Play
One of our very own Nerds shares his family’s personal story of his son Joshua benefiting from services provided by Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare
The story of Victoria Enmon, a Leukemia patient who was the inspiration behind the Extra Life movement. Sign up and participate in Extra Life, which raises funds for 170 Children's Miracle Network Hospitals: www.extra-life.org
Who We Play For
Gillette Children's
Gillette is recognized worldwide for excellence in patient care, advocacy, employment, research and education.
Lurie Children's
Lurie Children’s is ranked as the top children’s hospital in Illinois and #6 in the country in the 2016-17 U.S. News & World Report survey of children’s hospitals.
Phoenix Children's Hospital
Phoenix Children's Hospital once again has been named to U.S. News & World Report's Best Children's Hospitals rankings.
Team Organization
Troy Cleland
Cloud Administrator at The Nerdery and Co-captain of Team Nerdery.
Kris Peterson
In charge of event streaming, promotional production, and the team's website.

Michelle Fuller
Catering & Event Manager at the Nerdery. Michelle helps with sponsorships, fundraisers, volunteers and catering for Team Nerdery Minnesota.

Jen Herbst
Jen handles meal donations and tracking food donations for MN and also tracks jersey orders and budgets.

Jim Butts
Principal Software Engineer (Chicago). Jim & his wife Jessica coordinate event planning for the Chicago Extra Life team.

Jessica Butts
Caterer & Honorary Nerd (Chicago). Jessica co-leads the recruiting, sponsorship, and event planning for the Nerdery Chicago Extra Life efforts.
J. Michael Edwards-Toepel
Solutions Engineer at The Nerdery. J.Dot runs Team Phoenix.

Jeff Brown
In charge of running tournaments during the event and an extra set of helping hands for MN events throughout the year.
























