Board & volunteers
Meet the people bringing research, lived experience, and imagination to Second Haven. Our different backgrounds and strengths are brought together by a shared belief in kindness and belonging.
Leadership & stewardship
Our board brings different perspectives to the shared responsibility of guiding Second Haven and supporting its mission.
Founder & President
she/her
Lisa is a research psychologist and Second Haven’s founder. She brings experience studying emotional well-being and evaluating youth-serving nonprofits, alongside lived experience of chronic illness. She manages the Minecraft and Discord spaces, helping make connection possible from home.
Community & research
Vice President & Strategic Advisor
she/her
Gina brings more than 20 years of experience helping mission-driven organizations plan, evaluate, and grow. Her work combines research, strategy, and a focus on lived experience to help Second Haven understand its impact and build a sustainable future.
Strategy & evaluation
Board Member
he/him
Charles founded QTurn and the David P. Weikart Center. His work focuses on improving the quality of learning environments and supporting social-emotional development. He brings two decades of experience in program assessment, staff training, and quality improvement systems to his perspective as a Second Haven board member.
Program quality & learning Charles at QTurn
Treasurer
Ovi is Second Haven’s Treasurer, a sailor, and a chess enthusiast. His background includes restoring his boat, Silver Cloud, after Hurricane Ike—a two-year project shared with his wife. At Second Haven, he supports financial stewardship and works with fellow board members to guide the organization’s resources in service of its mission.
Financial stewardshipCreativity & contribution
Our volunteers contribute their time and skills to the stories, shared adventures, and everyday experiences that bring people together.
Game Designer & Technical Developer
he/him
Luke designs quests, puzzles, and interactive experiences that encourage cooperation and discovery. He brings game design and programming skills to challenges where players communicate, solve problems together, and contribute in different ways.
Cooperative play
Narrative Designer
they/them
Nova brings storytelling, digital art, and experience supporting young people to Second Haven. They help shape characters, lore, and imaginative quests, creating shared adventures with attention to inclusion, emotional experience, and connection.
Story & worldbuilding
Community Builder
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Josh provides all-around support, warm welcomes, and mentorship to members of our community, hosts and invents minigames, and contributes custom builds enjoyed by all players.
Creativity and mentorship
Community Builder
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Aidan has planned large, accessible group activities from start to finish, including major builds, mini-quests, and games in our festival sites and a giant color-by-numbers game.
Activity design & hostingVolunteer team
Meet the players bringing our quests and games to life through stories, builds, puzzles, code, and playtesting. Everyone on this team volunteers in this capacity, including those who also serve in other roles at Second Haven.
Player nameMomLisa / LisaL
Project Lead
Guidebook and curriculum design, datapack coding, story elements, script and plot details, puzzle ideas, lore, themes, and builds
Player nameluckyluke2006
Puzzle Designer, Builder, and Coder
Main puzzle designer (particular core mechanics and redstone), builder, coder, story elements, and developer for lore and characters (especially languages and build styles)
Player nameWiseOldQuokka
Storywriter and Builder
Major builds and author of the main story and premise for our Rosetta Quest, supplying powerful themes and plot elements as well as general development of characters and some dialogue.
Player nameFairBecky
Builder
Builder extraordinaire for major quest sites and a source of brainstorming support for stories and themes.
Player namedo2ba1a
Builder
Quest and festival builds, game facilitator and mentor
Player nameDevin9382
Advisor and Guide
Devin is a Certified Peer Support Specialist who provides guidance and content on the Hero’s Journey framework, quest themes, story elements and plot.
Player nameEtherness8555
Strategic Advisor
Outcomes and evaluation planning, theme input, brainstorming, and feedback
Player nameFakeDisc
Builder and Lore
Quest builds and lore.
Player nameErik2003L
General Support
Provides ideas, feedback, and playtesting support
Player namenomefaa
Nakan Advisor
Lore, characters, Nakan culture, and build styles
A community effort
Members, volunteers, and creative contributors help make Second Haven a place to return to. A welcoming conversation, a new idea, or an afternoon spent building can all be part of that work.