| The Executive Committee The Southwest Leather Conference is divided into four main parts: Event Logistics I & II, Programming, Image and Communications, and Finance. A five-person committee was created by the Butchmanns Board of Directors to manage the business and implementation components of the Conference. In addition to four Executive Producers, the Butchmanns Board appointed slave Alia, a current member of the Board, as Executive Director and Board Liaison, in order to effectively communicate decisions or instructions between the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors. Executive Director | slave Alia
 slave Alia, known also by her adopted spiritual name of Alia Al’Barakah, brings the unique magic, mysticism, and erotic culture of the Middle East to her BDSM lifestyle.
A practicing Shi’ite and Sufi Muslim, slave Alia actively promotes self-awareness and spiritual development within the leather and Muslim communities, volunteering her presentation skills, time, and organizational / management skills on special events committees and at venues where SM, spirituality, and relationships are the focus. She has served as the Chief Financial Officer of the Southwest Leather Conference for the past seven years, and has previously served the community as the Co-Chairperson of the Leather Leadership Conference IX held in Phoenix in 2005, and as the Outreach Chair for Arizona Power EXchange (APEX). slave Alia is also a member of the Faculty of the APEX Academy – Butchmanns Experience. She has presented workshops, served as M.C., and delivered keynote speeches on various topics in leather and spirituality at numerous events and organizations over the years, including Rio Grande Leather, Folsom Fringe, the Master / slave Conference, Great Lakes Leather Alliance, People of Leather Among You – Los Angeles, the Northwest Master / slave Contest Weekend, the Leather Leadership Conference, Glendale Community College, Arizona Power EXchange, and the Southwest Leather Conference. slave Alia is the widow of Sir Robin Niven, a beloved member of the Southwest leather community who passed away on March 25th, 2007. She currently lives in Los Angeles, California. slave Alia is an emerging activist in the Muslim community, championing the causes of religious tolerance and education, the modernisation of Islam, and women's rights in Islam. slave Alia has been in service to Master Skip since November 19th of 2003 as part of her on-going spiritual and slave development. |  |
Executive
Producer
(Event Logistics) | Boy Joe
 Boy Joe has been actively involved in the Phoenix Gay Community for the last 17 years and active in the Leather Community for the last 9. He co- founded Phoenix College’s LGBT organization, was one of the founders and twice past president of the Phoenix boys of Leather, a member of the Arizona Power Exchange, Mama’s Family, a past Emperor of the Imperial Court of Arizona and serves on the International Court Council. Joseph is extremely active in his community, organizing and participating in events too numerous to list here. He spends his work days as the Manager of Operations and Creatives for staff development for a fast growing company with over 15,000 employees. He believes if you’re not having fun, you’re just not doing it right.
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Executive
Producer
(Programming) | Bootpig
I've been in service now for more than 10 years, the last blessed nine being in service to Sir. Although my first label is slave, the term pig is more suitable to my range of fun from formal service to outlandish bottoming to topping and willingness to try new stuff. Open and forward, willing to share both the good and bad experiences, I'm either a breath of fresh air, or quickly identified as headstrong.
I have been most fortunate on my leather path to be chosen for leadership positions such as Ms. Olympus Leather 2003, a former President of the Phoenix Boys of Leather, the Coordinator for Southwest Bootblack for well, forever, and now this year as a member of the Executive Committee. I have been further graced with opportunities to teach at events across the country, including becoming parts of families at some of these events. Tribal Fire - Oklahoma City, WOOLF Leather Camp -Wichita, Folsom Fringe, TESfest, Great Lakes Leather, and SouthPlains Leather Fest. It was my great honor to receive the Rocky Mountain Region Pantheon Award this year, along with Lauren, and to be receive the SWLC Leatherwoman's Heart Award in 2008. I continue to describe my life as "charmed". I would not trade it for anything.
These days, I work, teach (professionally and leather), make cheese, plant gardens, bootblack, play hard and dream of a small sustainable farm that Sir and I share on our path of right living with presence and focus. | | |
