This is a list of ex-employees of WotC and their current jobs. Note that there are hundreds of such employees. This list goes back to about 2000, and isn't intended to cover all ex-TSR employees. It's here to help you find your favourite D&D designers and check out the awesome gaming stuff they're likely still making!
Be sure to also check out our page From TSR to WotC: A History of D&D.
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Be sure to also check out our page From TSR to WotC: A History of D&D.
Name | Date | Last Job at WotC | Reason | Current Company | Project |
Lisa Stevens | 2000 | Brand Manager, Star Wars RPG | Lay off Wizards Lay-offs: Lisa Stevens | Paizo Publishing | Pathfinder |
Peter Adkison | 2001 | CEO | Voluntary Peter Adkison's Open Latter, 2000 | Gen Con | |
Monte Cook Monte Cook worked for WotC on two separate occasions. He left voluntarily in 2001 to form Malhavoc Press. He returned to WotC to work on D&D Next a decade later, and left voluntarily in 2012 and formed Monte Cook Games. | 2001 | Senior Designer, 3E | Voluntary | wiki]Monte Cook Games | Numenera |
Ryan Dancey | 2001 | Vice President | Voluntary Ryan Dancey Steps Down as D&D Brand Manager | Goblinworks | Pathfinder Online |
Owen K.C. Stephens | 2001 | Designer, Star Wars RPG | Lay off | Super Genius Games | |
Jim Butler | 2001 | Creative Director | Troon Worlds | RIFT | |
Chris Pramas | 2002 | Creative Director for Miniatures R&D | Lay offI choose you, Pramas-chu! | Green Ronin Publishing | Mutants & Masterminds, Dragon Age RPG, A Song of Ice and Fire, True20, Freeport, and more |
Skip Williams | 2002 | Senior Designer, 3E | Lay off | Freelancing Skip Williams freelanced for WotC in 2013, writing the A0 AD&D adventure for the special edition Against the Slave Lords reprint | |
Penny Williams | 2002 | Lay off | Crystal Unicorn Enterprises | ||
JD Wiker | 2002 | Lead Designer, Star Wars RPG | Lay off | The Game Mechanics | |
Jeff Grubb | 2002 | Designer | Lay off | ArenaNet | Guild Wars 2 |
Sean K Reynolds | 2002 | Designer | Lay off | Paizo Publishing | Pathfinder |
Stan! (Stan Brown) | 2002 | Designer | Lay off/Rehired | Super Genius Games, WotC Stan! had a contract expire and due to the wording had to leave for 6 months. Offered full-time, but required not self-publishing other games. [Part 1 Part 2 Part 3] | |
Anthony Valterra | 2003 | Brand Manager, D&D | Lay off Anthony Valterra breaks his silence | North Seattle Community College | |
Charles Ryan | 2005 | Brand Manager, D&D | Lay off Charles Ryan (and others) out at WotC? | Monte Cook Games | Numenera |
Scott Rouse | 2008 | Brand Manager, D&D | Lay off Thank You | Microsoft | |
Jennifer Paige | 2008 | Online Community Manager | Lay off | Microsoft | |
Julia Martin | 2008 | Editor | Lay off | Microsoft | |
Linae Foster | 2008 | Associate Brand Manager | Lay off | Passport Game Studios | |
Dave Noonan | 2008 | Designer | Lay off | Sasquatch Games | Primeval Thule |
Jonathan Tweet | 2008 | Lead Designer, 3E | Lay off | Fire Opal Media | 13th Age |
Rob Heinsoo | 2009 | Lead Designer, 4E | Lay off | Fire Opal Media | 13th Age |
Logan Bonner | 2009 | Designer | Lay off | Paizo Publishing Logan Bonner freelanced for WotC extensively for 4E before joining Paizo full-time. | |
Chris Sims | 2009 | Designer | Lay off | ||
Andy Collins | 2010 | Designer | Voluntary | Gazillion Entertainment | |
Torah Cottril | 2010 | Editor | Lay off | ||
Bill Slavicsek | 2011 | Director of RPG Design & Development | Lay off | ZeniMax Online Studios | The Elder Scrolls Online |
Michele Carter | 2011 | Editing Manager, D&D Group | Lay off | ||
Richard Baker | 2011 | RPG Group Manager | Lay off | Sasquatch Games Rich Baker freelanced for WotC on the Search for the Diamond Staff season of D&D Encounters before joining Sasquatch. | Primeval Thule |
Stephen Schubert | 2011 | Development Manager, D&D | Lay off | Sasquatch Games | Primeval Thule |
Steve Winter | 2011 | Designer | Lay off/Rehired | Wizards of the Coast Steve Winter freelanced for WotC after departing, then joined as a contractor in 2013. | |
Monte Cook Monte Cook worked for WotC on two separate occasions. He left voluntarily in 2001 to form Malhavoc Press. He returned to WotC to work on D&D Next a decade later, and left voluntarily in 2012 and formed Monte Cook Games. | 2012 | Designer, D&D Next | Voluntary Monte Cook Leaves WotC: No Longer Working on D&D Next | Monte Cook Games | Numenera |
Kim Mohan | 2012 | Designer | Retired WotC's Kim Mohan Retires; reviews of THE LOST DUTCHMAN and SEASONS; plus Why Do You DM? | ||
Bruce Cordell | 2013 | Designer | Voluntary Bruce Cordell leaves WotC | ||
Rodney Thompson | 2016 | Developer, D&D | Voluntary | Bungie |
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