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Co-owners/Producers
Bumper
Bumper is a non-binary genderqueer Leather penguin who is an active member of the kink community. They are a retired Bootblack, top, switch, and cigar lover. Bumper is a leader in the community, co-founder of MX Virginia Leather Contest, co-owner/producer of Bootblack Round Up, and committed their title year as Mid-Atlantic Leatherwoman Bootblack 2018 to educate the community about Bootblacking. They are passionate about serving, helping out, and preserving the community's history.
John
John was born in Pittsburgh, PA, where he began exploring leather/BDSM in his 20's. He currently resides in Baltimore with his husband. John embraces strict protocols, good manners, and proper etiquette and strives to lead by example. He is also proud of his naughty and playful nature. John participates in fundraisers and leather events nationwide and mentors other leatherboys and Bootblacks. He is "Mamas True Leatherboy," the Atlantic States Leather Community Bootblack 2017 and International Community Bootblack 2017, and co-owner/producer of the Bootblack RoundUp.
Henry James
Henry is a past Bootblack Titleholder (SWBB 2006 and ICBB 2006] and Bootblack contest producer for ICBB, IMsL, and many regional contests with the ICBB system. He is an active member of the Minneapolis Leather Community and an associate member of the Atons. Henry currently resides in the Minneapolis, MN, area with his boy, Justin, and their three dogs.
Ox Treadway
Boy Ox aka Working Dog "Trouble" is owned and collared by Master Hooker. This mischievous Florida native currently hails from Fairbanks, Alaska. He is the founder of FBX-PAH "Fairbanks Pups and Handlers", The Drone Zone Alaska, A member of Hell & Back Ministries, and part owner of Bootblack Round-Up! Ox has been in the community since 2009 and primarily identifies as a working dog, slave, rubber/gear fetishist and leatherboy. In 2016 he won the title of Alaska State Bootblack and in 2023 he won the Shine Off at BBRU.
C.L. Burke - Social Media Lead
Burke is the butchest boy in Hell and Back Ministries. She is a second-generation leather in the Baltimore community, where she is also a penguin, a HellHound, an old dog, and a service-oriented human being. Burke considers herself a shoeshine on some days and a bootblack on others. She entered her bootblack journey saying she “would never do none of that technical stuff”. Then, she ended that illusion upon becoming the resident bootblack for the Carter/Johnson Library and Collection - Mid-Atlantic Annex in Baltimore. Burke proudly flags AARP on the right and seeks to be humiliated well and often. Cougars need only apply. Burke Out.