Mayor and Executive Staff

The Mayor is the senior official responsible for keeping all activities at Pennsic in compliance with modern law, the corporate policies of the SCA^[1]  and Pennsic^[2]  rules. The Mayor works with the SCA and the three main Kingdom Seneschals to assure the orderly running of the event. The Mayor is also the primary on-site liaison with Coopers Lake Campground management. There is a designated Emergency Mayor who is a previous year(s) Mayor and can take over should the Mayor be unable to do the job. Pennsic Staff are organized into eight divisions, headed by Deputy Mayors who report to the Mayor.

Two years ahead of time, aspiring Mayors submit a bid containing a proposed budget, demonstration of support from other prospective staff, and their modern and SCA qualifications demonstrating sufficient administrative and operational experience to run the event. The bids are then reviewed by the Seneschals of the three main Kingdoms responsible for the event (The East, Middle, and Æthelmearc) and the Mayor is then selected by the sitting Royalty of the hosting Kingdom. After selection the applicant will serve one year as a deputy of the Mayor the year prior to theirs, also referred to as being “Mayor on Deck”. At the November staff meeting the torch is passed from the old to new Mayor.