WordPress 2.1 PHP Project

Tragedy strikes my programmer putting him out of commission for 6 weeks and I really need a US Based PHP programmer that I can call and work with on an ongoing basis to complete our FREE wordpress plugins. I REALLY NEED someone who is versed in PHP well and understands Database Normalization at least partly. Please only post the following criteria for this project, your hourly, your years experience and that you know WordPress. I don't absolutely require a US based programmer but my last project had such a language barrier that the project ended up costing my 5 times more than it was bid for and its still not done.