diff --git a/src/applications/conpherence/view/ConpherencePeopleWidgetView.php b/src/applications/conpherence/view/ConpherencePeopleWidgetView.php
index bb455ee787..f9a61b9619 100644
--- a/src/applications/conpherence/view/ConpherencePeopleWidgetView.php
+++ b/src/applications/conpherence/view/ConpherencePeopleWidgetView.php
@@ -1,60 +1,60 @@
 <?php
 
 final class ConpherencePeopleWidgetView extends ConpherenceWidgetView {
 
   public function render() {
     $conpherence = $this->getConpherence();
     $widget_data = $conpherence->getWidgetData();
     $user = $this->getUser();
     $conpherence = $this->getConpherence();
     $participants = $conpherence->getParticipants();
     $handles = $conpherence->getHandles();
+    $handles = msort($handles, 'getName');
+    $head_handles = array_select_keys($handles, array($user->getPHID()));
+    $handles = $head_handles + $handles;
 
     $body = array();
-    // future proof by using participants to iterate through handles;
-    // we may have non-people handles sooner or later
-    foreach ($participants as $user_phid => $participant) {
-      $handle = $handles[$user_phid];
+    foreach ($handles as $user_phid => $handle) {
       $remove_html = '';
       if ($user_phid == $user->getPHID()) {
         $icon = id(new PHUIIconView())
           ->setIconFont('fa-times lightbluetext');
         $remove_html = javelin_tag(
           'a',
           array(
             'class' => 'remove',
             'sigil' => 'remove-person',
             'meta' => array(
               'remove_person' => $handle->getPHID(),
               'action' => 'remove_person',
             ),
           ),
           $icon);
       }
       $body[] = phutil_tag(
         'div',
         array(
           'class' => 'person-entry grouped',
         ),
         array(
           phutil_tag(
             'a',
             array(
               'class' => 'pic',
               'href' => $handle->getURI(),
             ),
             phutil_tag(
               'img',
               array(
                 'src' => $handle->getImageURI(),
               ),
               '')),
           $handle->renderLink(),
           $remove_html,
         ));
     }
 
     return $body;
   }
 
 }