Kirsten was born in Kentucky, and grew up in Columbia, SC where she graduated from AC Flora High School. She attended two years of college at the University of South Carolina and two at the University of Georgia where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in History. She attended the New England Culinary Institute in…
Dani McCall
Dani was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA and graduated from Mt. Lebanon High School. She went to Edinboro University in Pennsylvania where she earned a bachelor’s degree in International Finance. Dani came to Athens in 1996 to attend the University of Georgia, where she earned a Master’s Degree in Health Promotion. After a stint…
Jason Dean
Jason was born and raised in the small, rural farming community of Carroll, Ohio and graduated from Bloom-Carroll High School. He graduated from Ohio University with a bachelor’s in Fine Arts and Graphic Design. Following college, Jason worked at an advertising agency in Ohio, before moving to Florida while his wife attended graduate school. They…
Carole Black
Carole was born and raised in Charlotte, NC and attended University of North Carolina at Charlotte where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Computer Science. She went on to earn a master’s degree in Computer Science from DePaul University in Chicago. As she was preparing to change careers she…
Ryan Doss
Ryan Doss was born in Athens, Georgia and raised in Jackson County. He graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in accounting, and later completed a MBA. Ryan worked in public accounting at a CPA firm for seven years before becoming the CFO for a 34 unit restaurant group. From these experiences, he…
Pete Amadhanirundr
Pete was born in Bangkok, Thailand and moved to Georgia when he was 8 years old, when his dad took a job as a chef at the Ritz Carlton on Lake Oconee. He lived and went to school in Madison, Georgia where he graduated from Morgan County High. Pete attended the University of Georgia, where…
Charlotte House
Charlotte was born in Atlanta and raised in Gainesville, Georgia where she graduated from Lakeview Academy. She moved to Athens to attend UGA, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Child and Family Development. Her first job was at The Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta where she taught all ages about the history and…
Claire Diana
Claire Diana was born and raised in Grayson, GA where she graduated from Grayson High School. She headed to Athens and earned a bachelor’s degree from The University of Georgia. During her time at UGA, she took an internship with Disney in Orlando, and this is where her love of photography began. She was a…
Precious Jones
Precious Jones was born in Oconee County and has lived in and around Athens all her life. She graduated from Oconee County High School and after getting married and having kids, she went back to school and attended Gwinnett Tech and Georgia State University, earning a degree in Commercial Photography and Graphic Design. When those…
Joe Nedza
Joe Nedza was born in Roswell, GA and moved to Gwinnett and then Gainesville, where he graduated from North Hall High School. He came to Athens for college and graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in Business Management in 2016. While working for other people, he decided he wanted to open a…