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,…
Em Black
Em was born outside Philadelphia and raised in North Florida and other places in between. She graduated high school from Paxon School for Advanced Studies in Jacksonville and then attended the University of Florida, where she…
Riley Kirkpatrick
Born and raised in The Pacific Northwest, Riley moved to Athens in 2011 with a guitar, a backpack, a history of felonies, a deep desire to change and a whole lot of hope. Riley’s experience with…
Jay Kloepfer
Jay was born and raised in Athens, GA attending St. Joseph’s School and spending a lot of time at the Athens YMCA. He attended the University of North Georgia, where he earned a degree in Business…
Tawana Mattox
Tawana was born and raised in Athens, GA and graduated from Cedar Shoals High School. She went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in Business and Information Science from Morris Brown College in Atlanta, then a…
Bill Hopper
Bill Hopper was born in Waynesboro, GA. He has lived in Athens since 1978, when he moved to attend the University of Georgia. Bill received his bachelor’s in Finance at the Terry College of Business. After…
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…
Hope Iglehart
Hope Iglehart was born in Augusta, GA where her mother was doing her residency at the Medical College of Georgia. Shortly after her birth they moved to Athens, the city where Hope’s mother, maternal grandparents and …
Dr. Eunice Kang
Eunice Kang was born and raised in Raleigh, NC. Her parents and her older sister are first generation immigrants from Korea. Eunice started playing piano when she was eight and took up the cello in middle…
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…