Elizabeth Cogswell Baskin

CEO and President

  • Grew up in Chapel Hill and often chants Tarheel fight songs
  • Serves on the advisory boards of a bank and school
  • Has published four books, one on women entrepreneurs
  • Loves trail runs at the river with her Border Collie
  • Ran the NYC marathon. Once
  • Tries to eat eight vegan meals a week—and at least one steak
  • Walks with purpose

Kara Bullock

Senior Vice President and Account Director

  • Grew up in Alaska
  • Once worked a summer in a fish processing plant
  • Where she lived in a tent for two months
  • Founding partner of a sports marketing company
  • Enjoys hikes with her husband and son
  • Has stunning number of siblings, half siblings and steps
  • Knows everything about NASCAR, but isn’t a fan

Lindsay Podrid

Vice President and Creative Director

  • A life-long student of design
  • Loves any type of gear, outdoor or otherwise
  • From rock climbing harnesses to button makers
  • Owns helmets for climbing, biking, hockey, snow boarding
  • And for motorcycle riding
  • Avid NPR listener
  • Comes equipped with abnormally long arms

Alexis Snell

Vice President and Senior Account Manager

  • Owns a triple-decker cupcake carrier
  • Has run two half-marathons—which equals one whole one
  • Planning a trip to New Zealand
  • Also wants to travel to India and Africa
  • Is sometimes tough but always gracious
  • Has been a bridesmaid in 10 weddings
  • Is more into sports than you would guess

Tyler Hargrove

Account Manager

  • Likes sports
  • A lot
  • Has never lost a game of Monopoly
  • As a toddler, once drank an entire bottle of rubbing alcohol
  • Just purchased his first home with wife Caitie
  • Rescued a pointer-terrier-something else mix named Winston
  • Would like to go to Fiji
  • Thinks Christopher Columbus is a cool dude

Mallory Niles

Account Coordinator

  • Volunteers at her church nursery
  • AAAAA High School Varsity Cheerleading State Champion
  • Once appeared on the Today Show wearing only a bathrobe
  • Helped provide school supplies for over 800 students
  • Loves the word “implement”
  • Prefers to drink through a straw
  • Is a lot more out of shape than she looks

Alan Dixon

Writer

  • Toured as a drummer for a punk band
  • Was a Pre-K teacher for six years
  • Atlanta Falcons season ticket holder
  • Admits to being a comic book geek
  • Lives in Duluth with wife Elizabeth and son Henry
  • Last three vehicles: ’94, ’99 and ’05 Chrysler minivans
  • Wears a size 15 shoe

Sara Duquette

Art Director

  • Grew up in Detroit
  • Dirt bikes in the Hungry Mother State Park
  • Dislikes techno
  • But loves country music
  • Swam into a school of sea lice and lived to tell about it
  • Has a cat with a weight problem (don’t tell the cat)
  • Has nametags from 12 different restaurant jobs

Michele Disalle

Controller

  • Mother of six
  • Including one set of triplets and one set of twins
  • And just added a new puppy to the mix
  • Gets up at five every morning to work out
  • Built her accounting career at General Electric
  • First job ever: cashier at McDonalds
  • Hates White Water with a vengeance

Beth Hassett

Operations Manager

  • Born in Michigan but hates the cold
  • Can drive a stick, shoot a gun and change a tire
  • Made it to the finals in a pudding wrestling competition
  • Volunteer coach for Girls on the Run
  • Won’t go on a second date if he orders a salad on the first
  • Works at a home for teen moms and their children
  • Has recently taken up ballet and the guitar
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