Name:  Jeff Kostermans Where were you born and raised? Orinda, CA What’s a short story around the biggest transition you’ve faced in life? In 2002, when the internet bubble burst, and probably the very worst time to ever start a company, I started a marketing automation firm called LeadGenesys. Since marketing budgets were being cut… Read more »

Name:  Lisa DeCoste Where were you born and raised? Woonsocket, Rhode Island What’s a short story around the biggest transition you’ve faced in life? My late husband Scott was diagnosed with a stage 4 service connected cancer and given 6-12 months to live. He died within 8 weeks after that diagnosis, having just turned 49… Read more »

Name:  Johnnieee Carrier Where were you born and raised? A small farm town in Upstate New York- Sherburne. What’s a short story around the biggest transition you’ve faced in life? During college, following an injury during Marine Officer PLC Training and subsequent knee surgery, (summer of 1981) I failed to return to training the following summer… Read more »

Name:  Walt Freese Where were you born and raised? Dix Hills, NY What’s a short story around the biggest transition you’ve faced in life? In the mid-80’s there was no such things as Natural, or Organic food products in our nation’s grocery stores. The one place you could find them was in small Health Food… Read more »

Name:  Jack Denault Where were you born and raised? San Francisco Bay Area but now live in the NY/NJ area What’s a short story around the biggest transition you’ve faced in life? The financial crisis hit the business I was leading quite hard and after trying to take actions to turn the ship around, I… Read more »

Name Michael Hudson Where were you born and raised? Born in Pittsburgh, PA, raised in Clearwater, Florida What’s a short story around the biggest transition you’ve faced in life? At 27, I decided to quit my job in Private Banking in Tampa and move to Durango, CO.    I wasn’t sure exactly what I wanted out… Read more »

Name: Rodney Brenneman Where were you born and raised? Born: Orrville, Ohio. Lived in Orrville and Columbus, OH 9 yrs, then 9 yrs in Memphis, TN through high school and 1st yr college at Univ. Tennessee Knoxville, moved to California, attended San Diego State, grad 1983 BS Mechanical Engineering, So Cal ever since. What’s a… Read more »

Name: Brage Garofalo Where were you born and raised? Born in Caracas, Venezuela, but raised in Chicago. What’s a short story around the biggest transition you’ve faced in life? I thought I wanted to be a Marine Biologist, so after many twists and turns, I decided to move to San Francisco and attend the Marine… Read more »

Name: Ted Haase Where were you born and raised? St. Louis, Missouri What’s a short story around the biggest transition you’ve faced in life? Four years ago I was asked to start a sales division at Paychex Inc in our Retirement Services group.  We created a salesforce that went after Large 401(k) plans in the… Read more »