Our Team

RICK COUGHLIN
CO-FOUNDER & CVO (CHIEF VISION OFFICER)
BRECK CRANDELL
CO-FOUNDER & CHIEF ARCHITECT
ERICH FRIEBEL
CO-FOUNDER & COO
MAX PRICE
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING MANAGER
LAURA WARTELL
EVENT COORDINATOR & TALENT BUYER
ROD WALLACE
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS COORDINATOR
LORI STRATTON
COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR
TIMOTHY BLACKMAN II
MEDIA COORDINATOR
TAYLOR GREENSHIELDS
AUDIO ENGINEER
DAN MCPHERSON
BUSINESS GROWTH & EXECUTIVE COACH
KYLA MCGRATH
MEDIA COORDINATOR
GEOFF MICHAEL
AUDIO DESIGN ENGINEER
TRAVIS JURIGA
LIGHTING DESIGN COORDINATOR
JOHN BOMMARITO
SALES & MEDIA COORDINATOR
RYAN "BLU" GREENE
OPERATIONS COORDINATOR
SHAWN GROSE
SUSTAINABILITY COORDINATOR

Our Advisory Board

Dan McPherson

Executive Consultant, Strategy Master, and CEO and Founder at Leaders Must Lead

Matt Bower

Varnum Law Partner – Business and Corporate Services, Startup and Emerging Companies and Intellectual Property

David Palmer

Candidate for State Representative in district 6 (Detroit, Ecorse & River Rouge). Multidisciplinary convenor, facilitator, strategist, and associate Broker and Realtor

Ben Lorenz

Co-Founder, Human Element – Magento eCommerce, Branding & Custom Application Design, Co-Founder of Willis Sound Recording Studio

Reed Evans

Business and Organization Sustainability Consultant & Founder of Scale it Up! Sustainability Training, Sustainability Instructor at Blekinge Institute of Technology

Aaron Deakins

Event Coordinator, Customer Service Professional, and Fancy Lighting Specialist at PRO Lighting

Rebecca Marshburn

UX Copywriter and Content Strategist, and Product Marketing Manager for Amazon Web Services

Chilah Hutchinson

MBA Owner and Vice President of Workforce PayHub, and Financial Strategist.

Al Newman

Serial Entrepreneur, and founder of CompuMart, Rent-A-Byte, Hamilton Rentals, I/O Data Systems, Word Processing Exchange, Demand Publishing, Wireless Resources, and The Newman Group.

Alex Tokatlian

Musician, marketing director and brand manager with 10+ years of brand marketing experience for Domino’s, Hershey, and Marco’s Pizza.

Kristine Nash-Wong

Entrepreneurial Services Marketing & Communications, Director of Entrepreneurial Services – SPARK East, Ann Arbor SPARK

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