coWORKer of the Month: Andre Soileau
Written By coWORKer Linda Jay Andre Soileau is the owner of a fast-growing IT company, PRIME65, that offers advanced technology solutions in the areas of networks and communications – primarily to non-profits and K-12 educators. Networking and wireless updates were recently implemented by PRIME65 at both the Uptown and Downtown offices of WORK. “Also, WORK […]
coWORKer of the Month: Paul Boettiger
Written By coWORKer Linda Jay Paul Boettiger is originally from Northampton, Massachusetts, but moved with his family when he was ten to Sebastopol, California. “I grew up in a family of psychotherapists and artists and was most at home engaged in the arts and making things,” remarks Paul. “I studied liberal arts at Simon’s Rock […]
coWORKer of the Month: Sherry Knazan
Sherry Knazan – Accomplished, Versatile Educator Written by coWORKer Linda Jay CoWORKer Sherry Knazan has always been passionate about the profession of teaching. In July 1978, she and her then-husband moved to Petaluma from Philadelphia, where she had been teaching at the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf. Her interest in issues that involve hearing eventually […]
coWORKer of the Month: Rob Budny
Written by coWORKer Linda Jay It would be safe to say that Rob Budny’s work life is consumed by his interest in gears, bearings, and wind turbines. He started working in the wind industry 13 years ago, for a wind turbine manufacturer, as a mechanical engineer. In 2013, he started RBB Engineering, a consultancy, working […]
coWORKer of the Month: Stephanie Simon
Written by coWORKer Linda Jay Talk about full-circle! Back in 2010, current CoWORKer Stephanie Simon founded the Grade A Tutoring Center at 10 Fourth Street in Petaluma. Stephanie wanted to create a place where students and families could connect with high-quality, credentialed tutors for one-on-one tutoring. Eight tutors offered math, science, Spanish/French, SAT prep, reading, […]
coWORKer of the Month: Brian Kane
Written by coWORKer Linda Jay Brian Kane is an artist, a designer, and an educator. He and his wife Ann moved to Petaluma from Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the spring of 2017, when Ann started a job in food science here. From 2012 – 2017, Brian taught interactive apparel, video, and industrial design at RISD, his […]
coWORKer of the Month: Suzanna Goldblatt Clark
Written by coWORKer Linda Jay Suzanna Goldblatt Clark is our co-worker of the month for July. She and her family – her cowboy husband, 3 ½-year-old twins, and 10-month-old daughter, arrived in Petaluma a year ago. “I love Petaluma,” Suzanna says with enthusiasm, “it has all the amenities you need, and yet feels like a […]
coWORKer of the Month: Amit Kulkarni
Written by coWORKer Linda Jay Amit Kulkarni’s instinct to pursue what was then cutting-edge science–the field of BioInformatics–paid off in ways he could not have dreamed as he boarded the plane in Mumbai, dressed in a full suit, as a non-English-speaking 20-year-old who didn’t know the difference between Chicago and Dallas. Landing his first job […]
coWORKer of the Month: Amelia Beamer
Written by coWORKer Linda Jay Co-WORKer Amelia Beamer is a developmental book editor and sci-fi writer who spends most of her professional time with “aliens, zombies, blood magic, psychic awakenings, tentacles, spaceships, and knights in shining armor.” Not your run-of-the-mill corporate concerns, for sure! Her biggest contribution to literature thus far is horny zombies. Published […]
The Decade Game
Our brains have this funny way of forgetting how much life changes over time. What’s happening right here, right now, can overshadow both the reality of the past and the potential for the future. At Coffee Social this week, the game was to tell us what your life was like ten years ago and what […]