#MemberSpotlight

Dec 10, 20182 min read

iGnite Spotlight: San Diego Member, Erinn Hanson

Roots I grew up in San Diego and lived a year in Lake Tahoe. Family Life Derek and I have been married 12 years. We have three kiddos...

Dec 2, 20183 min read

iGnite Spotlight: Austin Member, Simone Krasan

Roots I say I am from Seattle, as that is where I spent the longest amount of time growing up. My father was in the military, and my...

Nov 4, 20183 min read

iGnite Spotlight: San Diego Member, Sara Swanson

Roots I grew up in a small rural town in Nebraska (population of about 800!). For college, I wanted to head somewhere warm, so I went...

Oct 28, 20182 min read

iGnite Spotlight: Austin Member, Tammy Saxon

Roots I grew up in Houston and set roots in Austin after graduating from The University of Texas in 1988. Family Life I’ve been married...

Oct 13, 20183 min read

iGnite Spotlight: San Diego Member, Amy Schwager

Roots I grew up in Colorado and lived there for 22 years until I re-located to San Diego. People are amazed to learn this fact, as I am...

Sep 30, 20182 min read

iGnite Spotlight: Austin Member, Tawney Booth

Roots I grew up in Midland, TX and went to UT for undergrad and SMU for business school. Family Life I’m married with 2 boys- Hudson...

Sep 16, 20183 min read

iGnite Spotlight: San Diego Member, Savannah Nelkin

Roots I was born and raised in San Diego. The first city my parents lived in when my mom moved here from the Philippines was Savannah,...

Sep 9, 20182 min read

iGnite Spotlight: Austin Member, Courtney Nagel

Roots I was born and raised in Solon, Ohio a suburb on the east side of Cleveland with my parents and older brother. I had a very...

Aug 26, 20183 min read

iGnite Spotlight: San Diego Member, Jennifer Tellers

Roots I was born and raised in Orange County with my parents and six sisters. We lived in Fullerton until I was 9, then we moved to Brea....

Aug 19, 20182 min read

iGnite Spotlight: Austin Member, Martha Lynn Mangum

Roots I was born in Corpus Christi, Texas/I’ve been in Austin since 1986 to go to UT and I never left! Family Life I am married to Greg...

May 9, 20183 min read

iGnite Spotlight: San Diego Member, Jenny Meeks, Founder of Petals by Pedal

Roots I was born and raised in East County in San Diego. Since people rarely know where El Cajon is unless they grew up in San Diego, it...

Mar 11, 20182 min read

Member Spotlight: Heidi Muth

Roots: I am a native Austinite and have been in Austin all my life. Family Life: I am divorced and have two handsome boys, ages 21 and...

Mar 4, 20183 min read

Member Spotlight: Tiffany Cooke

Roots: I was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Murrieta, CA. I went to college at USD. Post college I moved to Chicago and lived there...

Oct 16, 20173 min read

Member Spotlight: Heather Rogers

Roots: I was born in Los Angeles and have lived in San Diego since I was 8. I grew up near San Diego State University, which is where I...

Sep 25, 20172 min read

Member Spotlight: Michelle Tremblay

Roots: I was born in Stockton, CA and my family moved to Newport Beach, CA when I was 3. I went to college in Tucson, Arizona at the...

Nov 9, 20161 min read

Member Spotlight: Mary Bell

Roots: I was born in Houston, but I moved to Iran when I was 3 years old. After that, my family moved to London, and then we moved back...

Oct 4, 20162 min read

Member Spotlight: Ali Clayton

Roots: I am originally from Brownwood, Texas (think Friday Night Lights setting). I’ve lived in Austin for a little over 5 years now....