Layne Gray – our Founder and Chief Evangelist, enjoys long walks to the office on California Street and, as a result, indulges regularly in (and may or may not leave cocktail parties for) foot reflexology. She is the proud owner of an intermittently-perfect teenage daughter, two Pugs and one Havanese.
In ten years, you will be …
Thinking I looked pretty good ten years ago.
What magazine do you pick up at the airport?
Both the Economist and People (or InStyle). I figure I get to be up-to-date on both world affairs and other affairs.
If your house were on fire, what would you grab?
A hose?
Annie Vranizan – our Co-Founder and Marketing Guru, enjoys skiing, surfing, biking, yoga, tweeting, coding html, multimedia-multitasking and is known to fit them all in one day if you let her. She is the proud owner of all the gear that is required for her to accomplish the abovem entioned interests, including but not limited to skis (more than one can count on two hands), surfboard, bikes, yoga mat, Macbook Pro, Photo Shop, Action Item lists, and a well-functioning brain. Might we mention that she’s young.
My favorite subject in school was…
Coloring.
Sweet Indulgence?
Ben & Jerry’s Fish Food.
Men: love em or leave em?
Kimberly Miller – our Managing Editor, enjoys long runs and Bikram yoga, sometimes (but not always) followed by long swills of champagne when splitting her time between the foggy city and Napa Valley. She often seeks solace at the Mother Ship (a.k.a. The Rotunda, Neiman Marcus) in the comforts of Mr. Louboutin, and is the proud owner of a teacup Yorkshire Terrorist, er … Terrier, named Duke.
How do you define irony?
Christian Womanhood (read: sex ed in an all-girls Catholic high school)
Best thing you learned from your parents is …
I’ll tell you when I’m done with therapy.
JFK, Jr. or George Clooney?
Yes, please.
Alexandra Skillman – our Director of Business Development and Sales Maven, enjoys long delays in airports where she basks in life’s frantic energy, and when she’s not reliving her glory days watching a USC football game, you can find her watching sunsets and howling at the occasional full moon. She is the proud owner of an internal time-management system (hello, Virgo).
What really gets your blood going?
Shopping for wine.
Your idea of bliss is …
Riding a roller coaster. Up, down, scary and fun (a.k.a. life in a 60-second time capsule).
Favorite four-letter word?
Love.








