Our People

Q: What is your personal mantra? What are words that you live by?
A: The world can be amazing when you're slightly strange.

Q: If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?
A: Ireland! I’ve always wanted to go back to my Irish roots.

Q: What's your passion project(s)?
A: I’m a professional comic artist, a saxophonist, and a dad.

Q: When you were a child, what did you want to do when you grew up?
A: NBA player.

Q: What advice has a mentor given you that you continue use?
A: Everyone will give you an opinion, but do what's right for you.

Q: What is something you can't live without? Why?
A: My wife, Maren. She's been my rock through a lot of ups and downs.

Q: What hobbies do you pursue in your free time?
A: Fitness, home improvement, sewing children's clothes, hand lettering.

Q: When you were a child, what did you want to do when you grew up?
A: I legitimately wanted to be an astronaut for a period of time, but then I later switched to a veterinarian.

Q: What is your passion project?
A: Raising awareness for kidney disease and advocating for patients is an ongoing passion project that I hold close.

Q: What is your hidden talent? A: I'm actually a really good dancer!

Q: What are words that you live by?
A: Decide what to be and go be it.

Q: What hobbies or interests do you have? A: Mostly photography, but I'm also a serial crafter. Most recently with my vinyl cutter, a Silhouette (like a Cricut but better).

Q: What is your passion project?
A: Gardening is everything! There is something magical about being one with nature in the garden.

Q: What is your passion project? A: I love decorating my home and working on house projects in my spare time!

Q: What is something you can't live without? Why?
A: Gratitude. It completely changes my perspective on life!

Q: If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?
A: New Zealand. I used to live there while writing for a travel website.

Q: What hobbies or interests do you have? A: For a long time, I have collected old magazines, maps, newspapers, flyers, posters and takeout menus—really anything with words and/or images on paper.

Q: How do you get inspired? Is there a place you go, a person you speak with, or an activity you do?
A: Inspiration usually surprises me out of the blue. It can help to find a quiet place outside away from distractions and just let my mind wander.

Q: What is your favorite book?
A: This one is so hard. There are so many good ones, and they are relevant for different reasons at different points in your life. But the writers who always inspire me are Edwidge Danticat, Michael Ondaatje, Chang-rae Lee, Zora Neale Hurston, Nella Larsen...

Q: What is your hidden talent? A: I make really bomb chewy brownies.

Q: What are words that you live by?
A: Words matter.

Q: What is something you can't live without?
A: Dreams.

Q: What is something you can't live without? Why?
A: I can’t live without exercise. It just feels so good!

Q: What inspires you? A: Being out on the water, especially on a warm, sunlit day and fish are biting.

Q: How do you get inspired? A: I find a quiet place to relax, clear my head and—quite often—pray.

Q: Tell us a little more about yourself! A: Food is my language. I'm always trying and exploring new methods of preparing a fun ingredient or working on my dinner-party skills.

I love living in a world with fireflies, french roast coffee, my 6-minute commute, lily-of-the-valley perfume and dogs.

Q: If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?
A: 1993.

I am inspired by my coworkers—their creativity and dedication blows my mind.

Q: What advice has a mentor given you that you continue use? A: Writing is thinking. Rewriting is writing.

Q: When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
A: Composer. As a kid, I spent hours and hours listening to contemporary composers. I memorized their unique styles and preferred instruments.

I get inspired by being given a deadline.

Q: What is your hidden talent? A: I'm fairly good at reading reptile body language. I'm trying to learn parrot body language now.

Q: If you could be any animal, what would you be and why?
A: Sea otter. According to Lana Gonzalez of Chicago's Shedd Aquarium, 'It costs about as much to feed our sea otters [pollack, shrimp, mussels, squid, clams, crabs] as it costs to feed the whales, dolphins, sea lions, penguins and birds of prey combined.'

Q: What hobbies do you pursue in your spare time?
A: I've always been an avid golfer, but with three kids, most of my time now is as a dad, coach and fan for their baseball teams!

Q: What is something you can't live without? Why?
A: The fantastical in any form, it is my escapism from ordinary life.

Q: If you could be any animal, what would you be and why?
A: Quokka. I mean, come on, look how happy they are!

Q: If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?
A: Anywhere my kids are, I want to be where they are.

If I could go anywhere in the world, I’d build a travel itinerary based on my Ancestory.com DNA results.

Q: Tell us a little more about yourself. A: Ask me about jury duty for a capital murder trial, the need for a Craigslist reality show and my dad's nickname.

Q: What is your personal mantra?
A: For every seller there's a buyer.

Q: How do you get inspired? Is there a place you go, a person you speak with, or an activity you do?
A: My best ideas happen while I’m running. The process begins with my worst idea, which is to go for a run.

Q: When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
A: A painter. My kinder teacher told my mom that she knew I would be an artist because I drew side profiles of my family versus smiley faces.

Q: We know it's hard to choose, but what would you say is your favorite book?
A: The Elements of Typographic Style

Q: If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?
A: I'd go to the great mountain ranges to experience their natural beauty.

Q: What is something you can't live without? Why?
A: A giant bowl of ice cream solves any mystery.

My grandfather, carrying his VHS camcorder, always fascinated me and when he let me try it, I was hooked.

Q: What hobbies or interests do you have?
A: I grew up playing sports: lacrosse, hockey, soccer and golf. I also snowboard, surf and wakeboard when I have the chance.

When I’m not at work, I like to think about all the paintings I should be making.

Great design inspires me. I crave it. I love it.

Q: How do you get inspired?
A: Focus on an interesting object or concept. Let your mind wander and follow the tangents to something meaningful.

Q: When you were a child, what did you want to do when you grew up?
A: I wanted to be a deep-sea diver or a firefighter.

Q: What's your favorite book? A: A History of the World in 6 Glasses. It's a fascinating tale of how beer, wine, coffee, tea, spirits and carbonated water have shaped the world as we know it.

I live by 'Don’t try to be original; just try to be good' by Paul Rand.

Q: When you were a child, what did you want to do when you grew up?
A: I wanted to work for the NFL, preferably as a linebacker.

Q: What is your hidden talent?
A: Strategizing at Yahtzee.

Conceived by genius, achieved by dauntless resolution and unconquerable faith.
–Wright Brothers Memorial

Q: What is your passion project?
A: Painting and creating children's books.

Q: What is your hidden talent?
A: I (lowkey) can rap. I used to make educational raps for school projects.

I can’t live without TV. I’m a total couch potato and reality TV junkie.

Q: What is your favorite book? Why?
A: Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie. It is the gold standard for mystery books.

Q: What is your favorite book? Why?
A: I love Little Women by Louisa May Alcott because it teaches the reader to find joy in the simple things of life.

Q: What is your personal mantra? What are words that you live by?
A: 'When you love the truth enough, you start to tell it all the time. And when it gets you into trouble, you discover you don't mind.'

Q: When you were a child, what did you want to do when you grew up?
A: I wanted to take photos for National Geographic.

Always be yourself. Unless you can be Batman. Then always be Batman.

Good design looks effortless. If your audience can see the hard work, you’re not done.

Q: If you could be any animal, what would you be and why?
A: Maybe a cat to see what it's like to have 9 lives.

Q: What is something you can't live without?
A: I can't live without my camera and a cup of coffee.

Q: What is something you can't live without? Why?
A: One thing I can’t live without is humor. (Just kidding.)

I always try to remember that there usually isn’t a right or wrong decision, and ask myself, 'What’s the worst that could happen?'.

Q: What is your personal mantra? A: Get outside, seek adventure, and find your breath.

Q: What is your personal mantra?
A: When life is sweet, say thank you and celebrate. When life is bitter, say thank you and grow.

Q: What advice has a mentor given you that you continue use?
A: When you think you're finished with a project, always take a break from it and come back with fresh eyes. You might be inspired just a little bit more.

I’m always trying to edit the world: That copy should be a little tighter, that menu item is misspelled, did anyone fact-check this movie, etc.

Keep calm and start writing.

Q: What is your personal mantra? A: If you can't be yourself, you're nobody.

I love working at Pace because there are so many talented people who are passionate about what they do.

Q: Tell us a little more about yourself. A: I used to live in Kenya.

Q: What is your personal mantra? A: Zerstörung durch Fortschritte der Technologie (Destruction by advances in technology).

Q: If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?
A: The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to experience what it is like to be the only person for tens or hundreds of miles. It would be like stepping out of our modern world.

Q: What is something you can't live without?
A: Love.

Q: What hobbies do you pursue in your spare time?
A: I love to cook and bake for family and friends. Cooking is my love language.

Q: What hobbies or interests do you have?
A: I love to find new restaurants and trying them out any chance I get!

Q: If you could be any animal, what would you be?
A: I definitely like being human, but I'd be very interested in exploring the bottom of the ocean as some kind of pressure-proof marine creature.

Q: What hobbies do you pursue in your free time? A: Thrifting, drawing and trying out TikTok recipes.

Q: Tell us a little more about yourself.
A: The furthest I've traveled to is my birth country, Laos.

Q: What is something you can't live without? A: My family is my life.

Q: What advice has a mentor given you that you continue use?
A: When you look in the mirror, make sure you are happy with who you see.

Q: What is something you can't live without? Why?
A: A Bible. When we get busy in the day-to-day and forget what really matters, reading the Bible helps to recenter me, recharge me, and remind me that everything is in God's hands, so there's no need for me to worry and stress.

Q: What is your favorite book? Why?
A: Bible—guide, refuge and peace.

Q: What is something you can't live without? Why?
A: My son. Participating in someone's life from the moment they take their first breath is awesome!

Q: If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?
A: Way up North to reach for the Milky Way and the aurora borealis.

Q: What is your personal mantra? What are words that you live by?
A: Work smarter, not harder.

Q: What is something you can't live without?
A: My cat! She is almost 15 years old and she's from Guam. She's watched me grow up from a 3rd grader into a working professional.

Q: What are some words you live by?
A: Love is what remains when everything else is gone.

I can’t live without TV. I’m a total couch potato and reality TV junkie.

Q: When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
A: Mail carrier like my father.

Q: What is something you can't live without?
A: My favorite people. Life is more fun when we are together.

Q: What is something you can't live without? Why?
A: My two dogs! They are my daily entertainment and are as attached to each other as they are to me.

Q: What is your hidden talent?
A: Whatever it is, it's outta sight!

Q: What advice has a mentor given you that you continue use?
A: Service to others is healing and so very rewarding.

Be somebody who makes everybody feel like a somebody.

Q: What is your personal mantra?
A: Get off my lawn!

Q: What is something you can't live without?
A: Love.

Q: What is your favorite book? Why?
A: The Last Unicorn. It has the right combination of innocence, fantasy and passion for life!

Q: What is something you can't live without? Why?
A: My son. Participating in someone's life from the moment they take their first breath is awesome!

Q: What is your hidden talent?
A: If I told you, it wouldn’t be hidden, would it?

Q: What is your hidden talent?
A: Strategizing at Yahtzee.

Q: What is your hidden talent?
A: I can beatbox with a drink and a straw.

Q: If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?
A: I want to stay in a glass igloo and see the northern lights.

Q: The Hobbit or Harry Potter?
A: The Hobbit is good. The Lord of the Rings is better.

Good design looks effortless. If your audience can see the hard work, you’re not done.

I always try to remember that there usually isn’t a right or wrong decision, and ask myself, 'What’s the worst that could happen?'.

Q: What is something you can't live without?
A: Sunshine - it just instantly makes me feel happy inside.

Q: What is something you can't live without? Why?
A: My Australian Shepherd Riker. He’s statistically the cutest dog who has ever lived.

Q: What is your personal mantra?
A: Get off my lawn!

Q: What hobbies do you pursue in your spare time?
A: Gaming, intramural sports, gym.