Getting to Know: Anna Fontus
The Metro EDGE Young Professional of the Year is passionate about education and workforce opportunity
As senior program director of Capitol Impact, Anna Fontus
crafts policies that address inequality in California’s
complex social systems.
Getting to Know: Brandon Brown
The Grin CEO believes consumers have fundamentally shifted focus from companies to people
Brandon Brown is CEO and co-founder of the fast-growing
Sacramento-based company Grin. His thought leadership on
influencer marketing is based on authenticity.
Getting to Know: Sarah Miller
A New Yorker satire writer and journalist calls Nevada City home
Freelance essayist Sarah Miller lends her idiosyncratic
style to The New Yorker website and many other
publications. The Nevada City-based writer was
commissioned by Substack to start her own
newsletter earlier this year.
Getting to Know: Faith J. McKinnie
Gallerist Faith J. McKinnie is highlighting the work she wants to
see in her Midtown gallery that highlights contemporary art
by underrepresented artists.
Getting to Know: Lupe Nambo
Licensed marriage and family therapist Lupe Nambo considers
it her mission to “decolonize therapy.”
Getting to Know: Chris Bond
Tucked into a Tahoe Park warehouse is Spiders Garage, a
wonderland of vintage clothing collected and sourced by owner
Chris Bond.
Getting to Know: Meredith Cancilla of Quixotic Design Co.
Meredith Cancilla has made it her business to build up
women-owned brands.
Getting to Know: Shahera Hyatt and Melissa McGillicuddy
Melissa McGillicuddy and Shahera Hyatt are hosts and
comedians of the Moving Van Show, a comedy show based out of
a rented U-Haul.
Getting to Know: Vanessa Maggio
The co-owner of All Good and Official Brand strikes out in the plant-based snack market
Vanessa Maggio, vegan snack enthusiast, is the owner of Gxxd
Box, an upcycled shipping container that will soon be
situated somewhere within Midtown Sacramento.
Getting to Know: Shadi Khattab
How the founder of Onit Coffee plans to expand from a truck to a franchise
Onit Coffee isn’t your standard coffee shop. For starters, it’s
not a “shop” in the brick-and-mortar sense (yet).