Leslie Schneider: Bones in the Desert: The Legacy of a Life Dedicated to Human Potential

Leslie Schneider is the co-owner of OfficeXpats, a coworking and small conference center on Bainbridge Island dedicated to building a community of entrepreneurs and independent professionals. She is also committed to telling the story of her father’s ideas about community and the design of the spaces built to facilitate them.


Alex Sanso: Karaoke: Hooked on a Feeling

Alex Sanso is a graphic designer and artist on Bainbridge who makes great art for great stuff that people use, wear, share and love. She believes in the power of karaoke as a catalyst for connection and wants to share her tips for getting hooked on the feeling of holding an audience’s attention for whatever you have to say…or sing!


Ann Whitmore: Just 10%

Ann is easily bored so she has had a varied professional background. She has been a teacher of hearing impaired children, a corporate lawyer, a school principal, and a coach. She has found that her passion is to help people seize their lives and live them with gusto, beginning with their health.


Denise Dumouchel: Paying Attention

Denise Dumouchel lives on Bainbridge with her two daughters, two dogs, one cat, a bunny and five hens. She runs the graduate program in Education, Environment and Community at IslandWood.


Michael Cyger: Information obesity and how to live a healthier life

Michael Cyger is a new-media entrepreneur and lifelong learner. He publishes BainbridgeIsland.com and Bainbridge Island Magazine, among other Internet properties, collectively serving a readership of more than 500,000. In his free time he can be found reading his Twitter feed.