Meet your packaging besties!
Jennifer Appleby Vines
Chief Executive Officer
WHAT DO YOU DO HERE?
My days at Georgette are filled with checking off ALL the to-do lists, guiding our team to check off their to-do lists, and making more to-do lists for the future of Georgette. I enjoy long walks with team mates around DTK and friendly banter at the lunch table. Oh, and office snacks...But they better be chocolate.
WHAT’S CURRENTLY IN YOUR RECYCLING BIN?
Lots and Lots of cardboard (not greasy - moving boxes)
IF YOU WERE TO PERFORM IN THE CIRCUS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
Something on the ground - Hula Hoops!
TWO THINGS YOU’VE NEVER DONE, BUT WOULD LOVE TO TRY?
1. Flying a plane (counterintuitive to the last answer I know)
2. Drive a motorcycle
IF YOU COULD INSTANTLY BECOME AN EXPERT IN SOMETHING, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Singing! In a parallel universe I'm on Broadway starring in Hamilton.
IF GEORGETTE WENT CAMPING WHAT WOULD SHE PACK?
The best baked goods for breakfast, compost bags and bin, a great camera.
Kaitlin de Gouw
Director of Operations
WHAT DO YOU DO HERE?
As Director of Operations, I get to work closely with our Operations and Leadership teams to streamline processes and maximize efficiencies. I help keep all the ducks in a row to ensure that we continue to excel in everything we do!
WHAT’S CURRENTLY IN YOUR RECYCLING BIN?
Food containers, shipping boxes, diaper boxes and an abundance of flyers.
IF YOU WERE TO PERFORM IN THE CIRCUS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
I’d love to do aerial acrobatics!
TWO THINGS YOU’VE NEVER DONE, BUT WOULD LOVE TO TRY
1. Snowboarding
2. Paragliding
IF YOU COULD INSTANTLY BECOME AN EXPERT IN SOMETHING, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Parenting! For everything else, there’s a YouTube video or instruction manual, but I’m still waiting on a foolproof guide to parenting.
IF GEORGETTE WENT CAMPING WHAT WOULD SHE PACK?
She'd pack all of those dang flyers from her recycling bin to use as fire starter. And a s'more kit... obviously!
Bruce Pham
Account Executive
WHAT DO YOU DO HERE?
Sales! I help you and your team bring your story to life through branded packaging. Outside of the office, I'm in the kitchen trying out the latest food trends on TikTok, trying to hit a new PR in the gym, or watching Korean dramas!
WHAT’S CURRENTLY IN YOUR RECYCLING BIN?
Fish sauce bottles, spam can and a Coke zero
IF YOU WERE TO PERFORM IN THE CIRCUS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
I can do the splits, so a contortionist!
TWO THINGS YOU’VE NEVER DONE, BUT WOULD LOVE TO TRY?
1. Skydiving
2. Climb Mount Fuji
IF YOU COULD INSTANTLY BECOME AN EXPERT IN SOMETHING, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Muay Thai or Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu!
IF GEORGETTE WENT CAMPING WHAT WOULD SHE PACK?
BBQ, Spike-ball net and a cooler for meats and drinks
Lindsay Schavo
Account Executive
WHAT DO YOU DO HERE?
As an Account Executive, my days at Georgette are spent supporting our clients! Whether we are beginning our relationship together, or have been partnered for awhile, I am ensuring our clients experience unparalleled customer service while achieving their branded packaging vision. Simultaneously, I am making sure I am well caffeinated and eating all of the snacks
WHAT’S CURRENTLY IN YOUR RECYCLING BIN?
Takeout containers, wine bottles, beer cans, diaper box and flyers
IF YOU WERE TO PERFORM IN THE CIRCUS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
Flying trapeze - I love heights!
TWO THINGS YOU’VE NEVER DONE, BUT WOULD LOVE TO TRY?
1. Write a book
2. Drive an F1 race-car
IF YOU COULD INSTANTLY BECOME AN EXPERT IN SOMETHING, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Singing or master chef (Gordon Ramsay level of cooking)
IF GEORGETTE WENT CAMPING WHAT WOULD SHE PACK?
Irish cream for coffee, good stash of candy and a trailer (Sleeping on the ground these days is tough)
Sara McMurphy
Operations Specialist
WHAT DO YOU DO HERE?
I drink cold tea while helping our logistics team orchestrate the Symphony Of Shipments that happens here every day. I also have a daily minimum requirement of two lame jokes.
WHAT’S CURRENTLY IN YOUR RECYCLING BIN?
Mostly wine bottles, but also a tomato pasta can.
IF YOU WERE TO PERFORM IN THE CIRCUS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
Likely die in an accident involving a bear.
TWO THINGS YOU’VE NEVER DONE, BUT WOULD LOVE TO TRY?
1. Make cheese
2. Drive Route 66
IF YOU COULD INSTANTLY BECOME AN EXPERT IN SOMETHING, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Politics, I currently just don’t care enough.
IF GEORGETTE WENT CAMPING WHAT WOULD SHE PACK?
Shower flip flops, a wet washcloth, cherries, a quilt that isn’t normally on the bed, OMG a suction cup toothbrush!!
Ellen Piazza
Operations Specialist
(Currently on Parental leave)
WHAT DO YOU DO HERE?
As an operations specialist I do what it takes to ensure shipments move
as expected after production.
WHAT’S CURRENTLY IN YOUR RECYCLING BIN?
Annie’s Mac’n Cheese box and a can of Bubly.
IF YOU WERE TO PERFORM IN THE CIRCUS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
I would hand out tickets and help people to their seats or Irish dance.
TWO THINGS YOU’VE NEVER DONE, BUT WOULD LOVE TO TRY?
1. Be in the studio audience of a talk show taping.
2. Run a marathon (once in my life)
IF YOU COULD INSTANTLY BECOME AN EXPERT IN SOMETHING,
WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Soil science :)
IF GEORGETTE WENT CAMPING WHAT WOULD SHE PACK?
An iPad for drawing, fixings for s’mores, bandaids, her pet, bug spray
that is also tick spray.
Our Work Values
Collaboration
It takes two (or three or four) to make a thing go right. - Rob Base.
Accountability
Be willing to own your work. All of it.
Delight
Create, celebrate and participate in joy.
Optimism
Every storm runs out of rain. Practice relentless optimism.
Resilience
Fall down seven times, get up eight.
Compassion
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. - Dalai Lama.
Growth
Choose to be better every day.
Georgette's Manifesto
Show up, always. Know your numbers. Be excited, be exciting. Help those around you shine. Put the oxygen mask on yourself first. Turn off the lights when you leave the room. Don't apologize flor being opinionated. Drive with the windows down. Be curious, not judgemental. Pay your taxes. Read, voraciously. Communicate. Leap at every opportunity. Never shrink yourself for the convenience of others. Be vulnerable and welcome vulnerability in others. Leave your mark. Keep your promises to yourself. Always be striving for something. Travel often. Be brave, have grace. Illegitimi non carborundum. Collaborate - there's strength in numbers. Persevere. If you want to eat the cake, eat the cake.
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