The homegrown community for Hudson Valley creatives, professionals, and businesses.

I am a long time Hudson Valley resident, ecosystem builder and startup and small business supporter. I am currently providing coaching for startup founders and consulting as a fractional embedded COO for Small and medium sized businesses.

Jenny Friedberg

Rhinebeck / Dutchess County

Executive producer, coordinator, & experiential production designer with 30 years of experience at the heights of the fashion, beauty, & commercial photography, motion, & digital content industries. Definitely wanting to collaborate with likeminded creatives!

Writer and fanzine editor and underground journalist

I'm an artist and designer who moved to the Hudson Valley after living in NYC for almost two decades. I have experience in woodworking, textiles, printmaking and jewelry.

Founder & CEO of Live XYZ

Aaron Dignan

Rhinebeck / Dutchess County

Founder of @useplumb and @theready. Friend to misfit toys. Husband to Britt. Father to Huxley.

Ross Shain

Rhinebeck / Dutchess County

Award-winning product marketing consultant. Hands-on expertise in designing, marketing, and evangelizing software for the Film & Television industry. I occasionally do freelance vfx supervision, motion graphics, and compositing.

Jacques Sims

Rhinebeck / Dutchess County

Husband, dad, son, brother, cousin, best friend, lover of bourbon, sports, food, and fellowship.

Patrick Donoghue

Rhinebeck / Dutchess County

Emmy Award Winning media and technology executive, maker, storyteller, outdoorsman.

Gray

Rhinebeck / Dutchess County

Futurist and musician living in the HV.

Rhinebeck based Public Relations specialist, focused on hospitality, travel, wellness, and beauty. I work with a few properties in the Hudson Valley area on their PR, partnerships and storytelling. Lover of nature, and all things wellness and well-BEING.

Roger Rosenbaum

Rhinebeck / Dutchess County

I put 15 years of journalism experience to work for clients in a wide-range of industries and situations to increase visibility and profitability. My work includes media relations, crisis comms & content creation. Visual storytelling is my passion.

Jason Loewy

Rhinebeck / Dutchess County

I'm a software engineer obsessed with product design. I'm an indie developer at My Macros+ ( getMyMacros.com ) and a founder & CTO at TestMax ( testmaxprep.com ) . Outside of that I'm a former professional bodybuilder, motorcycle rider and pizza enthusiast.