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

Robin Hutchinson

Poughkeepsie / Dutchess County

We meet bi-weekly on Mondays to discuss what creative projects people are working on and what steps they can take.

I run a software development and consulting company called Epistemic Technology, focused on the education and research sectors.

CarlyWill Sloan

Beacon / Dutchess County

I'm a professor of economics who uses data and statistics to study criminal justice and public policy issues. Outside of my research and coding work, I teach and practice yoga.

Laina Giselle Mason, LCSW

Beacon / Dutchess County

I help those who feel lost find themselves again. Bringing over 15 years of counseling experience, I specialize in helping people navigate the challenges of both historical and recent traumas, as well as major life transitions.

Matthew Iles

Newburgh / Orange County

I'm a 4x founder (2x digital marketing agencies, 2x VC-backed software companies). Now I lead Head of Growth at Rootstrap, the software agency behind startups like MasterClass, Farmer's Dog, BetterUp, & Brightwheel, and enterprises like Sony, Epson, & Google.

Haylee LaRose

Beacon / Dutchess County

I’m an Alignment Coach & Energy Healer. I help people breakthrough and release what’s been keeping them stuck in cycles of stress and tension, so that they can move forward in a new way, and feel lighter, peaceful, and more grounded in their everyday life.

George Castrissiades

Wappingers Falls / Dutchess County

Streaming advertising expert working for a buying platform

Yuli Ziv

Garrison / Putnam County

Serial tech entrepreneur on a mission to help holistic healers grow their businesses. Founder & CEO of Heallist.

Courtney Staib

Wappingers Falls / Dutchess County

I am a Spiritual Life Coach focusing on feminine energetics in life, love, and business. I also am a Quantum Healing Hypnosis practitioner helping people to release wounds and blocks preventing them from living their most desirable life.

Ginger Defino

New Paltz / Ulster County

Hi! I’m a freelance graphic designer and artist from the Hudson Valley. I study Graphic Design at SUNY New Paltz. I am interested in branding, packaging and advertisement design.

Tourism is in my DNA, Originally from Aruba now residing in Hudson Valley, founder&director of HAMAK Hospitality Solutions, a boutique tourism destination marketing and management consulting agency focuses on promoting ARUBA and Hudson Valley N.Y.

CEO and Co-founder of MiniProto, a Kingston-based startup transforming custom wire harness prototyping. Experienced in engineering, operations, and driving innovation in high-tech industries.

Hi there!! I am a current Graphic Design BFA student at SUNY New Paltz and have interests in print and publication design. I have experience working in Social Media and Marketing as well as in freelance design and photography work!

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.

Ryan Richardson

Hudson / Columbia County

Live/work HV. Data, automation, workflow. Also: electronic music!

DENIZEN Theatre

New Paltz / Ulster County

A 70 seat Cinema Arts Venue, located at Water Street Market in New Paltz, NY. DENIZEN has positioned itself as the most unique cinema venue in the Hudson Valley, focusing on high caliber independent movies that are not readily available to public.

Trevor Vazquez

Poughkeepsie / Dutchess County

Hudson Valley based videographer, photographer, and drone pilot. I love working with small businesses and people, whether its formal headshots or more organic content; capturing special moments as they happen, and people in their natural element.

Kath Corgan

Cortlandt Manor / Westchester County

I leverage years of visual storytelling, creative expertise, uncommon life experiences, and discovering what makes things tick, to approach projects sensibly and holistically, delivering design solutions that level up brands and resonate with audiences.