Professionals
LESLIE BOSSERMAN
Co-Founder/Director The Makers Place
PHIL TRETHEWAY
Creative Director Position Interactive
SHAWNA FITZGERALD
CEO/Fearless Leader Creating Answers
Entrepreneur Leslie Bosserman launched and leads The Makers Place, Sacramento’s first coworking space offering on-site child care. She is also an executive coach and lifestyle strategist for millennial leaders and their managers. Through her boutique coaching and consulting practice, Lead With Intention, she offers leadership coaching and customized training for clients around the world. Bosserman has served on the leadership team for TEDxSacramento. FIRST JOB: Flute and piccolo tutor BEST ADVICE RECEIVED: Plan the event, not the outcome. WHY I CHOSE THIS WORK: I have been an entrepreneur for over a decade because I believe in creating the kind of community I desire to live in. HIDDEN TALENT: I have perfect pitch! FAVORITE BOOK: The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster PANDEMIC’S TOUGHEST ASPECT: Financial uncertainty in business
A third-generation Sacramentan, Phil Tretheway is an award-winning graphic designer and marketing strategist. He is a founding member of Metro EDGE and serves on the board of the Metro Chamber Foundation. Tretheway also co-founded Creativity+, a community organization to inspire and champion creativity in Sacramento. He is co-producing Spirit Wings, a placemaking public art project comprising a series of sculptures, with Megan Blackwell.
MEGHAN BAKER
Partner/Hiring Partner Downey Brand LLP
SCOTT SHAPIRO
Managing Partner Downey Brand LLP
Meghan Baker’s litigation practice focuses on commercial, employment, real estate and probate disputes. She also handles class action defense, construction defect and product liability claims. Her clients include professional and financial service providers, developers and construction companies, as well as manufacturers and distributors. Baker graduated first in her class at McGeorge School of Law and was named a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers Magazine. HOMETOWN: Benicia, Calif. FIRST JOB: Lifeguard MOST INSPIRING PERSONS: My parents FEW PEOPLE KNOW: My love for music and Excel spreadsheets FAVORITE BOOK: East of Eden by John Steinbeck FAVORITE TV SHOW: Schitt’s Creek PANDEMIC’S EFFECT ON ME: As a lawyer and mom, I’ve always been a multitasker, but the pandemic has brought new meaning to that term!
Scott Shapiro is an attorney and legislative and policy advocate focused on water, flood and natural resource issues and law. He assists clients with more than $1 billion in projects in California’s Central Valley and issues involving FEMA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He has expertise in drafting federal legislation in the flood protection arena and has extensive litigation experience focusing on cases arising from levee failures.
FIRST JOB: Winn Brothers Construction clean-up crew BEST ADVICE RECEIVED: Bring each decision back to your values. FEW PEOPLE KNOW: I’d rather be fishing. WHY I CHOSE THIS WORK: I’m energized by the challenge of connecting to people in compelling and creative ways. FAVORITE TV SHOW: The West Wing PANDEMIC’S EFFECT ON ME: I appreciate time with friends.
HOMETOWN: Norristown, Penn. EDUCATION: Rutgers University, Lewis & Clark Law School FIRST JOB: Paper boy HIDDEN TALENT: Pigeon calling FAVORITE FILM: Sneakers WHAT I’D TELL A RECENT GRADUATE: Take a year off before college. See the world, enjoy and travel. PANDEMIC’S PERSONAL EFFECT: I am walking more! PANDEMIC’S TOUGHEST ASPECT: Feeling like electronics have to come between us BUCKET LIST: To build a masonry wall
Shawna Fitzgerald leads Creating Answers, an external CFO firm. She serves as treasurer for the Sacramento Rainbow Chamber of Commerce Foundation and the Sacramento chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners. She started her first business at the age of 21 “not having a clue about what entrepreneurship entailed” and by the age of 30 had originated, purchased and developed multiple businesses.
A multidiscipline designer, Rebecca Plumb creates designs for homes, commercial spaces and personal branding that reflect the people who use them. She is a former co-owner and creative director at the Honey agency and founder and host of CreativeMornings Sacramento, a breakfast lecture series for the creative community. Plumb has been featured in Sacramento Magazine, Comstock’s, Apartment Therapy, Today. com and City Scout.
EDUCATION: Sacramento City College, Sacramento State University FIRST JOB: Waitress at Hal’s Grubstake NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS: While I’m extremely proud of my own accomplishments, the greatest part of what I do is helping other businesses to be successful. I’ve coached and led nearly 100 businesses, organizations and individuals to financial success and overall growth. FAVORITE FILM: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory BUCKET LIST: Visit and explore Ireland.
REBECCA PLUMB
Owner Studio Plumb
FIRST JOB: Ironing my dad’s work shirts for $1 each. He liked a starched collar. BEST ADVICE RECEIVED: You don’t have to be the one in the spotlight to be successful; you can be the campfire that gathers smaller groups together. FAVORITE SACRAMENTO PLACE TO VISIT: Sacramento Antique Faire on the second Sunday of the month WHAT I’D DO IF I DIDN’T DO THIS JOB: Design and run Airbnbs
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