Meet the Team.
A group of Greater Peoria natives, passionate about seeing meaningful change in our community and across the world.
Jake Hamann
Cofounder
With over 13 years of experience in marketing, training, and innovation initiatives at Fortune 100 companies, Jake’s element truly transcends in matching problems with ingenious solutions. His resume speaks for itself.
In 2012, Jake founded and grew an innovation agency (ONEFIRE) from 2 to 35 employees and $3M in revenue within 4 years; focusing on operations, sales, strategy and culture.
Learn more about Jake: LinkedIn
Lily Scalf
Designer / Creative Director
A mother of 2 and entrepreneur at heart, Lily has over 12 years experience in the fashion industry and has been featured at Paris Fashion Week and Phoenix Fashion Week. Her designs have been featured in many publications as well as on the home shopping network Evine Live now known as ShopHQ.
Lily specializes in custom sustainable apparel and accessories and she wants to help push sustainability in the industry.
Learn more about Lily: LinkedIn
Jess Brown
Cofounder
Over the past 15 years of working in the design industry Jess truly believes design should be informative, intuitive, and inspiring.
Formerly the lead Interaction Designer at Google Nest and previously a Designer-in-Residence at the incubator, Science Inc., he most recently served as founding member and VP of Design at Aspiration.
Learn more about Jess: LinkedIn
Marci Goodwin
Social Media Guru
Marci has spent the past 10+ years building and growing women-owned and agriculture-focused online businesses while teaching hundreds of others to do the same.
She combines her passion for small businesses and start-ups with her social media savvy to develop digital strategies to help businesses launch and grow.
Learn more about Marci: LinkedIn