Sean is a man-bear hybrid who rules the woodshop with the ultimate weapon: love. His heart is so big he doesn’t have room for any other organs, and he’s got a PhD in Silliness. Alright, he does have a brain, but, it’s part of his heart -- it’s like a heart-brain. His heart-brain is SMART. This guy is a space camp graduate and a product design genius! He’s also got an amazing collection of embarrassing stories to make you cringe with joy.

Nozomi is a world-traveling musician and number wizard extraordinaire. She makes sure all of our business details have nice snug little homes where they don’t get lost or swept under the rug. In a past life, she was a scientist, and we all feel much smarter when she’s around. Her ideal Sunday includes Dim Sum - but she wouldn’t tell us about the rest of the day, because she says she really likes to be mysterious, so there you go.

Ben is a fellow of numerous talents. Here at Grovemade, he's our manufacturing engineer, meaning he commands our machinery to do as he wills! He also fixes them when they break and puts them on timeout when they disobey the rules. A dedicated father of two radical daughters, Ben also loves taking them to the backcountry for adventurous excursions. When the perfect river or stream is found, they bring in the fish with Ben's handmade rods and flies. In his free time, Ben is also hard at work inventing a robot that will sing his favorite lullabies as he prepares to dive into his daily afternoon nap. And beware of disturbing Ben when he's at rest—his prototype Lullaby Robot X-25 is also outfitted with lasers.

Gerardo once ate an oyster with an actual pearl inside. He keeps the pearl—his good luck charm—in a little glass bottle. As far as we're concerned, this is plenty of high quality biographical information, but we'll tell you a little more—Gerardo loves Esports, and once completed a Dot-to-Dot with over 2000 dots. That’s called patience, folks!

Nick is an accomplished toothbrusher. He used to do 20 pushups every night before bed, but he stopped a while ago and hasn’t looked back. Some of his favorite things are coffee, cooking while wearing aprons, throwing anything round, and music. Nick is our resident word-smith and idea generator and customer question answerer. He loves email subject lines and looking at numbers for a long time and then drawing graphs.

Meet Kat! Kat is a people person. Hailing from North Carolina, Grovemade’s marketing manager values people above all else, so if you’re not already friends with her, you’re probably about to be. Kat also enjoys poetry, riding bikes, 90’s R&B, soaking beans, walking her 13 year old puppy Oliver, and the 1990 blockbuster sensation Home Alone.

Keep the change, you filthy animal.

Emma is our resident whistler and omnichord enthusiast—a musical predilection that suits our workshop well. (Whistle while you work, am I right?) Moss and lichen are her favorite growy-things, which are quite suited to the Pacific Northwest. Outside of building things at work, you'll likely find Emma doodling. Doodling what? Wouldn’t you like to know?

Jim is an efficiency enforcer with a heart of gold, hailing from the ever expanding Chicagoland beast in Illinois. He's passionate about anything embodying variety and balance at the same time—think tightrope walking octopi, or sumo wrestlers practicing yoga. Jim can hold his own on the soccer field, chess board, yoga mat, and conference room. He and his wife Sarah annually host a short film festival and an audio festival through their creative group, Yumi Life.

Max, named for the main character in Where the Wild Things Are, knows everything about every movie ever made. He’s got a passion for storytelling, from graphic novels and 80s horror films to Ray Bradbury. His resume paints a picture of a colorful life: projectionist, graphic artist at a modeling agency, bartender in foggy Astoria, photographer and videographer, and illustrator extraordinaire. Check out his illustrations here.

Emiliano is not very interesting. We’re being sarcastic—a language he is well-versed in. Emiliano is, in fact, very interesting. He doesn’t have a drivers license, but he does have a license to rhyme. You can find him on Soundcloud (EmilianoRaps). You can find him milling and sanding wood at Grovemade. You can find him on his bike he built to his own specifications. Don’t put him in a box. Put him on a bike. Put him on the mic? We’ll leave the rapping to him.

Christian is a jack of all trades, but don’t call him “Jack”. Event planning? Check. Building everything? Check. Resident wakeboarder? Check. Producing a vodka brand? Check. He came to us from Lake Tahoe and the University of Oregon Product Design program, where he says he built a particle accelerator that fits in your pocket, but we think he was exaggerating. In his spare time, he advises on ideal burger toppings and how to get through airport security with a stroller, a car seat, a toddler, and your dignity.

Justin's a laid back guy who enjoys the finer things in life: a clean haircut, good conversation, and the finest in contemporary cinema (Young Guns II; Cool Runnings; The Mighty Ducks). He's also got the best laugh in the shop, no question.

Dixie's an independent spirit chock full of the dignified class of the Midwest, though she's laid claim to having been raised by a pack of grey wolves. A romer theater geek who loved it too much to do it for real, you can find Dixie on the shores of production manufacturing. In all, Dixie's a true DIY'er who loves to cook (gumbo is her go-to), sew, papier-mâché, and sing.

Ken started the company with Joe in 2009 under the impression that eventually there’d be free pizza. Ken is a design nerd and furniture designer with a passion for photography and collecting weird things, like fruit stickers. He’s an active field trip enabler and enjoys bribing the team with Trailblazers tickets and empty promises that someday we’ll all get to see his expertly curated apartment. Check out some of his furniture designs here.

With earphones in and podcast set to 2x speed, Courtney is locked in and ready to fulfill orders, sand wood, and assemble products. If she were a recipe, she would be equal parts productive and chill. This combo makes her a stellar event coordinator, another hat she wears at Grovemade. Birthdays, holiday parties, spontaneous good times—you name it, she’ll plan it. When she isn’t working, she enjoys crocheting, eating a bowl of Rigatoni, or playing with her cat named Rigatoni.

At first glance, you might think Priscilla is merely an organizing force, a maestro of details, a logistical whiz. But you’d be wrong! She is all of these things and much, much more. She’s also a collector of vintage goods, an experienced arts programmer, a gardener, a dog mom, a bunny mom, a coder… the list goes on. She dreams of owning a bookstore and keeping pigs, chickens, and horses on a big plot of land. With her zesty East Coast energy and administrative prowess, we have no doubt she’ll make it happen.