Concierge Team
Kristy Hall
Kristy Hall brings over 10 years of experience in the corporate and legal sectors, as well as her Midwestern warmth to her work at OpenSpace. With a BA in Business Administration and a law degree, Kristy’s own entrepreneurial spirit — she is passionate about helping nonprofit organizations — makes her a perfect fit. (She sometimes refers to herself as a “recovering lawyer,” but we won’t hold that against her.) Kristy’s other interests include latin dance, traveling & spending time with her amazing husband.
Becca Mills
Becca Mills was born and raised in the Midwest but brings the sensibility of a world traveler to OpenSpace. After completing college and earning degrees in English and psychology, Becca worked in publishing, marketing, and education while traveling widely across Europe and Asia. A 9-year Charlottesville resident, Becca’s interests range from vampires to outdoor adventures, poetry to clothes shopping.
Giulia Witcombe
Giulia Witcombe is fluent in Italian and Spanish and has experience in marketing, graphic design, and project management. She earned a degree in Sociology from Dickinson College and her background also includes IT support, networking, and electronics. Giulia has resided in Charlottesville for six years and enjoys hiking the Blue Ridge Mountains. During her free time, she also likes to kayak and travel.
Management Team
Jeff Gunther
Jeff Gunther, founder and CEO of OpenSpace, has a vision to deliver community-centered collaboration spaces to the new economy’s nomadic independents. He is an accomplished parallel entrepreneur and an application/infrastructure architect, having played a key technical role in the founding of several start-ups, including Intalgent, specializing in custom software development, and Meddius, which delivers healthcare integration solutions.
Prior to starting his entrepreneurial phase of his career, Jeff was the Director of Internet/Groupware at Southern Illinois Healthcare. He holds a degree from Southern Illinois University and has authored several technical articles on a variety of topics from Open Source technologies, enterprise Java development, and has also authored a book on collaborative groupware. When he is not working on new projects or serving on the board of other companies, Jeff spends time with his wife and daughter.
Follow Jeff on Twitter: @jeffgunther
