Concierge Team
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.
Kimberly Blick
Kimberly Blick, a recent graduate of the University of Virginia, is a self-declared ‘townie’ who provides a passion for everything Charlottesville in her work at OpenSpace. Kimberly has channeled her studies of psychology and sociology into volunteer efforts for the United Way, Habitat for Humanity, and more. In her spare time, Kimberly loves exploring wine country and spending Saturdays at the farmer’s market.
Marcy Drewes
Marcy Drewes moved to Charlottesville upon conferring her BA in Art History and American Sign Language. Excited to be apart of a community with an abundance of creative and entrepreneurial energy, Marcy brings an enthusiasm of both of those worlds to OpenSpace. In her spare time, Marcy enjoys working on her photography, traveling, getting coffee with friends and dancing to Parliament’s Give Up the Funk.
Management 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.
Follow Kristy on Twitter: @KristyHall
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
