Marlisa McLaughlin

Marlisa is our Yoga Yay! Media Producer and Recording Coach. She is a Media Producer, Educator, Integrative Health Professional, Certified Yoga Instructor, and Biofield Tuning Practitioner. Marlisa has been working in the alternative health field for just over thirty years. She established the first yoga studio and wellness center in the northern coastal village in Iceland where she raised her family and lived for seventeen years. She returned to the States in 2001 where she has been living and serving her community since. Her podcast, Energy Amplified, explores the dynamic role of Universal, Life-Force Energy and its effects on Wellness, Health and Healing.

Fun Fact: Marlisa has two beautiful yellow labs who are sisters, Ruby and Summer. Ruby has learned how to speak Human and says, "I miss you!" each and every time her family comes home from their busy days!

Gigi Soffia

Gigi is our Yoga Yay! Instructor. She is an eight-year-old second grader who loves laughing, loving, learning, and spending time with the people she loves.  She has enjoyed helping her family produce educational videos that feature the family's 200 year old one-room schoolhouse and accompanying gristmill. Gigi and her favorite auntie had great fun finding interesting animal facts and recording the poses for Yoga Yay!

Fun Fact: Gigi and her grandfather discovered a turtle nest in the back yard. They kept the nest safe until the babies hatched from their eggs and followed their mother out of the nest, across the yard, and out into the world!

Kat O’Reilly

Kat is one of our Illustrators and Rhonda’s right-hand person. Kat has a Master’s degree in Sociology and dabbles in drawing.

Fun Fact: Kat has a black belt in aiki jujutsu!

Steve Povilonis

Steve is our audio editor, but he also edits videos. He is a husband and a dad and first started his career in media arts shooting and producing videos for non-profit organizations. The first video he ever worked on was for a dog park! Steve is a lifelong music lover and he has always found a way to make music, first with his toys, then synthesizers, and now digitally. He remembers editing recordings that he did with his sister on a toy tape recorder before he was old enough to go to school. Steve loves to create and he prides himself on bringing love and connection to his projects and clients by making their vision come to life.

Fun Fact: Steve is neither right-handed nor left-handed; he uses both sides for everything from eating to writing to kicking and throwing!

Dalton

Dalton is the voice that introduces all of the Stories on the app. He is a nine-year-old third grader who loves to make people laugh. He is a very compassionate person. Even before he could talk, he would always make sure that whatever he bumped into was okay. He loves anything with lots of action—video games, football, biking, sledding. He knows a lot about cars, like what all the logos are, where certain cars are from, and how much horsepower they have. He is currently creating a YouTube channel that he has lots of plans and ideas for.

Fun Fact: Dalton’s birthday sometimes falls on Thanksgiving!

Brad Dodds

Brad is our app developer. He found his passion for problem-solving through mathematics. He enjoys the everyday challenges that evolving technology brings to the table. Brad works as a software engineer with many companies on large projects that entail database architecture and software development.

Fun Fact: While attending college, Brad worked part-time at an animal hospital!

Dorothy Preston Schreiner

Dorothy stepped in at the 9th hour with her graphic design expertise to save the day! She works in Communications and Media in the publishing industry.  Dorothy is also an avid cyclist, runner, and skier.

Fun Fact: Dorothy’s first book, Getting Off the Radiator, was recently published1!

Gary Schaefer

Gary is our Executive Producer, Marketer, one of our Sponsors, and a Beagle Lover. He is a managing partner at Green Ink Marketing Communications and is committed to innovative and creative communication development. Gary loves beagles and has had 3 beloved dogs (Penny, Woody, & Rhonda Jr.), whose friendship have spanned over 40 years of his life.

Fun Fact: Gary can name the capitals of all 50 states.

Chip Green

Chip is one of our Sponsors and a Cat and Dog Resucer. Chip is a managing partner at Green ink Marketing Communications. He prides himself on bringing creativity to his clients' businesses and bringing innovative process to his personal arts, which include songwriting (300+ compositions), dramatic works and, this summer, the beginnings of a novel. 

Fun Fact: Chip and his husband Tom got a house with a yard just so they can play fetch every day (sometimes twice) with Harley, who has a LOT of energy to burn off. He has also created a bed for their very large cat, Abby, that sits on his home office's desk.

Sarah M. Walsh

Sarah is one of our Graphic Designers and Illustrators. She is also a Character Designer and designed and animated Mouse the Cat for Green Ink Radio, LLC’s “Meditation for Little Maniacs” app. She works as a Freelance Illustrator and Designer and earned her BFA in Illustration in 2018 and her Associate’s in Graphic Design in 2020. To see more of Sarah’s work, check out her Graphic Design Portfolio.

Fun Fact: In her free time, she illustrates a collaborative web-comic that she’s been publishing since 2015, and writes novels and short stories. She also enjoys photography, hiking, and biking.

Desmond Harris

Desmond Harris is our Social Media Director and Certified Personal Trainer through NASM with over 8 years of experience. He is also trained as a Biomechanics Coach and has a background in yoga.

He holds a 2-year degree in Occupational Studies and is a certified Wellness Practitioner, Life Coach, and Nutrition Coach. He helps his clients reach their health goals through personalized fitness plans, nutritional guidance, and helping them create an unshakable mindset.

Desmond loves to run and stay active! Desmond is also a podcast host on Green Ink Radio and in his show, Everyday Fitness Radio, he brings on a variety of wellness guests to share their point of view on staying fit and healthy in today's demanding world.
Desmond is also the Social Media Director for Green Ink Radio and Meditation for Little Maniacs. He loves encouraging wellness in all ages!

Susan Kruse

Susan Kruse is a 500 hour RYT Yoga instructor with a background in senior care and advocacy. Susan was born in Seoul Korea , raised in Westchester, New York, and has been a Connecticut resident for the past 14 years.

Susan's journey " home" to Yoga started only a few years ago in her late 40s. She believes Yoga comes to us all in its own time. Her unique variety of Yoga classes are authentic and far more than simply a fitness class. Her message to students is that the 8 Limb Path of Yoga is available to all of us us no matter our age, size, ability, or disability. According to Susan, only 2 requirements are necessary to receive the full benefits of Yoga: breath and effort. By taking just one breath at a time together, we begin the journey to our very best selves. We can all join in raising the universal vibe by deepening our mind-body connection through Yoga.

Susan's mission in life is not merely to survive but to thrive with passion, compassion, belly laughs, peace, love and light. Join Susan in her upcoming donation-based Yoga classes found in the Foogin link. Also, check out her children's literacy project on (1) Meditation for Little Maniacs | Facebook

Taennyr O’Reilly

Taennyr is our Graphic Designer and one of our Illustrators. She is an art student currently attending Rhode Island School of Design.

Fun Fact: Taennyr is truly a Cat Whisperer—wherever she goes, cats come to see her!