The best thing about Cowork Frederick is the people.
Who are we?
We are software developers, marketers, attorneys, writers, engineers, project managers, scientists, and more. We are independents and freelancers, teleworkers, creatives, and entrepreneurs. We could work anywhere, but we choose to come together to do our work. Because together is better (TM) isn’t just our tagline. We really believe we are happier and healthier when we are part of a community; dare we say this community.
- Spotlight: Wayne Dorsey
Wayne is the Founder and Executive Director of the Safe Ride Foundation, the only nonprofit in Frederick that is fighting to stop drunk driving – and that’s only one of the organization’s missions! According to Wayne, he’s basically wandering around the earth trying as many things as possible and hoping… Read more: Spotlight: Wayne Dorsey - Spotlight: Annique Garnier
Annique works for the Data Foundation, a DC based nonpartisan, nonprofit organization aimed at improving society through the use of data (better data, better decisions, better future). She loves languages! In high school, she added all available language classes to her curriculum (Dutch, English, Spanish, French, and Latin); went on… Read more: Spotlight: Annique Garnier - Spotlight: Liz Stritzinger
Liz works on the Global Health team at the United Nations Foundation, where she supports resource mobilization efforts for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) — a partnership between WHO, UNICEF, the Gates Foundation, Rotary International, the Gavi Alliance, and CDC. She loves to travel and has been to 30+… Read more: Spotlight: Liz Stritzinger - Spotlight: Samantha Berenschot-Bucciero
Sam is a “Financial Policy and Regulation Specialist” for Habitat for Humanity. She researches policies and regulations that affect affordable housing (both positively and negatively). Her role supports central banks and other policymakers from around the world to improve the policy climate in a way that allows affordable, inclusive, and… Read more: Spotlight: Samantha Berenschot-Bucciero - Spotlight: Teddy Galloway
Teddy is a father, a Marine, and a Frederick man, the oldest of six. His mom raised them on her own and worked herself to the bone in a neighborhood where drugs, poverty, and violence were just part of the air you breathed. People meet him now and assume he… Read more: Spotlight: Teddy Galloway - Spotlight: Hannah Nickerson
Hannah is a freelance sustainability consultant, helping businesses and manufacturers develop sustainability programs, calculate greenhouse gas footprints, and drive positive impact. She grew up in West Virginia on a small farm – independent and resilient. She regularly spent hours playing in fields, streams, and forests with her sister (she hilariously… Read more: Spotlight: Hannah Nickerson - Spotlight: Erik Belmont
Erik is an Urban Planner who specializes in transportation and city planning. He says that architects design buildings and structures, and Planners design cities. What excites him about planning is that designing a new bus line, or a sidewalk, a crosswalk, or even a bus stop has a direct impact… Read more: Spotlight: Erik Belmont - Spotlight: Bethany Good
Bethany is a professional copywriter, book editor, ghostwriter, and book coach. She helps businesses develop their brand voice through storytelling, articles, social media, and strategy. At Cowork Frederick, we are used to seeing her juggling any number of projects — all of them creative. She recently finished editing a book… Read more: Spotlight: Bethany Good - Spotlight: Derrick Miller
Derrick started his own web agency around 2001, called Axis 80 Interactive. At first, he worked with a lot of newspapers, including creating an open-source Content Management System (CMS) for news sites that, at one point, powered 50+ newspaper sites around the world. He still does work for a few… Read more: Spotlight: Derrick Miller - Spotlight: John Limpert
John leads a team of developers working on software for private equity companies. He spends much of his time connecting with the team and with clients throughout the work day. He is a devoted family man who strives to prioritize home life over work life! Extracurriculars You can catch John… Read more: Spotlight: John Limpert - Spotlight: Alexander Garber
Alexander splits his professional time and energy between two roles – Head of Engineering at Sideby, and Founder of Garber Squared LLC, a software consultancy that offers a range of solutions that free you from repetitive tasks, allowing you to focus on what truly matters: growing your business. During the… Read more: Spotlight: Alexander Garber - Spotlight: Joe Said
Joe is the founder of Spinners Pinball Arcade and of Pinball EDU, a nonprofit with the mission to build inclusive spaces that provide connection, skill development, and belonging through play. Most recently, he has been immersed in working long-distance with the Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired on… Read more: Spotlight: Joe Said - Spotlight: Adela Dorsey
Adela Dorsey is a woodworker/carpenter. She has always been very handy, helping around her family’s houses and yards. She went to art school for many years, so during the Pandemic, Adela sort of “merged” all of those skills to start making wooden art pieces and refurbishing furniture. She worked on… Read more: Spotlight: Adela Dorsey - Spotlight: Kaite Anderson
Kaite Anderson is currently the Community Cultivator here at Cowork Frederick. Her ultimate goal is to create incredibly rich “soil” in which authentic connections can grow within our member community – whether social, professional, or both! That can look like organizing events, learning “tidbits” about people and introducing them to… Read more: Spotlight: Kaite Anderson - Spotlight: Kelli McIntosh
Kelli McIntosh is a physics-teacher-turned-freelance-STEM-educator. Her main client, LearningMate Solutions, serves public charter schools around the country. Her curriculum work includes authoring, accuracy checking, and revising curricula for Engineering, Physics, and Math courses. She used to think it would be really fun to solve math and physics problems as part… Read more: Spotlight: Kelli McIntosh - Spotlight: Molly Benson
Molly Benson is a freelance graphic designer and illustrator who specializes in branding for events, marketing campaigns, and organizations. She’s worked with all types of clients, from record-breaking festivals and national non-profits to friends’ side hustles. Molly’s design philosophy is that nothing about the process needs to be mysterious or… Read more: Spotlight: Molly Benson - Spotlight: Matt Johnston
Matt Johnston is a small business lawyer working with businesses that have fewer than 50 employees. His clients range from one-person consulting/coaching practices to businesses in the creative industry, trades, and medical practices. He provides practical, actionable legal advice with a focus on what a business owner needs to know… Read more: Spotlight: Matt Johnston - Spotlight: Peter Laughter
Peter Laughter is a raconteur and speaker. In Peter’s words, that’s “a fancy way of saying I talk for a living.” For many years, Peter was an entrepreneur in the recruiting and staffing industry, but in 2020, he left that work behind and struck out into new territory. Currently, Peter… Read more: Spotlight: Peter Laughter - Member Spotlight: Art Lovell
Art Lovell is an SEO Marketer and the Founder of Lovell Media Group LLC, a boutique digital marketing agency dedicated to helping small to mid-size businesses grow and adapt to the changing ways customers purchase and interact online. Simply put, Art gets local businesses more customers online without all the… Read more: Member Spotlight: Art Lovell - Member Spotlight: Max Moclock
Max Moclock is a Brand Strategist with a background in consulting and product management who is currently partnering with a financial planner to help him launch a new brand and change his business model to serve people with ADHD. After ten years of working in fast-paced environments across management consulting,… Read more: Member Spotlight: Max Moclock