Jessica Louie, Treasurer and Honorary Chef.

Jessica Louie is not a chef, but we won't hold that against her.  For working with us here at 99Knives, that may work in both our favor.  Seattle native and graduate of the University of Washington,  she spends her days working for Capital One Sharebuilder investigating fraud and money laundering but in her spare time she works with the Plymouth Housing Corp., helping to provide homeless men and women with homes and helping them with financial woes.  No, she is not a chef, but she thinks like the chefs here at 99Knives and that mindset is just what we were looking for.

The average chef has a bit of the dreamer in them and there is nothing wrong with that.  It is that dreaming side that brings up great restaurants and invents the pizza.  It is all too easy to forget that side has to be balanced with the practical. Whatever the dream that is being reached for, the dreamer has to have at least one foot on the ground.

This is where Jessica comes in and why she is going to be great in this position.  One Easter, I wanted to make a six foot Easter bunny, but accounting said no because it w
ould be too expensive. I could have made it smaller.  I could have made it hollow but they were not concerned with that.  They would not listen.  I was a little deflated and dejected, but that merely helped me define an ideology in my own life.  I did not want  to always work in places that so no without coming up with a better idea.

Jessica is key because she understands both sides with practical, solid leadership, but still knowing that there are solutions to problems and that if one does nothing to solve them, then nothing gets done.  Rather than saying no, she helps to solve the problem.

Did I mention that she teaches yoga and leads environmental projects for her company?  I am impressed  both at how hard she works and at what she does. I am also proud to have her as our Treasurer and to make her an honorary chef for 99Knives.

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