Steve Jones - CEO

Life at Jones is a trip. Awesome brands, fanatic consumers, and great people to work with.

I'm here at Jones because it is the real deal...not some corporate giant that hires a kid with a piercing and tattoo to be held out as a badge of cool.

Born and raised in Toronto...very big close family...one small house. Perfect family recipe.

Lived and ran businesses in London, Tokyo, Houston, and Atlanta.

Luckiest break so far...three kids who thrived on life on three continents

Passion...to exceed beyond own limitations.

Biggest break...time with family and friends in Muskoka.

Jones destination...most relevant personalized local brand...that makes its shareholders wealthy.

Joth Ricci - COO

Hi, my name is Joth…..ok, let's get that part out of the way.  Its short for Jonathan, remove the a’s and n’s and you get Joth.  I've never met anyone or anybody that knows anyone by that name.  If you are out there let me know.  Moving on…… Some of my favorite things to do are hang out in Central Oregon with my family – Robin, Anna and Joe.  For that matter, I like hanging out with them anywhere.  After that I am an activity nut: bike rides, long runs, golf, baseball, all kinds of music, great wine and working with this team to make Jones a great company. 

Eric Chastain – Wizard of Ops

Gnarly: I enjoy tending to my Billy Idol shrine and collecting Flock of Seagulls posters. Duran Duran are pretty choice. I'm addicted to cheesy commercials (especially that one for the Clapper!) My favorite movies include "Turner & Hooch," "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure," "Major League," and "the 'Burbs". Sometimes, I enjoy taking the Camero out for a spin to the local Chuck E Cheese. Psych!

Grody: Germs, nose-hair, and "boy-bands." Sprouts on my sandwiches? Gag me with a spoon!

Laura Blazyk - Distributor Relations & Logistics Manager

Leaving a smoldering trail of broken hearts and ruined fortunes across Europe, Laura comes to us from the court of Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein. She has expressed weariness of court life and a burning desire to learn how “the real people” get along without staff, limousines, fine art collections, or teams of prize-winning Arabian horses. “It will be so fun,” she has been heard to say, “Like camping!”

A legendary raconteur and philosopher, Laura has had over a dozen volumes of poems, thoughts, scholarship, political analysis, and romance novels published under various pseudonyms, the most famous being the world-renowned cookbook and science fiction legend Esmerelda Bassington-Bassington. She asks that this be kept strictly confidential, as she doesn’t want earnest, doe-eyed young men or autograph-seekers to bother her at work. Especially not the doe-eyed, curly-haired, muscular young men.

Mike Spear – myJones/E-commerce

Hobbies: sailing, vintage motorcycles, art, International (www.internationalarsenal.com), browsing around on Icanhazcheezburger.com, I can read books too.

Sign: Scorpio

Dislikes: meter maids, people who don't pull over for lights and sirens, 2nd Ave Clowns

Favorite Food: Salad with a light vinegarette

Favorite Movie: Bridges of Madison County

Weakness: Talk Radio: Stern, KJR Sports, Dr. Laura, bring it on.

I always sided with the insurgent, not the establishment.  I don't want to be the expert of an old idea, I want to be the creator of a new one. That's what Jones is all about! The good things in life:  traveling, soccer, meeting people smarter than you, a cold beer, all of which superseded by my lovely wife-to-be. The bad things:  parking police (which reminds me to go check on my car), people that think they're smarter than everybody, bad Seattle drivers (and by the way, although polite drivers, they're terrible), no decent public transportation, and a winter with no snow to ride on.  That's me I guess, with peppered in Seinfeld quotes that were played out year's ago but they still gold baby, GOLD!

Susan Rozewski- Human Resources Manager

I believe I have landed a pretty sweet gig here at Jones Soda – working with great people, drinking yummy beverages.  I like a lot of things, dislike just a few. The Northwest is great, I actually grew up here.  I love the outdoors and watching the wildlife in my own backyard, I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else. I love my family and my friends are very important.  I take vacations very seriously and I am on a quest to find the best beach in the World.  I ask a lot of questions and I laugh at my own jokes. I like to eat and often dream about food! I want to be on Dancing with the Stars, BUT I can’t dance and I’m not a star….

Emmas Lindsay -Executive Assistant/Office Manager

Yes….it’s Emmas, No…it’s not a typo…..its British – like me.

 I was first attracted to Jones Soda by their reputation, you know, unconventional, innovative, never dull. For me, working at ‘Jones’ is on par with college. We all work hard as a Team – but play harder. ‘Jones’ is full of quirky individuals who are from different planets, yet connect in an exuberant way.

Likes: Doug (phfff), my black lab Hailey, furballs Bear, & Daisy,(my beautiful feral kitty who had me at her first hiss, she moved from NYC with me & we’re now banned from JFK)…U2….speeding along in my little Audi convertible, running in the rain, the beach in the early hours, playing polo, sailing, kayaking, cycling, travel (anywhere/everywhere), drinking good wine by the fire, random acts of kindness, The Colbert Report, laughing until I cry, Peets Coffee, being called Em….how much do you want to know?????

Dislikes:Being called Emma, cruelty towards animals, cooking (only thing I make is reservations), rudeness, ignorance, basketball (yawn), rap music, thoughtlessness, racisim, people who don’t pick up after their dogs, reality shows.….

Not much I dislike, life is too short & ”Life is Good”…so get out there – “Create Change….Run With The Underdog”…and you won’t regret it – I don’t.

Stay Safe. Em

Paula McGee- Manager of Legal Affairs

I knew Jones Soda would be an interesting place to work – Will Ferrell, dressed in green tights, was squeezing himself into an elf-sized bed on the flat screen in the lobby waiting area the first time I entered the building.  And it’s only gotten better.  How many people get to review agreements titled “Boom Boom Huckjam”?  And who knew making premium beverages would introduce (on paper) me to Chris Chelios of the Detroit Redwings.  And recently all three chief executive officers of the company crawled through a window onto the roof of the building for a BBQ.  And that’s only the beginning of my life so far at Jones Soda.

My job in summary is to try to keep Jones Soda out of trouble.  With this group of creative people that’s challenging – but fun. 

Emily Cordiero - Sales Operation Associate

I am quite the rookie with Jones Soda but I couldn't be more excited to be part of the team. I have always wanted to work for a company that I would be proud to be a part of and I have at long last found that with JS.

Since everyone is dying to know, here is a little about me...

Likes: Chase, Izzy, Aiden, Brooke, Maya and Tucker in no particular order, in prompt to pub crawls, watching Ben kill it at Jeopardy AND Cash Cab, Chap Stick, living room dance parties and the Seahawks

Dislikes: Tucker's limp, being 966 miles from my family, Pitbulls and music snobs

Rachael Eaton- A/R Manager

I once wrote a story about a construction worker and a piece of lunch meat, but that was a long time ago; now my stories are about more substantial things like bread…and potatoes.  Is there a right way to describe what it feels like to sleep in a sheep pasture in Iceland (sheep smell baaaad) or what you are thinking when you step out of the jungle and get your first glimpse of Tikal?  What about when you charter a boat in Belize on a supremely windy day and your friends think you are all going to drown in the sea swells but you just sit in the bow and ride the waves?

Muy Bueno: wine from a cask, beer from a keg, traveling light, a field of puppies, napping in the grass, a hot summer day spent in the swimming pool, the smell of campfire in my hair, my esposo Scott, laughing with friends, hearing my niece and nephews call me Auntie Rachael, being the Mayor of White Center.

Muy Mal: cleaning up dog doo, yardwork, mushrooms, R.E.M (the band not the sleep pattern), being hollered at while backpacking for having my dog off leash.

Rick Elsea - Accounts Payable

Rick joined the Jones Soda team in 2007. Rick has a rich 15 year sales and marketing background in product sales and Real Estate.  Rick has a passion for the myJones product line.  

As a talented musician ( Singer / Songwriter ) and actor with credits here in the Seattle area and Los Angeles. Rick brings a creative vibe to the Jones soda team and you can hear his Jones soda jingle on the My Jones web site. Rick has a desire to join the sales and marketing team for myJones, and hopes to be promoting myJones nationally soon.

Shortly after Flanders’ birth, three wise men came from the East, bearing gifts.  “Uncle” Shelly, from Erie, Pennsylvania, brought the gift of Moxie.  Cletus, of Macon, Georgia, brought the gift of Mojo.  Bob, of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, wanted to bring Myrrh, but the local Roundy’s was fresh out and he was late for his flight, so he picked up some Licorice Piglets and a box of Pearson’s Original Nut Goodies.  Sadly, Bob’s flight was delayed in Chicago, and Bob was never one to miss a meal, so the kid had to settle for a couple of leftover Nut Goodies and a bottle of cheap Scotch from the duty-free.

Nevertheless, the gifts of Moxie and Mojo served Flanders well (neither the Nut Goodies nor the Scotch lasted very long) as he embarked on his Quest to make the world just a little odder.  He was forced to abandon this quest after a misunderstanding with the League of Concerned Otters, but he assures everybody his intentions were good.

Someday soon, a black fleet car will pull up alongside Flanders as he walks down the street, and the door will open.  Without a word, Flanders will get in.  The door will close, the car will drive off, and none of us will ever hear of him again.

June Meehan - Accounts Payable

Write a bio?....okay don’t panic…no don’t panic…You want a picture too?....okay don’t panic…no don’t panic!

Panic Panic Panic!

Hmm a little about me…I’ve been with the same partner for 25years and the one thing I’ve learned is that it is all okay!  He knows all my crap and I know his…we stayed away.

Things that mean the most to me:  Family, friends, having a sense of humor, finding beauty in unexpected places and meditating to get grounded and centered (just think what I’d be like without it…not a pretty picture!).

I love playing cards (poker is my game but I’ll play anything), sleeping in on the weekend, cooking and baking up a storm, laughing until it hurts and my face turns red and I can’t breathe, road trips and long walks on the beach.

Traveling is one of my passions and two of my life long goals are to visit every State (I’ve been to 31 so far) and every Continent (only three to go), yes that includes Antarctica!

So far in life I have been pretty lucky…still breathing, I have people I love and they love me back…and now I’m here at Jones.  I love my job and being part of something that is fun, creative and I think we are making the world a little bit better…one soda at a time.

Joy Rosenthal

Here's a little bit of info about a rad chick named "Joy"
Who rules AR at Jones - believe it - she isn't coy.
Over the years she's built up a rep
Attacking her day with vigor and pep
She works very long hours for very small coin
You have to be a workaholic for her club to join
Her voice it is loud and her laugh it is merry
Some might even say she is never contrary
She's one in a million, she's unique some might say
A Joneser at heart at the end of the day!

Liz Bronson - myJones/E- commerce

I live, breathe, and eat myJones. Which is cool because I'm pretty sure you could survive on our root beer alone. I'm a very lucky girl; lucky because I have the best job at Jones and lucky because I work with the best people in the world. I'm here to ensure that you have a great Jones experience, thats my number one priority. Have a problem? Take it up with me. When I'm not in the office hanging with Einstein, the CS mascot, I'm flirting with danger on Capitol Hill, spending way too much time in bookstores, refining my knowledge of 16th Century England or catching a live show at one of Seattle's world famous venues (that's right, world famous) because who doesn't like a night of sweaty dance music at Neumo's. I plan on sticking around Jones for a while because where else can you BBQ on the roof with the Space Needle a stone's throw away. Plus, I like running with the little guy...

Melissa Kelley – CS: National Accounts Coordinator

I applied here after I saw Kelly Ripa nearly vomit on live television after tasting a holiday flavor. You can take that as you like. I administrate orders, programs & events for our National Accounts: Panera, Barnes & Noble, Sam’s, and Alaska/Horizon. I have some special projects up my sleeve as well.

Loves: Lucia Beatrice – aka Sweet Lou, my little family, the beach…any beach, cheese, books, traveling, naming sodas, surfing…for real and on the net, The Pre, chocolate, admitting involvement in pranks…especially those against bee-dub, photography, opposites, taters, Watch Out For the Creepy Baby email chain, morning radio, getting a good deal, the word “nuts” & having a moment to breathe at the end of the day.

Dislikes: Throat tickles when I have to be quiet, illogical conclusions, not being a dog owner, most perfumes, being cold, beets, being forgetful, sleep deprivation, and when a hair falls down my shirt.

I Just Don’t Get It: Talking during the movie, bureaucratic inefficiency, dogs carried in handbags, Battlestar Gallactica and parents who don’t watch their children in public places.

Davin Hanson - Account Logistics Rep

Hello. I’m Davin; pronounced dayvin.  I work in customer service and deal primarily with our National Accounts.  I basically enter and coordinate delivery of our products to clients like Barnes&Noble, Target, and Ruby Tuesday.  I also work with our international accounts and assume that I will be sent abroad someday to act as a liaison with the heathens.  In my spare time, I also work with the e-commerce team.

I joined team Jones, TEAM JONES!!!, in 2006 and especially enjoy the culture, people, and soda-my favorite are our Organics and Grape Soda. I compare the work environment here at headquarters to a reef system.  Production and Operations are like the corals and sponges.  AP is like the crustaceans.  AR is like the schooling fish. Marketing would be the aquatic flora. And Customer Service, where I’m at, we’re the predatory inhabitants like barracuda a reef shark.  And amongst my people, I’m like the mighty, insatiable, all-powerful tiger shark …………..YEESSSSS!!!! HOOORAYYYY!!!.................

Anyway, I like fishing, pizza, macro brews, watching football, reading, swimming, supplements, weightlifting, bulking up, ballet, the tropics, music, camping, and fishing.  Actually, I don’t like the ones on my list between swimming and the tropics.

Come to our Jones and get the free soda you can drink.  Otherwise, just pay for and drink much soda into your tummy.  Peace and love.

It’s confusing on purpose, life; just smile and nod.

Ashley Wilson - E-Commerce

Army of robots.  Army of zombies.  Army of ghouls.  Army of skeletons. Army of ants. Army of clowns.  Army of bees.  Army of aliens.  Army of robots (again). Death ray, gravity ray, heat ray, aging ray, morpho ray.  Time machine. Island base, satellite base, moon base, extradimensional base in the distant past.  Ancient mystical artifacts.  Strange inventions from the far future.  What's a girl got to do to get some world domination around here? "Okay, even I admit that the Army of Mohair was a stupid idea," states Ashley during an exclusive interview from her latest undisclosed location, "it was the 80's.  There were lots of dumb ideas floating around back then. But one of these days, there won't be any meddling kids, or interfering masked marauders, or nosy girl detectives, and then..." her eyes half closed, fingertips pressed together, "perhaps I've said too much."

Nowadays, she works for us. We don't let her go near the production line.

Things I love: downhill Mt. biking, snowboarding, surfing, wakesurfing, and pretty much anything else out of doors. Dressing in costume for no particular reason, spontaneous slurpee runs, late night jam sessions in Pembi, Sea to Sky and anything that happens on the drive to and from Whistler, wearing wet wetsuits to dinner, dinner in general, making funny pancakes, and explaining to concerned strangers why I am covered in bruises – see first 5 activities above. The blue house girls, Chelan girls, mum and dad, all of my new Seattle friends, kids, puppies, and boys who bike, snowboard, and surf, but most importantly smile a lot. Reading, learning foreign languages, going to concerts, rocking out in my car when I forget that people can see me, and playing the piano/guitar. Peanut butter. Taking random lessons like salsa dancing and knitting. Traveling to foreign countries, especially Canada, Italy, and India. Unplanned car trips. Bonfires. Being called Ash.

Donna Gentry- CSR West

Painter...of pictures not houses

Photographer...of stuff not weddings

Einstein's mom...the pug not Albert

I love: art, movies, pugs, mac's, books, racing, family, friends, gin and tonic, PBR, LINDA'S, The Perfect Cup of Coffee, Capitol Hill, sleep

I Hate: pug haters, pc's, traffic, people who don't know how to yield/merge into traffic, cheese out of a can, sticky things, Pioneer Square

Favorite Food: Pho, Mexican food and Pizza

Quote: "GOONIES NEVER SAY DIE"

Einstein- Customer Service Mascot

Speed of lightning! Roar of thunder! Whether it’s finding lost Mounties near the Beaufort Sea, looming atmospherically on the moors, or keeping poor Mowgli from being eaten by hungry tigers, our own dog of wonder leaps into action wherever action is required! Watch in awe and amazement as this canny canine solves mysteries, adds three-digit numbers, and performs acts of derring-do! What vile villainy will he foil this time? Find out in the next episode of…

EINSTEIN: Future Dog of Might!

Cory Gettman - CSR Midwest/East

Cory is the Customer Service Rep for the Midwest/East. Before flirting his way into the heart and pants of Jones, he appeared on Broadway in The Secret Gelding (Drama Dust nomination), Six Decrees of Preparation, and Big Rover. Off-Broadway credits include The Destiny of Epp (Flobie Award, Drama Dust nomination), Hello A-Hole (Drama Dust nomination), and Missing Pampers. On TV, Cory was a regular on the public access series Purty Girl. In film, he has been seen in Girl Sixty, Misplacid, Bind of the Hind and Book of Lobe. Cory also adapted and directed Tannis E. Williams' Earthdom of King for the Dewbag Dept. Theatre Co., of which he is a founding member. For writing and performing in Yul’s Wig and the Angry Ankh, Cory received a Flobie Award, the Outer Critics Circle Jerk Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical, and Drama Dust nominations for Outstanding Actor in a Musical and for Outstanding New Musical. Mostly all uses of the word “Broadway” refer to sidewalk performances near the Capitol Hill Dick’s restaurant in Seattle and “Off-Broadway” refers to alley performances behind Dick’s, mostly.

He’s pretty good on the phones and stuff.

Chris Milberger - Inventory Control Manager

I am part of a hard working team. We do work. We do it for the feeling we obtain & because we’re in search of something. We want to relive some great moment we had in the past. Moreover, it’s also to create some other incredible moment like the last one but more intense. As long as we reach our limits... but who knows where those are?  Our realm is when we are together against a new dare. It can be anywhere, on snowboards, at the ballpark, in water, in the air... or at the office doing work.

Judy Schoen - Production Manager, Non Soda

They told me to write a new bio. Like I have nothing better to do. I am TRYING to make soda here. In a nutshell here I am... I like sunshine, R&B, fresh flowers, mornings, manly men, bawdy talk, interesting artwork, beer, my job, telling people I care about that they are loved, good books and yoga. I dislike cold weather, rudness, people with no stories to tell, country music, white socks with black toes, unoriginality, no time to nap, running on a treadmill, fruity drinks, attention hogs, lying and bad cooking.

Rob McCormack - Production Manager

Snow, saltwater, mountains, a great lady and the rainy city of Seattle are all things I wake up for. Add to that a challenging and innovative workplace… crap I’m a lucky guy.  I don’t like over-glorified people, over-spending, shirts with portraits of wolves howling at the moon, the word “binder”, spicy tuna rolls, weddings on three day weekends, Ski-to-Sea sandbaggers, or Colonel Sanders. 

My focus will remain on producing the greatest soda in the world, cheering for the underdog, helping Eric think linearly, exploring different places on earth, and making words up out of thin air.  Keep on keepin’ on!

Jessie Dunn - Production Manager, Variety Packs

Bet you didn’t know: Aside from planning the logistics of making soda, here at Jones in Operations we play CD’s all day, have squirt gun wars as a quick break from the chaos, and collectively prank co-worker Brett Wille.  Our desks are adorned with our colorful soda bottles. The walls are a nice shade of avocado green and the light bulbs overhead are covered with paper lanterns.  The culture at Jones Soda is spunky, just like me…

Likes: Down blankets, gardening, family, ice cream/gelato, snail mail, books, anything artsy, playing with all dogs, especially my dog Max, and the great outdoors.

Favorite places: Alaska, Yellowstone National Park, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Serengeti National Park.

Goals:

• Write more/use my artistic spirit
• Travel to Europe
• Never try Jones Perspiration soda

Zac Carr – Marketing Team/Events

Hobbies- Any kind of boarding,  Tony Hawk Project8 (current rank-7), Square Dancing, Cosmic Bowling,  Video/image editing

Music- A Tribe Called Quest, Common, Mobb Deep, M.O.P, EPMD, 3-6, Cee-lo, Willie and the Wake 'n' Bakes 

Shout outs- A-Lord, Parker the Poodle, Dezzy the Bearded Dragon, all my baby's mommas and, of course, my mom

Flavor- Blue Bubblegum

Nickname- Zeke

Frank Barbara - Creative Director

This is Frankie Barbara. FB has been with Jones Soda since 1997 when he drove Tony Hawk and team around the entire country for 2 months straight in the old original RV. Since then he has been a part of the marketing team as the creative director, runs the west coast RV, creates and manages the athlete team, relays the overall vibe of Jones to the action sports world and is with us for the long haul. Frank lives in San Diego. Life is Good.

Amanda Drummond - Marketing Team

The life of an intern at Jones soda is as sweet as the pure cane sugar we put in our soda.  Not only do I get hands-on marketing experience, but I also get to participate in our many events, go to all the home Seahawks games, drink as much 24C as I want and bubble with anticipation as I await my next shipping assignment!  Being an intern also affords me the luxury of time off, which I have taken advantage of to travel around Europe and spend an amazing week in California with some of my best friends.  Basically the recipe for an amazing summer and the perfect job for a freshly graduated UW student (Go Dawgs!). 

Likes:  Red wine, cooking club, seeing the world, good music, stimulating conversations, ballet class, Trader Joes, Wikipedia, anything Italian, game night, going out, hiking, camping, hot cocoa with an endless layer of marshmallows, busting out the robot in awkward situations, reading, arts & crafts, humor, hip hop, HBO on Sunday nights, Madame Shankeypant's random facts, DP’s (dance parties), good beer and good people. And of course giraffes.

Dislikes:  Open cupboards, unnecessary usage of windshield wipers, onions, flaky people, walking over grates and the feel of cotton balls.

Conor Gentes - Marketing Team

About me:  A flash of light and shock wave erupted in front of Jones Soda Co.  Suddenly, I appeared naked in the fetal position (much like “The Terminator”).  That was day one; I was immediately hired and have been changing the world one person at a time, sometimes two (Siamese twins), ever since. 

“I’ve never seen anyone work so hard and with such a concentrated sexiness,”                  - anonymous

Likes:  (this is a stream of conscious, there is no particular order) Film, Flight of the Concords, Tenacious D, Skiing, Trivia, Arrested Development, Dancing, South Park, the Office, Seattle Sports, IMDB.com, Cold Pizza, Fresh Snow, Family, Dogs, Dawgs, MacGyver, reminiscing, finding my wallet, Thanksgiving………NHL 94, Sweat Pants fresh out of the dryer.  I omitted about 7,000 things there in the middle due to time constraints.

Dislikes:  Driving, Automated Voice Operators, Pedestrians, selfishness, MTV, WSU, Monopoly, losing my wallet, Mondays after Vacation, Close-mindedness, The bitchy mom who got everyone else in trouble, text abbreviations, and bad impressions.