Meet the Original Spinsters
Angie Fryer, Chief Executive Officer (she/her)
As CEO, Angie helms Spinsters Row’s strategic direction, go-to-market plan, and long-term roadmap. She brings to the team decades of experience in digital marketing and training and development, along with big, bold, outside-the-box thinking that drives the company’s vision.
Her spinster lifestyle includes raising a wild pack of small tan dogs, learning and equipping herself for new crafts and activities, watercoloring (badly), taking drum lessons, and curating an impressive jumpsuit collection.
Teresa Pham-Carsillo, Chief Content Officer (she/her)
Teresa leads all things editorial and storytelling at Spinsters Row, including strategic direction, writing, and editing for our blog, The Spindle – an online publication featuring original content about historical ephemera, hobbies, and other intriguing hyperfixations. She has a deep background in corporate editorial and marketing, and her personal writing has appeared in publications such as The New York Times, Poetry Magazine, The Southern Review, and elsewhere.
Her spinster lifestyle includes weekly visits to the local indie bookstore, writing poetry al fresco, watercoloring (badly), being obsessed with dogs, and baking birthday cakes for her favorite people.
Sue Separk, Chief Financial Officer (she/her)
Spinsters Row could not function without “Sue Rules,” which are defined as the set of operating, financial, and compliance guidelines set by our CFO. Sue brings to the team extensive experience as a senior finance professional, with deep knowledge of accounting, financial analysis, and financial planning for company lifecycle phases from startup to dissolution.
Her spinster lifestyle includes being a childfree crazy cat lady, gardening, many music festivals and generally as much outdoor activity as she can squeeze in. She aspires to play with watercolors (badly.)
Sandy Swain, Chief Operations Officer (she/her)
As COO, Sandy conceives of, builds, and maintains the infrastructure that keeps Spinsters Row alive and running. She is responsible for architecting our operations and systems, social media, and community-building strategy. Sandy brings decades of experience in digital marketing, project management, social media management, and advertising.
Her spinster lifestyle includes riding her motorcycle all over the country, finding cool indie shops and bookstores, spoiling her cats with the lives they deserve, and consuming inhuman amounts of movies, television, books, and fanfiction.
Calvin Lew, Chief Creative Officer (he/him)
Calvin is the creative and brand visionary behind Spinsters Row, developing compellingly designed branding, spaces, and characters that complement our world-building and storytelling. With over two decades of experience building and executing brand campaigns, Calvin is responsible for defining, evolving, and maintaining a cohesive Spinsters Row experience.
His smanster lifestyle includes tinkering, remodeling his home that he shares with his wife, cooking, mastering swimming, and Muay Thai.
Kristin Long, Chief Technical Officer (she/her)
As CTO, Kristin leads the website development strategy and execution that brings the Spinsters Row experience to our community. A veteran web developer, Kristin has experience building hundreds of websites, teaching thousands of professionals about web standards, accessibility, usability, and developing websites on WordPress, and has been a featured presenter at Adobe MAX and SXSWi.
Her spinster lifestyle includes being as childless as possible and as much of a cat lady as anyone can be.
