The Stars
The founding team at Picky Bars is stoked to meet you. We're a group of pro athletes/misfits juggling training, racing, and traveling with owning and operating a blowing up business! We're always working our hardest to make sure that you get an awesome, fun, delicious, healthy product in your hands (and then in your mouth) as soon as possible. It is our mission to spread the Picky Love, and we hope you enjoy!
Steph: Gluten-Free Guru, Social Media Master!
AKA "Tiny," is a pro-marathoner. She is just like a regular person, except smaller. When her fiance Ben does her laundry, he can't even fold her clothes with his big hands. Her marathon PR is 2:29.35 from Houston 2011." She is an emerging star with her recent top 20 World Half Marathon finish, and has her eye on the Marathon Olympic Trials January 14, 2012( that may of may not be her birthday). Her laugh is pee-your-pants ridiculous, and she will literally fold in half in utter despair at a good joke. Since discovering she has Celiac disease, she laid the smack down on her diet and set the standard for quality in our bars.
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Steph_Rothstein
Lauren: Mad Scientist/Kitchen Genius, Ambassador Extraordinaire!
AKA "L-Train" is essentially a quirky dork but we love her. When she went cliff diving at the age of six with the teenagers, her Dad proudly proclaimed, "My girl's got balls the size of Texas!" And for some strange reason, Lauren thinks that's the coolest compliment ever and continues to try to earn it. She writes advice, blogs, and takes issue with not being able to lead four lives simultaneously. She graduated Stanford as one of the most decorated American distance runners of all time, has gone on to win two USA titles, and expects the next few years to be her best yet.
Web: http://asklaurenfleshman.com, Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenfleshman
Jesse: Biz Freak/Marketing Machine, The Man Behind the Curtain!
Jesse is the most talented person we know. Listed among his accomplishments are All-American runner, mechanical engineering master, broken neck survivor, high tech company founder and MBA receiver. Even his gluten derived "aroma" became the inspiration for an amazing energy bar! Now he splits time between professional triathlon, building the Picky Empire, and last but certainly not least, husband duties. You could call also call him our lead tester - between work and training for three sports, he literally takes down six Picky Bars a day. In exchange, he provides some quirky marketing ideas and is responsible for making sure the business doesn't go broke.
Web: http://leapdaysports.com, Twitter: http://twitter.com/jessemthomas
The Rest of the Crew
Introducing....(drumroll please!).....Jennifer Hughes and Loren Polster! Jenn and Loren are two of the most important people to know in the Picky Bar family. Collectively, they are responsible for all the visual / brand content, and all the day-to-day bar making.
Jenn: Director of Operations, the Glue that Holds Picky Bars Together
Jenn is the force that keeps Picky Bars running. Without her prodigious bar making, shipping, and management talents, Picky Bars would probably implode (black hole status). A born writer, she majored in journalism at the U of O and 
moonlights by writing running articles in her spare time—which is weird because she really prefers running. She is working on a half-marathon PR after all. During the dawn of Pickyland, she started off as a lowly bar maker and now works as the Director of Operations. See kids, dreams really can come true. On an unrelated, but important side note, to the right is the meanest face Jenn can make. We tried for hours.
Loren: Creative Marketing Genius/Design Geek, Fooseball Master
Loren is the nerdy, creative genius that produces all of our visual content and does a bunch of other stuff that no one understands. He's spent a nomadic last couple of years, and eventually landed in Eugene after living in New Zealand. Apart from being Jesse’s cousin, his claim to fame is being the undisputed foosball champion of the Picky Bar team (we’re currently waiting for someone to take him down—please).
