Member Spotlight: Workhorse HQ Academy

Feb 04 2021

We created Workhorse Academy to help parents and students who may not thrive in a virtual-schooling-at-home environment. Parents who sign up for a membership can add their students for free. Students are able to work safely together from our open coworking space in Edmonds, WA, away from distractions like siblings and video game consoles. Currently, we have one pod of high school students from Edmonds Woodway High School in our coworking community. Tyler, Dylan, Jens, Liam, and Jonah have been working from Workhorse HQ four days a week since September. Sometimes, one of their parents works from Workhorse HQ, too….

Member Spotlight: Paul Murphy, Freelance Marketer

Dec 09 2020

One of our first members, and a contender for the coveted El Cabello Primero (our free lifetime membership, which will be selected in January!), Paul Murphy’s professional background is in media and event marketing. For the last 8 years, Paul was the Regional Marketing Director for Feld Entertainment, parent company to Disney On Ice, MonsterJam, Supercross and several other live entertainment touring properties. In this role, Paul managed a small team of promoters, marketing and promoting events across Washington, Oregon and Vancouver BC. Prior to Feld, Paul lived in Santa Monica, CA for 12 years and worked in various media/marketing…

Member Spotlight: Whitney Popa, Popa & Associates

Oct 05 2020

One of our goals at Workhorse HQ is to build community within Edmonds, and that starts with our members getting to know each other. So begins a new monthly series of Member Spotlights, where we’ll tell you a little bit about each other. Use these to say hi and start a conversation—you never know where you’ll find your next business partner, friend, or neighbor! We’ll start this series with our first member, who also happens to support the day-to-day marketing and operations of WHHQ. Whitney Popa opened Popa & Associates, a social media and public relations consultancy, in 2017 while…