we are team centered.
As part of our journey as Entrepreneurship majors at the Foster School of Business, we created a company: CENTERED.
It all starts with an idea. Our card game began as a simple conversation about the universal need for memorable connection.
We’d like to thank our advisors at the University of Washington — our progress wouldn’t be possible without the mentorship of professional entrepreneurs like Valerie Trask, Betsy Sperry, Denise Devlyn, Ivanna Costa, and William Hubbell.
TEAM: from left to right
ISAAC SMITH is studying Finance and has worked for UW Medicine’s finance department, Mercer healthcare consulting, and Boeing’s healthcare team.
TOMMY BRANDENBURG is studying Marketing. He is currently working directly with executives from Seattle-area startup JustCoach.
JOY KOSTON is studying Linguistics. Her recent gig as a Press Assistant got her hooked on the publishing industry; she now works as Prose Editor for the UW’s own literary journal, Bricolage.
LARA YILDIZ is studying Operations and Supply Chain Management. She co-founded the UW’s Turkish Cultural Association, interned at PepsiCo, and now leads the risk management cohort at her sorority.
CLAIRE CHATALAS is studying Marketing, and her experience working with Amazon Web Services, Antica Farmacista, and Real Residential led to her dreaming up CENTERED — the card game for connection.