Garrett Tichy
Owner
Garrett Tichy is the Founder and Owner of Hygge Coworking and Creator of @WeLoveCLT. A strong advocate for Charlotte, Tichy is well-known for his natural ability to build diverse and inclusive communities of professionals – both online and in-person – who appreciate and thrive on the power of connection to elevate an initiative, a workplace and a city.
Originally from New York, Tichy lives in the Charlotte area with his wife, Jennie, and daughter, Olivia.
Brittany Yoho
Chief Strategy Officer
Brittany moved to Charlotte in 2015 with a passion to impact the community she lives in. Brittany is here to take Hygge to the next level by bringing more programming and partnerships to the table. With her background in non-profit development and events, she brings a whole new perspective to growing this coworking community. Brittany keeps herself busy reading, running, and spending time with her husband Miller and their dog, Crash. Brittany’s favorite thing to spend time doing is talking to and learning from members who share excitement for the future of Charlotte!
Alyssa Pressler
Director of Marketing
Alyssa is proudly from Upstate NY, but she doesn’t miss the snow and has been basking in the sunshine in Charlotte for 2 years now. You can usually find her with a book or an easy mug filled with coffee in hand. Alyssa helped launch our hygge book club when she was still just a member, and she knew she had the drive to do more.
With her background in journalism, digital marketing and social media management, she’s here to help us connect with you and answer all your questions. She makes being part of the hygge fam even more special.
Megan Pastor
Head of Membership Experience
Megan moved to Charlotte in 2009 and hasn’t looked back! While she enjoyed growing up in Delaware and misses being near the beach, she quickly realized Charlotte places her close to both the beach and the mountains! It may seem a bit sporadic that she’s gone from selling cupcakes to all things hospitality, finding people jobs to overseeing the intricacies of commercial development opportunities and planning events, but we like to think she’s gained the necessary skills to fit right in to the hygge fam! Megan appreciates a handwritten note, still uses a paper planner, enjoys meeting new people, laughing, and baking. One day she’ll fully embrace the digital world, but until then, we support her love of all things paper!
Tyler Ford
Tyler Ford has been neck deep in Charlotte’s entrepreneurial community for the past ten years. After a long career in apparel, Tyler founded Charlotte’s first coworking space, and subsequently joined forces with Hygge to continue providing workspace and building community for people who are working to grow and shape our city.
Tyler, and his wife Amy, are originally from the Pittsburgh area. They live in South Charlotte with their daughter, Lauren.
Meg Seitz
Writer / Content Strategy
Meg Seitz is the Founder & Managing Creative Partner at toth shop, a content creation & strategy agency that thrives from Hygge’s Third Ward location. An OG member, Seitz joined Hygge the first week it opened back in November 2015. Her business doubled in size the year she committed to coworking.
In 2016, she and Julia Murray teamed up to write about and photograph 45 members of the Hygge community. Her biggest takeaway from over 1,750 minutes of interviews with Hygge members? Entrepreneurship is the toughest game out there; surround yourself with the weird and wild people who understand that. It’ll be a hell of a lot more fun.
Julia Murray
Photographer / Content Strategy
Julia Murray launched Julia Fay Photography as a side hustle to make a buck during her sophomore year of college. Fast forward five years – she’s photographed over 70 weddings across North and South Carolina and helped hundreds of small business owners stand out with unique, visual content.
As a Flex member, Murray is the quintessential Hygge hopper, bouncing between any and all Hygge locations. The highlights of her days include when someone else makes the coffee and working on the weekly Hygge blog with creative partner in crime, Meg Seitz.
Jen Bishop
All Things Meeting Space
Jennifer Bishop is our resident handles all the non-member relations person/officer/guru. If you need to book a meeting space at Hygge, she is your girl. Jennifer moved to Charlotte before it was cool from Panama City Beach, FL. She is the owner of J. Leigh Events, where she has planned a variety of events including birthday parties, boutique shopping events, and grand opening celebrations. Jennifer loves seeing an event vision come to life and watching people enjoy themselves.
When Jennifer isn’t at Hygge or planning the next big event you can find her somewhere in Charlotte taking photos of her food.
