Laurie Smithwick, Leap Design
Laurie is a co-founder of Kirtsy who blogs at UpsideUp, and runs LEAP, an award-winning, can-do graphic and web design studio in Charlotte, NC. She worked for many years as an Art Director in the music industry in NYC, and was nominated for a Grammy for CD package design. When she's working, she can be found laughing with her redhead husband and 8-yr-old twins.