Meet the Gobies
At Goby, we believe that empowering enterprises starts with a mission-driven team. We are pleased to introduce the Gobies behind the world’s leading ESG platform.
At Goby, we believe that empowering enterprises starts with a mission-driven team. We are pleased to introduce the Gobies behind the world’s leading ESG platform.
Foodography, Spinning & Vinyasa Yoga, Country Music
Once We Were Brothers - Ronald H. Balson
“Do one thing every day that scares you” - Eleanor Roosevelt
The Bean, Chicago
Camping, cooking, snowboarding, and my dog
Anything by Jodi Picoult
“Nonconformity is the highest evolutionary attainment of social animals.” - Aldo Leopold
Kohler-Andrae State Park in Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Cooking, song covers, Chicago sports
"The Tipping Point" by Malcom Gladwell
"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort" - Herm Albright
El Yunque National Forest, Puerto Rico
Self-Improvement, (Over)Analyzing everything, Nice breezes
Orbital Mechanics, 2nd Edition by John E. Prussing and Bruce A. Conway
"It's not who I am underneath, but what I DOOOO that defines me." - Batman/Bruce Wayne/Rachel Dawes (Katie Holmes version)
Wherever my niece and nephew are
Reptiles, Singing in the shower, Cooking
"I Could Pee on This" and Other Poems by Cats
"It's not denial; I'm just very selective about the reality I accept."
Moeraki Boulders, New Zealand
Traveling, music, pilates
The Lovely Bones
“if you were born with the weakness to fall you were born with the strength to rise” - Rupi Kaur
Bali
Hiking, reading, indepdent films, watching my cats misbehave.
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
'Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way''- Alan Watts
Watch Your Head Cafe, Kyoto, Japan
Photography, road trips, design
A Tale of Love and Darkness - Amos Oz
"Turn and face the strange." David Bowie
Sinai Peninsula
Music, Mountain biking, Travelling
The ride of a lifetime - Bob Iger
"The only impossible journey is the one you never begin." -Tony Robbins
San Gimignano, Italy
Photography, cricket, basketball
Shiva Triology by Amish
"Fortune bows to those who work hard"
Leh Ladakh
Naps in laps, business
The Art of Racing in the Rain
"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend; inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
Any lap still enough to nap on
Yoga, cooking, and spending time with my family
Long Past Stopping: A Memoir - Oran Canfield
"Smile like you mean it" - The Killers
Sanibel Island
Playing Guitar, Traveling, Movies
"The Martian Chronicles" - Ray Bradbury
"Do or do not, there is not try" - Yoda
The outdoors, reading
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
"Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light."- Albus Dumbledore
The Cliffs of Moher
Bicycling, urbanism
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
"Reach for the stars so if you fall, you land on a cloud" - Kanye West
Granada, Spain
Live music, Traveling, Spending time with family and friends
The Lovely Bones
"Don't compromise yourself. You're all you've got." - Janis Joplin
Rome
Anything outdoors, Volunteering, Cookie dough ice cream
The Old Man & The Sea by Ernest Hemingway
"We don't make mistakes, we have happy accidents" - Bob Ross
Bergen, Norway
Barre, golden doodles, architecture (specifically Gaudi)
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
"Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind"
Bahai Gardens, Haifa, Israel
Being a good boy, being told he's a good boy, belly rubs because he's a good boy
"Go, Dog. Go!" by P.D. Eastman
"Woof. Woof woof woof. Woof." - "The Twilight Bark", 101 Dalmatians
Goby HQ, my home away from home
Sports, backpacking, music, family, traveling
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
"You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take"
Linville Gorge, NC
Cooking, Traveling, Running, Snowboarding
Ghost In the Wires by Kevin Mitnick
"It is what it is"
Museum of Science and Industry Chicago, Illinois
Math, the outdoors, video games
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Bryce Canyon National Park
Travel, A Healthy Body & Mind, Cooking, Theater, Continuing to learn about the world
Nudge, Misbehaving - Anything Behavioral Economics
"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth" - Arthur Conan Doyle
Every place has its charm
Anything outdoors
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
"A man seeks his own destiny and no other" - a line from Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
EPA Headquarters, Washington DC
Music History, Writing, Cooking
Freakonomics
"You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, well you might just find, you get what you need" - Mr. Jimmy // Mick Jagger
Budapest
biking, exploring, knitting
yet to be published collection of short stories by Steve Trumpeter (my husband)
"The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here." - Robert Green Ingersoll
the Chicago el
Traveling, Eating, and Hanging out with my dogs
His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman
“What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?" - Henry David Thoreau
Tuileries Garden
Crochet, Cross Stitch, Cooking, and Hedgehogs
Christine - Stephen King
"When in doubt, buy the shoes."
New Zealand
Musicals, running, paddleboarding, cooking, gaming, frenetic media analysis
A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
"There are prizes all around you, if you're wise enough to see." -Stephen Sondheim
The Eastern Shore of Maryland
Video Games, Pixel Art, and Cooking
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
"When you do clownery, the clown comes back to bite" -Monique
Alcatraz Island
Traveling, Reading, Food
The Harry Potter Series
"Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armor yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you." - Tyrion Lannister
Galway, Ireland
Outdoors, science, dancing, animals, making a difference
Shogun by James Clavell and One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style." Maya Angelou
Mountains near an ocean
Travel, Cooking, Yoga, Donuts
I've never been able to pick just one!
"Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'." - Audrey Hepburn
The Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore (The Duomo), Florence
Skiing, Traveling, Live Music, The Buckeyes
Kitchen Confidential - Anthony Bourdain
"It's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln
Iceland
Music, Traveling, Reality TV
We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter
"And happiness is what you need so bad, the answer lies with you" - Led Zeppelin
Lisbon, Portugal
Traveling, hiking, running, sustainability
The Help
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us" - J.R.R Tolkien
Marblehead, MA
Music, Movies, Math
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing" - Socrates
Dancing, The Arctic Monkeys, Sriracha
The Complete Sherlock Homes, Arthur Conan Doyle
"it's not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams" - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Backpacking, Skiing, Current Events
Into the Wild
"Happiness is only real when shared." -Christopher McCandless
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Reading, Traveling, Music, Dancing
Harry Potter series, Deception Point by Dan Brown
"It is not about the destination, it is about the journey"
San Francisco, CA
Reading, learning, spending time with my dog Sisel
Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." - Anne Frank
Smoky Mountains
Hiking, backpacking, traveling
Devil in the White City by by Erik Larson
“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt
Any national park
Cooking, Traveling, Reading
Historical Fiction Novels
"Sharing is Caring"
Sailing Adventures, Music Listening & Playing, Challenges
The Fountainhead
"Keep on keeping on." - Bob Dylan
Stonehenge
Hiking, reading, and running
"Paths of Glory" by Jeffrey Archer
"The mountains are calling and I must go" - John Muir
Anywhere in the Himalayas
Cooking, Traveling, Data
The Complete Sherlock Homes, Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Potter Series
"You have to trust in something -- your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life." - Steve Jobs
Himalayas
Tennis, Running, Shopping, Nature
"Origin" - Dan Brown
"The road to success is always under construction" - Unknown
Hossegor, France
Math, movies, video games
The Silmarillion
"By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail." - Benjamin Franklin
A good microbrewery with friends
Reading, Cooking, Painting and Movies
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Wherever home is
Cooking/Baking, Arts & Crafts, Traveling, Science
"For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease." - [94:5]
Anywhere Scenic & Beautiful
Traveling, spending time with friends/family/my dog
Harry Potter Series
"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live" -Albus Dumbledore
Poland
Hiking, brisk walks with my dog, baking, reading, meditation
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
"Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you respond to it."
Golf, Live music, hot sauce
"Confessions of an Economic Hit Man"
"The Dude abides."
Caracol Mayan Ruins, Belize