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Izzy CookOctober 19, 2024
Krista Skucas, Managing Director
Krista was born in Portland, OR, grew up in a small town (in Washington), and has lived in the Pacific Northwest her entire life. Camping, hiking, exploring, and adventuring began at an early age with her parents and older brother.
Krista attended community college and university in the area and began her career in Natural Foods at Whole Foods Market in 2008. Eager to learn and grow, Krista held many different roles as she progressed to become a part of the Leadership Team for eight years. Krista also led the Green Mission Team for the Portland-Metro Area, spearheading many initiatives for best sustainable practices within the stores. Her passion for helping grow small companies full of heart brought Krista to Danodan in September 2019.
Close to home Krista enjoys gardening in her backyard, a trail run in the gorge, or a mountain bike ride. Around the PNW Krista gets out for backpacking, hiking, and camping. As a craft food and beverage nerd, each trip most definitely must end with a brewery or unique cafe stop. And around North America, you can find Krista racing cars as a co-driver in the motorsport of Rally. In these adventures, she is joined by her partner, Sam, and their two dogs, Dakota and Willow.
Izzy Cook, Content Marketing
Izzy was born in South Australia and spent the first 24 years of her life moving around the beautiful Aussie state on the other side of the Pacific. In high school her favourite subjects were English, Business and Drama, but she far prefers a hands-on learning experience to traditional academic routes.
Despite this, she graduated a Bachelor of Media (Marketing) at the University of Adelaide in early 2024- and boarded a plane bound for the United States less than 24 hours later. Her love for rally, natural wellness and newfound home in the PNW connected her with Krista and Danodan, and the rest is history.
She sometimes misses the familiar accents of her first home in Australia, and still hasn’t figured out the difference between ‘aluminum’ and ‘aluminium’, but she is glad to have traded deadly snakes and spiders for fluffy squirrels and raccoons. In her spare time, Izzy enjoys crewing for car rallies across North America, racing fake cars on the internet (it’s far, far cheaper than the real thing), and wandering the beautiful walking trails around Portland. She lives there with Jacob, her husband, and their feline furballs Bulma and Axel