Our Community

Borderlands is much more than a workspace, we are a community of creatives and business owners focused on supporting each other. We do this by being a sounding board for ideas or to break through obstacles, being a co-worker when we have none and by advocating for one another through referrals. Borderlands is home to the following people and businesses:

Jonathan Willis

Jonathan Robert Willis is an amazing photographer, he does work under the name Jonbob and you have likely seen his work for Google, P&G, Formica & Jeffersons Bourbon or in Inc, Fortune or Bicycling Magazines. Each year Jonbob also runs the Simple Portrait Project.

Peggy Murriner

Rachel Comte

Peggy is the founder and President of PairUp Systems, a software business serving the household management industry and the small businesses that offer babysitters, nannies, pet sitters and tutors online.

Peggy is also Chair of the Development Committee and a member of the Leadership Council of the Women's Fund of Cincinnati.

Rachel is the cofounder of Urban Canopy Works, a women-owned, small business dedicated to the advancement of trees and the tree canopy in our urban and developed areas . She is an urban planner and arborist, responsible for managing special urban forestry consulting projects throughout the country. Rachel is a board member of the Northern Kentucky Urban & Community Forestry Council and a Newport resident.

Darrin Murriner

Darrin Murriner is the author of the business book, Corporate Bravery. Additionally, he is the cofounder and CEO of Cloverleaf.me, an HR technology company that builds high performing teams.

Darrin has started other businesses including Fort Thomas Matters and BabysitEase. He cofounded Borderlands with Jon Willis and he looks forward to helping your business thrive.

Maggie Frye

Jamie Holtzapfel

Maggie is the Founder and a Principal Consultant for Core Consulting Group, which she started in 2014 after leaving her role in global talent management at a Cincinnati-headquartered education technology company. Maggie is also mother to two crazy but lovable boys, wife to an environmental scientist with a green thumb, and an avid runner to maintain Zen in her life.

Jamie is a Principal Consultant for Core Consulting Group. She has focused her career around building and managing communication strategies, educational programs and stakeholder engagement initiatives. Prior to joining Core, Jamie spent almost a decade working in the communication field with the local wastewater and storm water utility. Jamie’s favorite role is being a mother of three, which is never a dull moment!

Kirsten Moorefield

Kirsten is the COO & cofounder of the organizational culture & recruiting startup - Cloverleaf. Previously she has worked as a project manager for a local creative studio and led marketing for a dog sledding company in Alaska. Kirsten and her husband Cody have a young son, 4 and live in Pleasant Ridge.

Kim Godsey

Kim is a highly trained Nurse Practitioner and has been in the healthcare field since 1999. She started her healthcare career as a Flight Medic in the United States Army. She has had a broad range of experience that spans from Critical Care, Cardiovascular, Surgery, Clinical Research, and Aesthetic Medicine. She is currently CEO of Aesthetic Rejuvenation, LLC which is a highly specialized Rejuvenation Clinic that is dedicated to facial health.

Amy Clark

Amy joined Core Consulting Group in 2016 to manage Business Operations. Her marketing background has taken her various places, from the software and architecture fields to founding a custom design business.

Amy and husband Joe are parents to four children ages 8 to 18. In their family's collective free time, they play tennis, soccer and various musical instruments, roast coffee and make stuff.

Whayne Herriford

Whayne Herriford, MS, LPCC is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in Kentucky and Ohio with a private practice for adolescents through adults. He works with individuals and couples, and has also run groups in the past. He has extensive experience with substance abuse and trauma. Prior to transitioning into mental health he worked in Human Resources for over thirty years.