Meet the Contributors

Author & Founder

Mike D'Onofrio

Mike lives in Northern California but was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. Married for 36 years, with 3 children and 1 new grandson. Spent a career in software sales leadership and after 40 years is focused on what he loves...

Wine Maker

Jeff Cranor

Jeff was born in Southern California and has lived in the Bay Area for nearly 40 years. He was a long time partner in a plastic manufacturing company and made his first try at retirement over 10 years ago. During that retirement...

Health | Nurse Practitioner

Kathleen Berriatua

Kathleen was born in Washington state but spent considerable time in Alaska and then Hawaii before settling into Northern California where she now resides with her husband Jim...

Travel Expertise

Dr. Scott Kramer + Bonnie Kramer

Scott has been a practicing physician specializing in Women’s Health for over 33 years. Bonnie is a pharmacist working as the Pharmacy Informatics Manager at the VA Medical Center in No California. At 45 Scott decided...

Fitness | Wellness Expert

Paul Infald

Paul was born and raised in New Jersey. He attended Ferrum College in Virginia before transferring to Virginia Tech studying business and accounting. His interest in fitness started when he was very young....

Personal and Executive Coach

David Goad

David is a Purdue University graduate who grew up in Indiana and migrated to California in 1987. He is a Silicon Valley veteran of 28 years, with successful marketing and sales roles in start-ups and large enterprise companies...