Team

Meet the crew that keeps group travel working smoothly all around the world

Rohan Gilkes

Founder & CEO

Meet the head honcho! A serial entrepreneur and founder of Grooveliving.com, an ecommerce lab that builds consumer facing internet companies, WetShaveClub.com and Launch27.com. He is a thought leader with published works in customer acquisition and growth. Rohan has been featured in the Washington Post, Mixergy, The Foundation, and in 2011 he was honored with the Community Award in Startup Leadership by the city of Fairfax, Virginia. He has developed and presented business case studies for Catholic University and Northwestern University's MBA program, a regular speaker at startup conferences, and a member of the Young Entrepreneur's Council.

Rohan's Best Travel Experience

Being chased by chickens on a mountain top in Oahu Hawaii. No chickens were hurt in that episode!

Dara King-Fequiere

Media Director

Dara King-Fequiere is a startup enthusiast who has traveled the world growing businesses and taking chances. Her startup experience has taken her from cosmopolitan, urban New York City to the open mountains of Boulder, Colorado. She specializes in creating engaging content that connects us to each other. Dara loves architecture and urban geography, and loves to explore any city. Ollie, our youngest team member, is her son and he is so adorable.

Dara's Best Travel Experience

Eating Chris's food when we travel, and I'm really good at it.

Chris Fequiere

Video Production

Chris Fequiere is an illustrator, animator and videographer that has worked with some of the biggest companies in the world. His passion for telling stories is translated into all of his work and he has an insane ability to simply explain complex ideas and concepts through his creativity. A first generation Haitian American, Chris is drawn to island living and loves spending his time in the Caribbean. Do not mess with this hubby/wife duo.

Chris's Best Travel Experience

Cooking...literally, and I'm really good at it.

Gena Gossett

Guest Relations Manager

Gena is our resident singer and your Guest Relations Manager. A former singer in New York City's social clubs, Gena is responsible for providing stellar service and optimizing your guest experience. With over 20 years of delivering quality, unforgettable service, you are in perfect hands. Oh, and she still sings like a bird when no one is looking.

Gena's Best Travel Experience

Getting lost while in Bordeaux with her husband Dennis and stumbling onto MILES restaurant. One word: yummy!

Michael Majewski

Director Of Design

Michael has an eye for innovation and pixel perfection. No matter how complex the challenge may be, he is always able to turn it into a simple and beautiful interface design. When he's not sculpting his biceps in the gym, he's sculpting modern day digital masterpieces.

Michael's Best Travel Experience

It's yet to come... ;)

Stephanie Maisonneuve

Director of Property Operations

Stephanie is as diverse as her passions - traveling, creating sustainable startups, personal safety, connecting people, real estate, and home decoration. Founder of Cleanup, a home cleaning and organizing company, Stephanie has a wonderful eye for detail. One thing for sure, what's important to you, is what's important to her. With years of leadership and management experience and a driven focus on customer satisfaction, Stephanie will direct the operations of properties and ensure that they surpass industry standards. Why? Because she has high expectations and because YOU come first.

Stephanie's Best Travel Experience

Booking an economy flight to Las Vegas from Fort Lauderdale with one stop, and upon arrival to the airport persuading the customer service attendant into switching it to a first class non-stop flight to make it to her Penn and Teller show on time. It's the smile.

Kevin Pereira

Chief Product Officer

Kevin is a serial entrepreneur who has started several service and product based businesses. He got his start in real estate and in 2012 founded InstaMaids.com, a home cleaning company based in Silicon Valley centered on online booking. Two years later, Kevin created and grew WetShaveClub.com, which sends a monthly package of classical shaving items to men and women globally. In 2015 Kevin founded GrooveJar.com, a SaaS business focusing on increasing conversions for online service based businesses. The man does not sleep.

Kevin's Best Travel Experience

Hiking in the Huayhuash area of Peru.

Edzordzinam Dagadu

Lead Developer

Passionate about the design and development of information systems

Edzordzinam's Best Travel Experience

Traveling to Cheddar Gorge and Caves, Somerset, England.

Kevin Simmons

Director of Strategy

Kevin is a world traveler and loves to celebrate life through learning. He spent over 15 years managing major capital projects in the global upstream oil & gas industry which saw him learning and living in multiple cultures from the USA to Nigeria to Korea and Indonesia. Kevin brings a broad, big-picture attitude to creating value through strategy, developed from a background in the military and honed with several global start-up experiences. He developed the innovative strategy for the tech start-up Libraries Across Africa and has a passion for solving challenging business problems. Call him Kevin #2.

Kevin's Best Travel Experience

Hiking in Brazil's Pantanal grasslands.v