About Team PF | Productive Flourishing

As we said on the New Here? page, while it’s true that Charlie may have started Productive Flourishing, keeping this site, business, and community going is now a team effort with 5 full-time employees and a handful of other folks from around the world, too.

Charlie Gilkey

Founder – Author – Speaker – Business Strategist – Podcaster

Charlie hails from Arkansas (in case you’ve ever wondered about the accent that pops up sometimes), but currently lives in Portland, Oregon. Before starting Productive Flourishing, he was an Army Joint Force Logistics Officer while working on his Ph.D. in Philosophy. He gets excited by seeing people accomplish more than they thought was possible.

Fun facts about Charlie:

Loves playing coop strategy games
Is a self-taught singer-songwriter who plays acoustic guitar
Was a cheerleader in high school (pictures on Facebook serve as a public record, sometimes to his chagrin)

If you’d like to learn more about Charlie, check out his longer bio.

Angela Wheeler, Ph.D.

Co-Founder – Coach – Speaker – Facilitator

Angela is a coach, author, speaker, and facilitator who teaches people how to thrive and lead by becoming aware of their strengths, creating nourishing boundaries, and cultivating the courage to become their best selves in the world. Her research focuses on how we can grow and thrive through transitions rather than waiting on “the right time” to prioritize the work we’re called to do. With a Ph.D. in sociology and her experience at PF, the best way to describe Angela is as a catalyst for positive change in life and business. She’s the co-founder of Productive Flourishing and co-host of the Productive Flourishing podcast.

Some quick facts about Angela:

Attracts stray neighborhood animals who run from blocks away to love on her; it’s freaky sometimes
Can’t remember movies after she watches them
Is often the receiver of secrets that people tell her but never share with anyone else

If you’d like to know more about Angela, read more here.

Shannon McDonough

Administrative Miracle Worker

Shannon was born and raised in the shadow of Mt. Rainier and is a lifelong resident of Washington state. Admin work combines her love of helping people and her obsessive need to follow up on details. In her free time, she’s a political and social justice junkie and loves football (go Seahawks!).

Some fun facts about Shannon:

Played the lead in her high school’s production of the musical “The Pajama Game”
Is addicted to lip balm and uses it multiple times a day
Is neurotic about recycling and will take things out of the trash if they can be recycled

Josephine Fannin

Operations Coordinator and Project Manager Extraordinaire

Jo lives in the desert of sunny Southern California, but is originally from Florida (yes, THAT Florida). She escaped Florida as soon as she could with her liberal arts and sciences degree to live in Portland for 10 years. A prior business owner and client of Charlie’s, she’s realized that owning a business isn’t for her, and working for Productive Flourishing combines everything she loves to do into one job. Dreamy. When she’s not at work, Jo loves playing tabletop games, baking, obsessing over her chihuahuas and her houseplants, and curating her list of TV shows to watch.

Some (somewhat) unknown nuggets about Jo:

Ate a Twinkie for the first time (and most certainly the last) in 2016
Loves houseplants and buys the really sad ones since no one else will
Can be bribed with and accepts apologies when they include a houseplant

Jess Sommers

Digital Media Producer and Doer of Anything You Need

Jess comes to Portland by way of the Midwest, and she spends her days in design and marketing, loving the continued challenge of being able to learn something new at least once a day. When she’s not playing around on the computer, she loves being in nature and finding new, fun things to cook.

A few lovely things about Jess:

Is a certified yoga teacher and can’t get enough to getting upside down
Played French horn throughout middle school and high school
Loves a good cozy show like The Office or Cheers