ABOUT US


Angela Coppola – Founder/President

Angela has been a Creative Director for over 40 years…first as the International CD for Fabergé when it was the largest perfume company in the world, then as the CD of her own, full-service advertising/marketing agency in San Francisco where she counted Levi Strauss, Celine, Max Mara, the Dep Corporation, Galanos and Jean Louis Sherrer Perfumes among her clients. Most recently she was the founder, CD and President of Sacred Silks International a company specializing in creating and producing silk scarves and ties for museums such as the Smithsonian, Getty, Seattle Art Museum, Courtauld Institute of Art in London, as well as fashion and home decorative accessories for Sacred Sites of the world.

Angela created Style Talks to use her career savvy to make a difference by spreading words of goodwill through fashion.

Henry Gellis – President, Advisory Board

Henry brings over 20 years of experience as an Associate and Executive Producer on major studio films. He has a strong financial background in private equity and finance.  An important part of our team, his creative talent is responsible for our launch video.  He is also a founding stockholder of Awaken.com.

Sarah Hollins – Designer

Sarah studied graphic design at Northeastern University in Boston Massachusetts and has a degree in web design from the Art Institute of San Diego.  She moved to California after college to escape the cold east coast winters.  For 15 years she was the Art Director at a state-of- the-art printing company in San Diego. In her spare time, Sarah paints and takes photos.  Sarah and Angela created the LOVE pattern for the first Style Talks Collection launch.

Valerie Cynthia Conklin – Videographer

Valerie not only shot and edited our spectacular launch video, she helped write, produce and cast it. Valerie graduated from Palomar College with a degree in Cinema in 2017. Throughout school and since, she has worked in various fields within the film industry, made numerous promotional films as a videographer and performs in film, theater and haunted attractions with aspirations to make a career as an actor and filmmaker. White attending college, Valerie was an important part of our office team…helping us to run an efficient and successful business.

 

Garrett Donahue – Designer

Garrett studied Photography and Graphic Design at San Jose State University, and earned a Bachelor’s Degree from the Art Institute of California, San Diego. He has eight years in-house professional design experience; three years as lead global Senior Graphic Designer and seventeen years in design and creative art.  Garrett has been a great help in refining the LOVE design and providing sales support materials on various collections.

Estefani Gonzalez

Estefani currently studies Human Development with a concentration on Children Services at California State University, San Marcos. She is part of the board and an active member of Ballet Folklorico de CSUSM, where a team of dancers perform cultural dances specifically portraying the Mexican culture. She’s an essential part of our team ‒ she manages Customer Service, and is responsible for the inspection and shipping of products.

Ana Ruth Leon

Ana is currently a college student attending California State University, San Marcos.  She is double majoring in Spanish and Psychological Sciences. She joined our team recently and is a great help as part of the ‘whatever needs doing’ support staff. She is looking forward to graduate school to pursue a career in Psychology.