Who We Are

Laura Boley

Laura Boley is a restaurant manager, event planner, and accomplished jewelry maker who hikes, bikes leisurely, and reads to relax. Armed with an education in Marketing and a professional base as a restaurateur, she possesses the ability to quickly foster positive communication. She embraces new situations and smoothly deals with change.

Laura was thrilled when her close friends Andrea M. Fretwell and Janessa Philemon-Kerp asked to join them in Co-directing Modified Style Portland. With her appreciation for jewelry, fashion and most things “girly” she excitedly hopes to continue utilizing her skill set toward raising funds for several local non profit organizations.

Co-Director &
Portland Founder

Andrea M. Fretwell, MBA

Andrea M. Fretwell is the owner of Gråsone Intuitive Coaching, a Senior Research Assistant for OHSU’s Women's Health Research Unit, event planner, and former President of the Board at Sisters Of The Road. 

Andrea has a big imagination and constantly strives for self-expression of her multi-faceted divergent creativity. She loves knowledge, ideas, learning and is committed to personal growth in herself and others. She is always engaged and fascinated by people. Her calming, caring, and compassionate listening skills serve her well. She remains full of excitement by staying upbeat and energizing most of the time. Andrea works towards both an interpersonal and community impact in the world. She is a determined natural leader who gets things done, while still taking care of herself. Her self-direction, benevolence, and universality enable Andrea to be a strong out-of-box achiever!

Andrea has had the honor of working on Modified Style Portland with Janessa for the past three years, and was happy to have Laura join in our third year as the work keeps piling on!

Both Laura and I are excited for Janessa as she moves on to other adventures!

Portland Founder

Janessa Philemon-Kerp

Janessa is a native Oregonian who loves to travel though her heart always kindly leads her back to Portland. She has a wonderful day job and keeps busy outside work with blogging, reading, drinking champagne cocktails, bike-riding,  living la vida vegan , and taking photos. Her background is in writing, management and event planning. She's a firm believer in making the world a better place and strives to do that every day.

Modified Style Portland has been really fun way to try to make the world a better place -- it's a fabulous fundraiser that really epitomizes what Portland's about: sustainability, creativity and awareness. While not a designer herself, she loves to see what everyone comes up with and is constantly in awe of the sheer amount of talent in every person who is involved.

You can find out more about Janessa's other adventures on her blog!