Dez Stone Menendez ’02 started as director of Innovation at CC in September. She began working as an entrepreneur at age 23 and the orienting principle of her work is to empower people to lead larger and morecreative lives. She is the founder and owner of the Possibility Room, which began as a startup incubator in Seattle focused on executing new businesses and expanding existing businesses. Menendez graduated from CC with a self-designed major in poetry and visual art titled A New Language: The Architecture of Word and Image. She has started several other businesses and served as a consultant focused on fostering growth in artisan and trade-based businesses, developing systems for new and established businesses to enhance efficiency, workspace organization, and project management.