GoodGifts
Team Bios
Team Bios
Sandie Taylor
Sandie Taylor is an MBA student at The Wake Forest University Schools of Business, where she is concentrating in marketing. Over the summer, she interned as an associate at New Foundry Ventures, a nonprofit that starts up social enterprises aimed at eliminating poverty. She co-chairs the Women’s Leadership Program, is the vice president of the Wake Graduate Women in Business club, and is the communications chair for Project Nicaragua, a student organization that allows students to lead business seminars and provide consultancy to local entrepreneurs in Managua, Nicaragua. Prior to pursuing her MBA, Sandie worked as a marketing manager and alumni magazine editor at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. For six years, she volunteered with a non-profit called Latinitas magazine, which inspires young Latinas to grow into healthy, confident adults. At Latinitas, she founded and led the Teen Reporter Intern Program, which teaches media skills to Austin high school students and served as publisher and editor of the magazine. She earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism with a concentration in women and gender studies from the University of Texas at Austin in 2005. Sandie will pursue a career in marketing and social entrepreneurship after graduation.
Joy Fuller
Joy Fuller is a second-year MBA student at Wake Forest Schools of Business where she is concentrating in marketing. In addition to representing Wake Forest with a 1st place finish at the Howard University MBA Case Competition in November 2010, Joy also served as Marketing & Communications Co-Chair of the 2011 Marketing Summit.Prior to business school, Joy enjoyed a successful entrepreneurial career as the owner of Fuller Potential Tutoring, an Upstate South Carolina based tutoring company that specialized in academic tutoring and standardized test preparation for middle- and high school students. As a business leader in Greenville, South Carolina, served on the Children’s Hospital Development Council of the Greenville Hospital System and acted as Vice President of the Upstate Region for the Harvard Club of South Carolina. As a result of her entrepreneurial successes, she was recognized as one of Greenville’s Best & Brightest Under 35 by Greenville Magazine.
Joy graduated from Harvard University in 2004 with an AB in Women’s Studies and Romance Languages and Literatures.
Fun Facts
Joy: Joy has been asking for a trip to Morocco for the past five Christmases. She still remains hopeful.
Sandie: Sandie’s mom has written her a check for $100 for every gift giving occasion for the past 20 years. (Mom doesn’t account for inflation.)
Team Fun Fact: Not surprisingly, Joy and Sandie are both awful at gift giving.
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Business Summary
Good Gifts is a social enterprise that provides an all-occasion gift registry. GoodGifts expands the concept of wedding or baby shower registries to other occasions such as Christmas, birthdays, housewarmings, and graduations, while also adding an option to request donations to nonprofits in lieu of, or in addition to, a physical gift. The mission of GoodGifts is to change the culture of gift giving while generating revenue for our nonprofit beneficiaries through retailer referral fees and gift donations. By helping our customers receive and give gifts that will actually be used, GoodGifts reduces unnecessary spending and environmental waste that are becoming greater issues in our society.