Meet the ZipSprout Specialists

We run marathons and corn mazes. We root for roller derby teams, tutor adult non-readers and teach middle schoolers to code. We love our local breweries and crave neighborhood coffee. We’re the ZipSprout folks, and we’re just as local as you are.

Garrett French

Cofounder

Garrett is ZipSprout’s Chief Strategy Advisor. His creative brain and innovative spirit guide ZipSprout as it grows. Garrett recognized the opportunity that exists in the fragmented hyperlocal space and wanted to find a way to stitch these on and offline opportunities together into a true hyperlocal advertising network. He provides strategic guidance for new clients and is constantly looking for ways for ZipSprout to make a bigger impact.

Jasmine George

Chief Operating Officer

Sallie Clark

Business Development Manager

Sallie is ZipSprout’s Business Development Manager. She loves to help people, so whether assisting a potential customer, existing client, or a non-profit, she is in her element. Connecting businesses with opportunities that lift up their communities is very fulfilling, because everybody wins!
She likes to spend her free time outside walking, playing tennis, biking & paddleboarding, but she is quick to say “there’s nothing better than curling up with a good book too!”

Ellen Sartin

Fulfillment Manager

As Project Coordinator for ZipSprout, Ellen enjoys making connections with clients and local charities, and helping with any team projects that come her way.
In her free time, she loves to camp, hike, or just get outside with her husband, young son, and two dogs – or spend time tending her vegetable garden. When not outside, she can often be found playing video games & tabletop games of all sorts.

Carmin Charen

Project Coordinator

Carmin is working with Zipsprout handling billing and correspondence with local charities organizations. She enjoys connecting small businesses with opportunities to assist their communities. She spends her free time outdoors with her young daughter or seeking out interesting areas to photograph in the triangle.

Chloe Madden

Order Manager

Grace Abaya

Outreach Manager

Grace is a very detailed person who loves research and learning new things. Being with ZipSprout, she enjoys analyzing and curating information, as well as reaching out to people. A mother of three young men, she tries to keep up with their lives but on her free time, Grace and her husband try to be involved with Family and Life advocacies in their community.