SAGEGLOBAL is pleased to add two new members to its Board of Directors, Mr. Joe Pedott and Mr. Lauren Elliott. In introducing the new board members to the seven other board members, SAGE CEO and Founder Curt DeBerg said, “I am pleased to let you know that I have invited two esteemed “Friends of SAGE” to serve on SAGEGLOBAL’s Board of Directors. They are Joe Pedott and Lauren Elliott. Both gentlemen have been strong advocates for SAGE. Both gentlemen have ACCEPTED the invitation. Joe has supported SAGE for many years. He has now set up the Joseph Pedott Perpetual Trust, which supports SAGE in CA but is also devoting some resources to launching SAGE in Illinois, hopefully starting this fall.

In case you don’t know, Joe is the man behind the Chia Pet. Lauren is well-known in the computer software industry, most notably for being one of the original software designers for Broderbund Software. He designed 18 original titles. He also originated and designed the Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego series.” Joe and Lauren join seven other board members, including: Jerr Boschee, Texas; Ed Byers, SF Bay Area; Van Ajemian, Southern Cal; Richard Davis, Chico, CA; Al Konuwa, Chico, CA; Rieva Lesonsky, Irvine, CA, and Allison Steltzner, Nap, CA. Jerr is the chairman of the board.