Izzy
General Manager
Jas
Manager
Frankie
Co-Founder
J.
Co-Founder
Jim
Chief Advisor
Izzy
Izzy
General Manager
Jas
Jas
Manager
Frankie
Frankie
Co-Founder
Frankie is a Northwest native and active pursuer of global travel. Since living in Ecuador as an exchange student at age 17, he can’t finish one trip before planning the next. “I like to think I’m retracing the steps of early explorers and great thinkers” -- from Charles Darwin on the Galapagos Islands to Edmund Hillary at Mount Everest base camp. As a medical technician with long hours and extended time off, Frankie traveled the world networking with amazing people of all cultures and hopes Bunk+Brew will help fellow travelers do the same.
J.
J.
Co-Founder
J. Charles Griggs is an adopted Oregon native and licensed Oregon attorney. He's also an entrepreneur and socialpreneur. After a few years of work in the IT industry, he decided to take a break. He bought a 4x4 in Los Angeles and drove it from Mexico to Panama. That journey led to the inspiration behind Bunk+Brew, the formation of the only non-profit trade association for "community-based" travel in North America, and lots of adventures across 70 countries.
Jim
Jim
Chief Advisor
Jim is a hostel guru and national board member for Hostelling International US. Jim moved to the Northwest at age 15, became a carpenter, and started his first hostel in 1980. He now owns and manages the largest hostelling operation in Portland, Oregon, the Northwest Portland Hostel. His latest project, Zigzag Mountain Farm, is a 50-acre property in the forested foothills of Mt. Hood that hosts an original homestead house built in 1909, an organic garden, and a number of seasonal events, festivals, etc.