Strat Team

John Doffing
founder

John Doffing really likes art. So he opened a gallery that would showcase the original work of emerging artists at affordable prices.

Lisa Prescutti
advisor: fine art sales

Lisa Prescutti knows a great deal about selling fine art. She currently works for Franklin Bowles Galleries - which just celebrated it's thirtieth year in business as the nation's premier dealer of original works on paper by Picasso, Rembrandt, Chagall, and Pierre-Marie Brisson. Prior to pursuing art as both a passion AND a career, Lisa worked for a number of notable high-tech companies, including Microsoft, Visio, Start, Inc., and Virtual i-O. Lisa is a passionate entrepreneur and art collector, and with her involvement as a strategic advisor to START SOMA, we plan on selling LOTS of great art over the coming years!

Jennifer Jeffrey
corporate art program

Jennifer Jeffrey intends to expand the reach of START SOMA artists by placing their work in restaurants, offices and gathering places throughout the Bay Area. Jennifer is a former technology executive turned writer whose work has been published in several places, including Salon.com and Restaurant Magazine (UK). She also writes and produces Sex and the Kitchen, a web site dedicated to food and romance, and currently has a book deal in the works.

Lisa Turner
event marketing

Lisa Turner manages the perceptional pulse of START SOMA, propagating the good news via print and web. Her communications company, Word, Inc. has helped several small Bay Area companies make a big impact in their respective industries. Lisa graduated from Dartmouth College and is working on a collection of essays entitled Girl.

Nicole DiDonato
Philanthropic Consultant

NYU, Columbia and Berkeley educated patron of the arts, Nicole is an educational reform consultant, writer, and philthanthropist. Nicole's corporate and non-profit collaborations serve to promote the arts in San Francisco public schools.