Alex Whitmore

Born in Boston, MA and raised in the greater-Boston area, Alex Whitmore was always captivated by food, travel, and culture.  After earning a bachelor’s degree in anthropology at Vassar College, Alex spent several peripatetic years working many odd jobs in many odd places: captain of a private yacht, restaurant server and cook, parachute packer for skydivers, boat builder for America’s Cup boats, bike courier, and fleet manager for the fledgling car-sharing service Zipcar. In 2006, Alex teamed up with his friend and Zipcar colleague Larry Slotnick to found Taza Chocolate. Alex and his wife Kathleen live in Union Square in Somerville, just minutes from the Taza Chocolate factory.

Larry Slotnick

Born in New York City and raised in the suburbs, Larry has spent much of his adult life pursuing new and unorthodox solutions to the challenges of urban existence. After earning a BS in engineering at Syracuse University, Larry spent eight years working at major electronics companies, including Intel. After a short stint in the family business as a silversmith, Larry found himself among Zipcar's earliest employees, managing the company's Boston operations. It was during this period that Alex and Larry met, when Larry hired Alex to work at the company. Larry moved on from Zipcar to found the LivableStreets Alliance, an urban transportation non-profit advocacy group in Cambridge. While helping to get LivableStreets off the ground in the fall of 2005, Larry was approached by his old colleague about starting a chocolate business. In early 2006, Taza Chocolate was born. Today, Larry and his wife Elizabeth live with their son Eli in East Arlington… an 18-minute bike ride from the factory.

Kathleen Fulton

Co-founder Kathleen Fulton is the creative lead at Taza Chocolate. Born on the South Shore near Boston, she has long been interested in art and design. In college, she studied studio arts and attended school for architecture. A passionate cyclist, Kathleen met Alex after a bike tour in 2005. Kathleen designed all of Taza's packaging and logos, and worked as an "avid taste tester" during Taza's early days. Alex and Kathleen were married in the summer of 2008. Kathleen recently completed her MBA at Simmons College.