About the inventor & Co-founder
Kim was founder and bandleader for the Wildwood Girls, an all-girl bluegrass and country band formed in 1979. The Wildwood Girls toured for 8 years for the USO and Department of Defense programs and were the house bluegrass band at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, TN for 5 years. In addition, the Wildwood girls worked ten years for Bill Monroe, the father of bluegrass music, at his bluegrass festivals. Kim retired the band in 1999 and went back to school at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. After graduating, she moved to Eastern North Carolina to work for a local company. Kim presently teaches banjo 2-3 nights a week and plays 5-string banjo in a classical/bluegrass duet called Chambergrass.

Chad Co-Founder & President.
Like Co-Founder Kim, Chad is a musician and has a passion for eclectic music and the challenges those musicians face. Currently Chad plays traditional Irish music after spending most of his musical life in the classical tradition. Chad’s career background is in sales, marketing, and entrepreneurship, this being the third start-up venture he has spearheaded. After becoming good friends with Kim and familiar with her innovative idea, The No-Strap™, Chad had one thought, “I can sell the fire out of that thing!”