Christopher Tierney Author

Erica Brod is a New Jersey-based writer, editor, and marketer. Most recently, as Director of Marketing & Content for AlphaOmega, she brought contributors' stories to life by creating and managing all content and social media for the startup company. Among other freelance projects, she has served as a Freelance Writer's Assistant for Wild Obscura Films and a Contributing Writer for The Somerville Times, covering events, artists, civic organizations and the creative economy. She graduated from Brown University with a Master of Public Policy and from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and a minor in Psychology. Christopher Tierney is an artist-entrepreneur, whose appreciation and connection to the natural world has always been an effervescent part of his spirit and inspiration. Christopher studied biology at Indiana University but found his calling through wood shop, carpentry shop designing, and fabricating a series of furniture pieces that would earn him a scholarship to the Academy of Art, San Francisco. After founding and launching his own lifestyle clothing brand, Christopher shifted from fashion to focus on interior design and branding by forming his design label, Tier. Christopher is the designer and proprietor of the Apotheke brand, with locations in New York City and Los Angeles.