About the Innkeepers

Jude Haukom & Richard Foregger

With intriguing backgrounds in television production, entrepreneurship and acting, Richard and Jude look forward to all of the different guests they will be servicing, entertaining and meeting at East Brother Light Station. As Bay Area locals, the two reside in the Berkeley Marina, aboard "Mariposa", their grand 43' cruising trawler when not tending to the island.

Richard graduated from the University of Houston obtaining a B.A. in Journalism then continued on to Boston University to receive a M.S. in Business Administration. After founding two video production companies in Dallas and Seattle and producing many nationwide video teleconferences, Richard went on to obtain a U.S.C.G Master of Steam or Motor Vessels License as well as a PADI Certified Open Water Diver license. From there Richard became a sailing instructor for Club Nautique as well as a Captain at Commodore Events.

Jude received a BA in Theater Arts at San Francisco State University and then continued on to the Neuro Linguistic Institute of California to receive her license as a Master Practitioner. She then helped start a non-profit theater company, working as a director and actress for a number of different plays. Jude has enjoyed the spontaneity of theater life and compares it to her life on the island. "We have a new season of fruits, vegetables, and people all the time, so I work to bring them all together to create an artistic, delicious and memorable time."

Please join us in welcoming them both.