About Leap of Faith

Imagine a website that looks great, one that's easy to find, easy to navigate, and easy to use. A website that engages and informs people, and keeps them coming back. Now imagine it's your website. We do.

A Tad of History

Leap of Faith is a Wine Country web design and consultancy firm founded by Jeri Hastava. (That's me over there on the right.) I began my professional career in 2004, working for a busy web design company in Santa Rosa where I cut my teeth as a designer, project manager, front-end developer, customer care representative, and CSS cheerleader.

I wrote functional specs, end user documentation, web content, and office policies and procedures. I preached web standards, tested fanatically, and drove everyone crazy with my attention to detail.

In 2008, I took a leap of faith (pardon the pun), and hung out my own "virtual" shingle. Today, Leap of Faith Web Design is committed to planning and designing clear, concise and compelling websites (see tagline). Websites that look great, and are easy to find and use. Websites that deliver what both you and your audience want. All of this with a sense of humor!

The People That Make Me Look Good

What? You think I do it all myself? Hardly. When I need help, I call in the A-team; the incredibly talented web professionals I work with who handle everything from database development to HTML newsletter templates, from print marketing to content management systems. I'm in awe of them, and what they can do. It's a beautiful thing.

Jeri Hastava

A late bloomer, I didn't see what all the fuss was about until January 2000 when high-speed cable came to town, and the web began to live up to its promise for me.

Newly addicted, I abandoned plans to become a technical writer, and promptly went back to school to study web design.

As Event Coordinator for the Sonoma County Web Developers from 2003 - 2004, I had the great pleasure of meeting and engaging guest speakers Doug Bowman (currently Creative Director at Twitter), and Tiffany Shlain (founder of The Webby Awards), as well as many other talented Northern California web professionals.

What I Did Before High-Speed Cable

In past lives, I was a "chick singer" in a country rock band (whoo hoo!), a wine telemarketer (for 16 years - egad!), a sales manager, and a virtual assistant.

Being a web designer gives me the freedom to combine my creative juices with my (some would say obsessive) passion for organizing and presenting information.