Exchange My Phone

Jeremy Cohen

CEO

I grew up working in my dad's used bookstore in Chicago and took to entrepreneurship early with serious lemonade stands from the age of 5. During college I worked multiple jobs in order to save up enough money to buy and renovate houses. I've always been fascinated by tech and, having spent my life immersed in re-use and renovation, Katherine and I moved to Brooklyn in early 2011 to launch ExchangeMyPhone. I had seen the dangers of toxic e-waste landfills and researched ways to either extend the lifecycle of electronics or responsibly recycle them. I decided to focus on phones because I wanted to start with one electronic device (before expanding our supply) and everyone I knew had a cell phone graveyard somewhere in their house.

Outside of work I go hiking whenever I can, play sports and cook up a mean apple pie. At the end of the day I feel very lucky to be living in a city I love and working with a great team.

Katherine Preston

Creative Director

Having worked in both journalism and asset management in London, I moved to America to write a book. As I was doing my research, fate intervened - I met Jeremy and we decided to launch ExchangeMyPhone whilst road-tripping across the country together. I knew that I could bring my writing skills to good use and, having worked in the corporate world, I wanted to create a different kind of business that was entirely customer orientated and approachable. As a young business we knew that we wanted to give back to people as well as helping the environment. Growing up I volunteered with a friend's charity in Kenya and I was thrilled to make ExchangeMyPhone a one-stop destination for charitable giving as well as reuse.

You can often find me editing my book (www.katherinepreston.com), biking around Brooklyn and making far too many cups of tea.