Posts Tagged ‘Blood:Water Staff’
Classy Collaborative: A Week Among Incredible Social Innovators
Two weeks ago today, I flew home to Nashville, Tenn., after attending the Collaborative conference in Boston, Mass. Blood:Water was nominated as a Classy Awards finalist for our programming in the integration of HIV/AIDS and WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene), and I was fortunate enough to represent our team along with our interim executive director,…
Read MoreShe has a Texas-size love of dogs and she’s ALWAYS ready for sports! Meet Audrey.
We’ve introduced you to Aaron, Jake, Barak, Nadia, Katy, Erin, Kristin, and Blake. And now we want you to meet Audrey Milicevic, our relationship specialist! Audrey is a Texas native and a HUGE soccer lover. She started playing when she was just 5 years old and always dreamed of playing in college. She made that…
Read MoreWant to get to know K-Flow? Meet our engagement coordinator, Kristin.
Kristin, also known by her rapper name, K-Flow Rida, is truly one of a kind. Blood:Water’s favorite extroverted fashionista originated from Winston Salem, N.C., but fell in love with Nashville, Tenn., post-graduation from the University of Virginia. Go Cavaliers! It was there that she double majored in sociology and African American studies. She realized the pull…
Read MoreShe Sings Arias. She Speaks Swahili. She’s Nadia!
You know Aaron, Jake, Katy, and Barak. Now we’d like to introduce you to our classical-singing, Swahili-speaking technical director, Nadia Kist. Although Nadia is a native New Yorker, she’s lived in Nairobi, Kenya, for the last 11 years. During her time there, she has visited 11 countries on the African continent, and learned to speak…
Read MorePhoto Friday: Selfie Take One & Two
After flying into Denver, Colorado for the first stop on the west leg of the “One Thousand Wells” book tour, our cofounder, Jena Lee Nardella, could not help but show off her childhood playground. The book tour crew decided to visit Estes Park and the Rocky Mountains, and couldn’t resist taking a selfie with the…
Read MoreThink Drones, Caves, and Celtic Whistles Have Nothing in Common? Meet Barak.
We’ve introduced you to Aaron, Jake, Katherine, Katy, and Courtney. Now we’d like you to get to know Barak Bruerd. He’s our drone-flying, rock-climbing, spelunking, Celtic whistler player (and maker). He’s also our director of innovation and programs! Since he spends his time working with our local partners in Africa, we don’t always see a…
Read More10 Things I’ve Learned Since Starting at Blood:Water
Starting a new job requires a sort of re-calibrating yourself and how you do things. Every workplace is different, bringing its own unique environment and atmosphere. You have to re-adapt, which can be hard depending on where you are. Lucky for me, Blood:Water has been a smooth transition…it is almost like a coming home of…
Read MoreAn Awe-Inspired Firsthand Look: An Update from Zambia
Blood:Water’s story began with a trip to Africa. This trip ignited a passion that bore a vision to see the end of the HIV/AIDS and water crises in Africa. We would like all of our supporters to be able to share in that vision and experience firsthand the work that is being done with their…
Read MoreGrab Your Pillow and Prepare for Battle: Now Introducing Courtney
Now that you’ve met Aaron, Jake, Katherine, and Katy, we want to introduce you to our gallivanting, pillow-fighting, goat-eating marketing director, Courtney Baker. Courtney was once knocked out… in a rather unusual way. No, it wasn’t while she was playing tennis at Union University. And it wasn’t even at a youth function at church, although…
Read MoreNew Faces Around the Office
Blood:Water has a few new faces around the office! Audrey, Kristin, and Blake have all recently joined us, and we’re thrilled to have them on the team! To help you get to know them a little better, we asked each of them why they wanted to work for Blood:Water. Audrey Milicevic is our new relationships…
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