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The Change Agents
The Fashioning Change team is comprised of scrappy and passionate twenty-something social entrepreneurs. Each team member is an ever evolving Change Agent and proud to partner with our growing community.
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Adriana Herrera
“Dot Connector” Founder and CEO
@adriana_herrera -
Kevin Ball
“Maker of Awesome” Founder and CTO
@kbal11 -
Kestrel Jenkins
“Brand Concierge” Product and Sourcing Coordinator
@kestrelee -
Steve Klebanoff
“The New Guy” Software Engineer
@steveklbnf
ADRIANA IN A NUTSHELL:
- Free spirit that refuses to color within the lines
- Cali born, Hawaii heart and Mexicana spirit
- Eternal optimist
- Would love to live in a tree house that is Swiss Family Robinsons meets the Jetsons
- Loves hearing feedback via email at adriana@fashioningchange.com
CLIFF NOTES TO THE “REALLY EXCITING” PROFESSIONAL STUFF:
- Pulls from eight years of experience in marketing, public relations, resource development, event planning, Internet presence management, eco-friendly product development, and experience as a small business owner to grow and strengthen the company
- Had her approach to building a 'Culture of Creativity' featured in Carmine Gallo's The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs
- Has received several awards for her work to improve the lives of at-risk children
- Holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of California, Riverside
INSPIRATION:
- Hardworking parents
- Adversity and life’s curve-balls
- God's bigger picture
- Everyday people with compassion and heart that think outside themselves
CAUSES CLOSE TO THE HEART:
- Women’s rights around the world
- Providing underserved populations access to education
- Environmental pollution awareness and education
- Ensuring children and adults with disabilities have authentic opportunities to participate in the community and be included with their typically developing peers
- Bringing awareness to basic human rights injustices
KEVIN IN A NUTSHELL:
- Loves building technology to accelerate social change
- On occasion has been known to dance like nobody's watching
- Unabashedly geeky
- Focused on the nuts and bolts of turning ideas into reality
PROFESSIONAL STUFF:
- Was a member of the core engineering team that built and maintained the world's most popular cause related web application (causes.com)
- Co-founded API-CST Profiler, a web based platform that makes it super simple for California School administrators to understand the wealth of data collected about their school
- Draws from a range of work experiences in web development, high performance computing, education, political organizing, and the social web
- Holds a BS in Physics from UCSD
INSPIRATION:
- An amazing wife
- A supportive family
- The recognition that dreams are made reality by hard and painful work, and the people who do that work anyway
CAUSES CLOSE TO THE HEART:
- Protecting and restoring the environment for ourselves and our children
- Extending opportunity to everyone, not just those who are lucky enough to be born well off
- Encouraging and empowering everyone to live their values at work
KESTREL IN A NUTSHELL:
- A style maven with a conscience
- Has been piecing together fashion-forward outfits since before graduating from training wheels
- Globetrotter with a spirit from small-town Wisconsin
- Lover of homemade hummus, bubbly water, biking, running, and climbing
PROFESSIONAL STUFF:
- Fulbright Scholarship led to a year of teaching English in Madrid, Spain
- Has worked across the sustainable fashion sector with People Tree, Global Action Through Fashion, FashionMeGreen, The GreenShows and Ecouterre
- B.A. in Global Studies and International Journalism from Hamline University with focuses in Women's Studies and Spanish
INSPIRATION:
- Mom & Dad
- Forest = Brother & Bestie
- Designers that are truly making socially responsible fashion happen
CAUSES CLOSE TO THE HEART:
- Using education around sustainability as a holistic approach to moving young people, adults, and the planet positively forward
- Reducing waste from our everyday lifestyles
- Challenging people to be responsible shoppers and breathe creativity into the way they style their wardrobes
- Giving kids the tools they need to grow and evolve into even more inspiring adults
STEVE IN A NUTSHELL:
- Loves music, travel, and exploring
- Bicycled from Canada to Mexico immediately upon graduating from college
- Has lived in a tent at a Buddhist retreat center and backpacked throughout South America
PROFESSIONAL STUFF:
- Graduated Magna Cum Laude at Northeastern University with a B.S. in Computer Science and Cognitive Psychology
- Has worked as a Software Engineer at a variety of successful startups in the Boston area
- Formerly the sole Senior Web Developer at a web development agency in Montana
INSPIRATION
- Great parents
- Wonderful girlfriend
- Awesome group of friends
- All of the entrepreneurs who are making amazing things happen right now
CAUSES CLOSE TO THE HEART:
- Promoting bicycling for environmentally-friendly commuting and long-distance travel
- Creating positive awareness and resources for people with autism
