[NFBV-Announce] Member to Member, let's get to know each other!

[jackibruce6 at gmail.com]

Hey NFB Family and Friends,

 

Welcome to another edition of Member to Member! This week, we'll focus on
our Communications Chair and Greater Loudoun Chapter Member, Teisha
Gillispie. Teisha joined our NFBV Family, in 2022, as a RISE Mentor where
she worked with our students and staff helping to build our students
futures. She moved into State Convention sponsorships and really found her
groove! She has been instrumental in acquiring sponsorships and expanding
our sponsorship program. Teisha is now our Communications Chair and a
valuable member of the Greater Loudoun Chapter!

 

Teisha would like to see her chapter grow, be more of a presence in their
community and do fundraising to  have a very strong financial foundation. 

 

Teisha is the oldest of seven girls and grew up in chaos, as she says,
laughingly, with so many sisters. She attended Towson University; she
studied acting but says "I couldn't hang." She thrived in English and
Community Communications and thought she might go into copy writing with an
ad agency in radio or television. She is doing digital marketing now and she
also has a podcast, which focuses on personal stories and diversity. She
lives in Herdon with her husband, Chris, and their 2 dogs, Bailey and
Charlie.  

 

Teisha is a foodie! If she weren't in marketing and communications, she
would be traveling the world exploring restaurants and local hot spots,
possibly doing a Ted Talk circuit, and informing everyone where the best
food and wine places are. She wants to travel and visit every continent! Of
course, eating and drinking wine at every stop. Teisha is a football fan and
has followed the Baltimore Ravens "forever". She also dabbles in fantasy
football and has pretty good stats, LOL.

 

One of Teisha's favorite memories is a birthday dinner with a surprise
ending! She and Chris went to a very exclusive restaurant, "it took six
months to get a reservation!" "The whole night took more than four hours, so
many courses! By the end I was wiped out and that's when Chris asked me to
marry him; it took me a minute to figure out what was going on, everyone
knew, except me" Teisha remembers.

 

Thanks Teisha for sharing; it's been great getting to know you better.

 

 

Peace,

 

Jacki Bruce

 

Corresponding Secretary NFBV

mailto:jackibruce6 at gmail.com

tel:(757)291-1789

 

Membership Chair

mailto:membership at nfbv.org

 

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STRONGER TOGETHER!

 

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