Ethiopian Orphan Relief, Inc.
About Us: Volunteers
Tracy Stevens- Tasfa, Ethiopia Committee
Tracy Stevens is an OEM/Partner Manager selling telecom equipment with Aztek Networks in Boulder since 1999
She and her husband John met at Michigan State University and 15 years ago decided to move to Colorado for more outdoors adventure. They have two boys, Ronan and Jude, who also enjoy playing outside. Tracy is an amateur painter, a published author of a book for children, a duathlete, and philanthropist. She is an active parent and volunteer at Montessori Academy of Colorado and the Denver Waldorf School.
Greg Cradick-Tasfa Ethiopia Photographer
Greg Cradick is the Executive Director and lead instructor of Working with Artists, a non-profit fine art photography school and gallery located in Lakewood, CO. Greg is an award winning fine art photographer who has exhibited in over 30 art shows over the past 10 years. Currently he is also making portraits of couples and families, please check out his website to see some of his work. Greg lives in Denver, CO with his wife Jane and their dog Milo. In early August they are planning to go to Ethiopia to bring home their first child, Ezra Manalew.
Emily Barr-Chair, HIV/AIDS Programs
Emily Barr is a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and Certified Nurse Midwife in the Children's Hospital Immunodeficiency Program in Denver, CO, where she cares for HIV+ pregnant women, adolescents and children. She is involved in teh International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials program where she follows patients on large multi-center clinical trials both domestically and internationally. In her role, she has travelled to Romania, South Africa, Botswana, Uganda, and Zambia. She studied at Cornell University, Yale University and SUNY Stony Brook. Before coming to Denver, she worked in the Pediatric HIV and Immunology Clinic at the SUNY Health Sciences Center in Syracuse, NY. She has five children, including two adopted from Ethiopia in 2005.
Andrea Lorimor-Lights of Hope Co-Chair & Event Photographer
Andrea Lorimor is a freelance photographer living and working in Portland, Oregon, shooting events
and environmental portraiture for commercial and private clients. She also has a passion for travel photography, documenting the cultural and natural environments unique to each place. Her travels have taken her throughout the U.S. as well as Asia, Europe, Kenya, and most recently, Ethiopia. Previously, she was with Nike, Inc for 11 years, a small footwear company in Beaverton, OR, where she spent the last 5 years in Footwear Marketing as a Global Product Line Manager. She and her husband, Rich, recently adopted their two children, Tassew and Yetta, from Ethiopia, and are already looking forward to a time when they can return with the kids. Besides her new role as mom, Andrea very much enjoys running and cycling the trails of the Northwest.
Emily Andronici- Graphic Artist & Tasfa, Ethiopia Committee
Emily received her undergraduate degree from Ohio Wesleyan University and MBA from University of Colorado. She
and her husband, Marcus have lived in Nederland, CO as well Rincon, PR off and on for the past 13 years. Emily and Marcus are active members of both the Oregon and Colorado Ethiopian Orphan Relief since the adoption of their niece Meron from Ethiopia. Emily enjoys running, hiking, sailing, traveling, cooking, reading and watching movies.
Molly Curran-Lights of Hope Co-Chair, Chair Oregon Volunteers
Molly is originally from Minnesota. She attended the University of Notre Dame where she was involved in numerous service programs that took her from Alaska to West Virginia. After receiving her undergraduate degree she did a year of service work with homeless adults in
Portland, Oregon. After a short stint in Chicago she and her husband moved to Portland to make it their new home. After many years as a pharmaceutical sales representative, Molly now works as the mom to three kids. Their youngest, Hana, was adopted from Ethiopia in January of 2007. After being involved in service work and nonprofits often during her life, coordinating her love of Ethiopia and the needs of its children was an easy fit. The light of hope that is behind every Ethiopian child’s eye is the memory that keeps a smile on her face and a reason to hope for the best for all children near and far.
Would you like to help EOR in a volunteer capacity, but don't have the time to commit to an official volunteer position? If so, please take a look at the current one-time volunteer projects listed below and let us know if you can help with any of them. If you don't see something that interests you at this time, please check back. We'll be updating this list as new needs arise.
Tracy Stevens is an OEM/Partner Manager selling telecom equipment with Aztek Networks in Boulder since 1999
She and her husband John met at Michigan State University and 15 years ago decided to move to Colorado for more outdoors adventure. They have two boys, Ronan and Jude, who also enjoy playing outside. Tracy is an amateur painter, a published author of a book for children, a duathlete, and philanthropist. She is an active parent and volunteer at Montessori Academy of Colorado and the Denver Waldorf School.Greg Cradick-Tasfa Ethiopia Photographer
Greg Cradick is the Executive Director and lead instructor of Working with Artists, a non-profit fine art photography school and gallery located in Lakewood, CO. Greg is an award winning fine art photographer who has exhibited in over 30 art shows over the past 10 years. Currently he is also making portraits of couples and families, please check out his website to see some of his work. Greg lives in Denver, CO with his wife Jane and their dog Milo. In early August they are planning to go to Ethiopia to bring home their first child, Ezra Manalew.Emily Barr-Chair, HIV/AIDS Programs
Emily Barr is a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and Certified Nurse Midwife in the Children's Hospital Immunodeficiency Program in Denver, CO, where she cares for HIV+ pregnant women, adolescents and children. She is involved in teh International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials program where she follows patients on large multi-center clinical trials both domestically and internationally. In her role, she has travelled to Romania, South Africa, Botswana, Uganda, and Zambia. She studied at Cornell University, Yale University and SUNY Stony Brook. Before coming to Denver, she worked in the Pediatric HIV and Immunology Clinic at the SUNY Health Sciences Center in Syracuse, NY. She has five children, including two adopted from Ethiopia in 2005.
Andrea Lorimor-Lights of Hope Co-Chair & Event Photographer
Andrea Lorimor is a freelance photographer living and working in Portland, Oregon, shooting events
and environmental portraiture for commercial and private clients. She also has a passion for travel photography, documenting the cultural and natural environments unique to each place. Her travels have taken her throughout the U.S. as well as Asia, Europe, Kenya, and most recently, Ethiopia. Previously, she was with Nike, Inc for 11 years, a small footwear company in Beaverton, OR, where she spent the last 5 years in Footwear Marketing as a Global Product Line Manager. She and her husband, Rich, recently adopted their two children, Tassew and Yetta, from Ethiopia, and are already looking forward to a time when they can return with the kids. Besides her new role as mom, Andrea very much enjoys running and cycling the trails of the Northwest.Emily Andronici- Graphic Artist & Tasfa, Ethiopia Committee
Emily received her undergraduate degree from Ohio Wesleyan University and MBA from University of Colorado. She
and her husband, Marcus have lived in Nederland, CO as well Rincon, PR off and on for the past 13 years. Emily and Marcus are active members of both the Oregon and Colorado Ethiopian Orphan Relief since the adoption of their niece Meron from Ethiopia. Emily enjoys running, hiking, sailing, traveling, cooking, reading and watching movies. Molly Curran-Lights of Hope Co-Chair, Chair Oregon Volunteers
Molly is originally from Minnesota. She attended the University of Notre Dame where she was involved in numerous service programs that took her from Alaska to West Virginia. After receiving her undergraduate degree she did a year of service work with homeless adults in
Portland, Oregon. After a short stint in Chicago she and her husband moved to Portland to make it their new home. After many years as a pharmaceutical sales representative, Molly now works as the mom to three kids. Their youngest, Hana, was adopted from Ethiopia in January of 2007. After being involved in service work and nonprofits often during her life, coordinating her love of Ethiopia and the needs of its children was an easy fit. The light of hope that is behind every Ethiopian child’s eye is the memory that keeps a smile on her face and a reason to hope for the best for all children near and far. Would you like to help EOR in a volunteer capacity, but don't have the time to commit to an official volunteer position? If so, please take a look at the current one-time volunteer projects listed below and let us know if you can help with any of them. If you don't see something that interests you at this time, please check back. We'll be updating this list as new needs arise.
- Link Exchange Proposals to Adoption Agencies & Bloggers
- Organization of Intra-EOR Partner Soccer League
- Donation Proposals to Sporting Goods Manufacturers for Intra-EOR Partner Soccer League Equipment, Footwear and Jerseys
