Goodbye volunteers!

From Nat to the Chicago Studio volunteers:


Friday, April 24th, the last day of Record-A-Thon, will be my last day with the RFB&D Chicago studio. My wife and I will be moving back to the Boston area, which is where we grew up and lived before moving out here in 2004. Although we love Chicago, we’re Northeasterners at heart and the call of the ocean and the hills became too strong.

I have been with RFB&D since 2005- first as a volunteer, then a Production Assistant, and finally Production Director. This organization is truly a wonderful place, and has treated me incredibly well during my time here. I have nothing but fond feelings for RFB&D, and I have already notified our headquarters that, should a production position become available in the Boston studio, I’d jump at the chance to re-join the organization!

Mostly, though, I will be very sad to leave all of you. The greatest joy I receive from my job is working with all of the volunteers that contribute such amazing work to the organization. I know that the volunteer role here is difficult, and it requires tremendous patience (with staff forgetfulness, hot booths, and constantly-changing rules!) and equally tremendous dedication. It’s been absolutely wonderful to work with all of you, and being able to do so is the hardest part of my job to walk away from.

I am proud to announce that Andrew, who has been performing well beyond the call of duty as a Production Assistant since 2007, will be taking over as Production Director, and we will be hiring another Production Assistant to help out Andrew and Norma during the evening.
You can all be sure that whenever I visit Chicago in the future (and with some close friends here and cheap Southwest Airlines flights, you know I will!), I will be sure to visit the studio and I hope to see as many of you as I can!