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#NerdsAreSexyDC Auctionee Previews!

8/19/2015

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PLEASE NOTE: 
The ratio will even out more...gentleman tend to take longer to recruit!
LGBT Auctionees are welcome...as seen below!


Join us on August 26th!
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Here are some of the lovely ladies and charming gentleman 
that you will be able to bid on for a date...
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Sara Geist
Marketing, Renewable Energy Industry


What cause do you care the most about?
Autism, Civil Rights, Climate 


What is the nerdiest thing about you that you can tell us?
I'm obsessed with paleontology and urban agriculture.



What kind of date can we expect?
A walk around the monuments at night

Anything else we should know that might entice bidders?
I'm a great kisser!
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Audrey Pichy
Market Research


What cause do you care the most about?
Human trafficking

What is the nerdiest thing about you that you can tell us?
Huge Harry Potter fan


What kind of date can we expect? 
fun, dinner


Anything else we should know that might entice bidders?
French native
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David Shor
Civis Analytics


What cause do you care the most about?
Politics

What is the nerdiest thing about you that you can tell us?
There's a nerdy campaign operative in Amazon’s “Alpha House” based on me


Anything else we should know that might entice bidders?
I know how to implement gaussian mixture models in STAN
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Ritu Maghera
UX Design


What cause do you care the most about?
Free K-12 STEM Education

What is the nerdiest thing about you that you can tell us?
I am trying to learn data visualization, 3D printers make me swoon.


What kind of date can we expect? 
Informal food, drinks, and good conversation... like an happy hour or something

Anything else we should know that might entice bidders?
I love to dance, anywhere, anytime, to almost anything..
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Thayer Sorette
Fundraiser, National 4-H Council

What cause do you care the most about?
Education

What is the nerdiest thing about you that you can tell us?
When given the opportunity to select a category for Trivia, I picked "Gilbert and Sullivan" 


What kind of date can we expect? 
I like to keep things classy but fun - an activity on a first date is always positive! For example bowling at pinstripes and then drinks of the Georgetown waterfront.

Anything else we should know that might entice bidders?
I am excellent at both flip cup and hula hooping
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Adam Tabaka
Security Industry


What cause do you care the most about?
Politics

What is the nerdiest thing about you that you can tell us?
Came in second place twice (5th and 8th grades) in the geography bee.


What kind of date can we expect? 
dinner, drinks

Anything else we should know that might entice bidders?
I can dance (for a white guy).
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Chezia Cager
Politics


What cause do you care the most about?
uplifting and educating urban communities as they relate to lawmaking and youth engagement

What is the nerdiest thing about you that you can tell us?
Recently was published in an Humanistic Studies academic textbook for undergrads.

What kind of date can we expect? 
All around DC!

Anything else we should know that might entice bidders?
Danced with Alvin Ailey as a teenager during my ballerina days and I love football.
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Rachel Plett
U.S. Peace Corps


What cause do you care the most about?
Environmental/Social Justice

What is the nerdiest thing about you that you can tell us?
My favorite Nintendo game is Super Smash Brothers; I can probably beat you at MTG; and I have cried tears of joy over a successfully executed synthesis in Organic Chemistry


What kind of date can we expect? 
Fine wine to base-jumping; I'm into it. I'll let my buyer decide what (within the bounds of good taste) they would like most to do with our time together.

Anything else we should know that might entice bidders?
I'm smart, sexy, creative, capricious, adventurous and a good cook.
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Shelvin Simmons
Information Technology



What cause do you care the most about?

I'm a big proponent of scholarships in the inner city and also keeping music and art in the school system.

What is the nerdiest thing about you that you can tell us?

I love anything SciFi, if it flys in space I like it!

What kind of date can we expect? 
Two things I love are food and music. Maybe a casual restaurant like Hank's Oyster than a place with good music like 18th Street Lounge.

Anything else we should know that might entice bidders?

I'm a big fan of 80s music and movies. It's still difficult for me to watch when Goose dies on Top Gun.
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Courage Kimber
Sales, Audio Visual Tech, Fine Art

(date benefiting St. Jude's Hospital)

What cause do you care the most about?
Housing, Income Inequality, Poverty, Workforce Development

What is the nerdiest thing about you that you can tell us?
I read the newspaper way to much 


What kind of date can we expect? 
Make it up as we go type of date, a little bit of choose adventure, red pill blue pill ...

Anything else we should know that might entice bidders?
I like to have fun
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Brian Alexander
Financial Services Roundtable 


What cause do you care the most about?
Civic Engagement -- Political Education

What is the nerdiest thing about you that you can tell us?
Desires to have dinner with Dianne Rehm, of NRP

What kind of date can we expect? 
Fun, Funny, Refreshing

Anything else we should know that might entice bidders?
Started political consulting firm while in law school. First client, OFA.
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Ginny Hill
Partnership for Public Service


What cause do you care the most about?
Young Government Leaders (YGL). I've been the President for two years.

What is the nerdiest thing about you that you can tell us?
I will beat everyone in Settlers of Catan!


What kind of date can we expect? 
Your choice: Beer at a sportsbar, a bike ride and FroYo, Dinner and the walking around the zoo

Anything else we should know that might entice bidders?
I can sing and I play in a local cover band, “The Perfectionists”

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Sarah Ali
Physician

What cause do you care the most about?
Health (research and education), Cancer support/research

What is the nerdiest thing about you that you can tell us?
Shiver me timbers, do yer really want to know this, matey?!  Ayyye, then m'lad.  

Sometimes, me likes to talk to meself and me hearties in pirate slang!!!  Tis true.

What kind of date can we expect? 
A night of salsa dancing would be fun!

Anything else we should know that might entice bidders?
I'm kind, confident, and have an endless amount of love to give to the world.
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Erica Hiar
Communications


What cause do you care the most about?
Women’s Rights

What is the nerdiest thing about you that you can tell us?
I have an ongoing list of countries visited competition with my family. I am winning at 30!

What kind of date can we expect? 
Kayaking? Canoeing? Drinks?

Anything else we should know that might entice bidders?
I am very laid back and spontaneous. I love to just go with the flow.
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Ally Spector
Speech-language Pathologist


What cause do you care the most about?
Charitable- specifically for children with special needs

What is the nerdiest thing about you that you can tell us?
I am addicted to the Settlers of Catan app. 

What kind of date can we expect? 
I can kick your butt at tennis... or perhaps a casual drink at a rooftop bar! 

Anything else we should know that might entice bidders?
I played division one tennis. I love to cook, eat, paint, and play social sports. 
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Alex Morash
Economic Policy Researcher

(LGBT)

What cause do you care the most about?
Ending LGBT Youth Homelessness, Labor Rights, Social Justice

What is the nerdiest thing about you that you can tell us?
I ponder the question who would win Data or Darth Vader?

What kind of date can we expect?
A tour of the Hirshhorn Museum of modern art.

Anything else we should know that might entice bidders?
I enjoy the city's modern art museums, have a passion for social & economic causes and when it comes to politics I say if your not causing trouble your not doing it right!
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Saleema Vellani
Marketing Director, Honeycomb


What cause do you care the most about?
Empowering the developing world through entrepreneurship and technology

What is the nerdiest thing about you that you can tell us?
I speak 5 languages fluently!

What kind of date can we expect? 
Dinner on a terrace or drinks and live jazz or hiking or salsa dancing

Anything else we should know that might entice bidders?
I'm Canadian, a serial entrepreneur, world traveller, foodie and dancer!
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Anisley Valdes
Social Worker, Community Connections


What cause do you care the most about?
Mental Health, homeless outreach, political and civic causes

What is the nerdiest thing about you that you can tell us?
obsessed with how the brain works, and the psychology of human interactions


What kind of date can we expect? 
fun, adventurous, funny, outgoing, preferably outdoors

Anything else we should know that might entice bidders?
Love the outdoors, easygoing, great cook! ;-)

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Domonique James
Digital Politics


What cause do you care the most about?
i'm a personal and leadership development junkie!

What is the nerdiest thing about you that you can tell us?
back in the day, my favorite TV show was Roswell (the show about aliens)



What kind of date can we expect?
We're going to have fun...and laugh a lot!

Anything else we should know that might entice bidders?
I'm a Libra
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11/18/2015 01:10:29 am

I am trying to learn data visualization, 3D printers make me swoon.

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Disha link
2/9/2023 06:16:11 am

Very interesting blog

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