“Money only lasts so long. Know-how lasts a lifetime.”

Exploration is definitely in Kristen Radakovich’s DNA. Hailing from a small town outside of Cleveland, Ohio, Kristen left for school and just kept on moving, traveling across America and around the world. Travel expanded her horizons in more ways than one. In her career as a freelance producer, she’s gotten to experience many new places, people and cultures. It was while she was on a trip with The Giving Exchange in 2015 that Kristen realized she wanted to do more than just travel—she wanted to be a part of all the great, sustainable work TGE was doing in Kenya. “The idea of giving people the skills and resources they can use for a lifetime was especially appealing since money sometimes only lasts a finite amount of time.” The skills Kristen honed as a producer are invaluable in her role as a TGE board member: identifying needs and creating a plan to deliver solutions. These days, her real ROI is measured in smiles.