Kevin Bushaw

As the Communications and Marketing Manager at the Knowledge Exchange for Resilience, he's incorporating his twenty years of experience in graphic design, marketing, and event management all into one gig.

First and foremost an artist, Kevin began designing at 16, when he told his dad, Greg, "In order to be a graphic designer, I'll need access to the Adobe Creative Suite. It's the industry standard." After the initial sticker shock of $1400 wore off, his father bought the computer program on the condition that Kevin do all the design work for his company. It was great practice, and after jumping in the "deep end of the pool" early on, he picked up many of the skills that he would use to this day. 

In the position of Creative Director for the publication ION Arizona Magazine, Kevin has been extremely involved in the Arizona LGBTQ community, and notably has been involved in fundraisers for a number of charity organizations, such as the Southwest Center for HIV, the IGNITE Phoenix Program, the Joshua Tree Feeding Program, Aunt Rita's Foundation, Equality Arizona, Phoenix Pride Scholarship Program, and more. It was during this time that Kevin honed his event planning and management skills. If you want to figure out how to move people, try working with gay men. "It's like herding cats."