October, 2012

Alex Newbold is co-captain of team-EMC. A self-professed “numbers guy,” Alex works in finance by day and considers his role as co-mentor, motivator and organizer of our marathon team (with his brother, Nick Newbold) “his dream-volunteer job.” For Alex, running the marathon with Every Mother Counts is the perfect combination of doing something he believes in and doing something he loves. Team-EMC feels lucky to have him run with us every step of the way.

Clancy McCarty has worn more hats at Every Mother Counts than almost anyone other than Christy. She started working with Christy fresh out of NYU's Gallatin school, Christy's alma mater, as a production assistant on No Woman, No Cry and graduated to Co-producer of the documentary by the time they wrapped the film. These days she's exercising many of her talents as Manager of Special Projects, which means, she has her finger on the pulse of everything that’s happening with every member of our team. That’s why we’re thrilled she’ll be running with Team-EMC for her first marathon this year.

Sarah Bowen Shea runs like a mother, trains like a mother and runs the website, online community and virtual runner’s aid station known as AnotherMotherRunner.com – home base for thousands of mother-runners around the world. When Christy and Sarah connected on Twitter (@SBSontherun), Sarah invited Christy to join her and Dimity on AnotherMotherRunner radio to chat about running, marathon training, Every Mother Counts and how that all lines up with motherhood. After that conversation, it was only natural that Christy and Sarah would lace up their sneakers to run together. We caught up with Sarah once again in her hometown, Portland Oregon, where she juggles family life with three kids, her business and, of course, running.

Christy Turlington Burns took time to answer questions for Connect Savannah from New York City. She will be in town to discuss her film "No Woman No Cry" after it screens at the Savannah Film Festival Monday, Oct. 29.