Cindy Bravos to serve as BBT congregational contact coordinator.

Brethren Benefit Trust (BBT) has hired Cindy Bravos of St. Charles, Ill., to serve as Congregational Contact Network coordinator beginning May 14. She will work to foster stronger relationships among BBT and the denomination’s congregations, will assist in development and maintenance of BBT’s denominational database, and as a Communications Team member, also will help shape and create BBT’s interpretive resources.

She joins BBT with extensive marketing and promotion experience. She is owner of Bravo! Media, a digital studio that specializes in commercial voiceover and narrative services. Bravos served as narrator of "Without Fear or Hesitation," a Brethren heritage CD-ROM produced in 2001. She also is host of "Community Connection," a 30-minute bimonthly program aired on Comcast cable television networks throughout northern Illinois, and for 11 years served as media director for the St. Charles Chamber of Commerce.

Bravos has a broadcast journalism degree from Northern Illinois University. She and her family are members of Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Church in Elgin, Ill.

Source: 5/09/2007 Newsline