We asked employees and partners to complete the phrase "One of us ..." with a one-line description of themselves. Here are some of their responses:
One of us...
- Can juggle five balls on a unicycle
- Spent a year volunteering in Guinea
- Is a Friar, but not an old man
- Is Russian, and speaks French like a native
- Is married -- courtesy of Gavin Newsom -- to a former soap star
- Is the former soap star
- Is a classically-trained ballet dancer
- Is the swim coach for the U.S. Military Academy Triathlon Team at West Point
- Is Swiss with an 0-1 Visa
- Has written, and published, two books
- Sang in a professional choir and can play Moonlight Sonata, 2nd and 3rd parts
- Slept with dolphins
- Has a Cabbage Patch doll named Tony that’s as old as he is
- Is a multiple World Masters and Gay Games swimming medalist
- Was a Berkeley Kennedy Scholar
- Started the first-ever student newspaper at the University of Alcalá́ de Henares in Madrid
- Serves on the Board of Visitors for his business school
- Is a member of the Academy of Magical Arts
- Helped build the Abu Dhabi Shipyard
- Owns more than 50 different dot com T-shirts
- Is a yoga enthusiast
- Was a national spokesperson for the Arthritis Foundation at age 15
- Endowed a scholarship for GLBT students
- Reads Hebrew but hasn’t been to Israel
- Is a Tennessee Squire who doesn't drink
- Receives allergy shots in both arms every week
- Is an ordained Presbyterian minister
- Has been living with Spondyloarthropathy since the age of 13
- Loves the Harry Potter books in Spanish
- Has met Neil Patrick Harris and asked, "What would NPH do?"
- Has battled through a burst appendix, pityriasis rosea, and Bell's Palsy (and is affectionately known as the "1-in-8 Guy")