Who We Are
Thirst Aid Live -
Thirst Aid Live ® is a series of concerts, television programs, and large-scale national and international events designed to raise awareness and funds for the growing, yet solvable global water crisis. Celebrity musicians, actors, athletes, and citizens have banded together with our hard-working nonprofit partners to quench world thirst.
Vessel H20 -
Vessel H20 is the parent company to brands Thirst Aid Live ®, Thirst Aid Stations ™ and Vessel H2O water. ™ We currently have team members located throughout U.S. in Orlando, Atlanta, Nashville, NYC, Las Vegas, and LA
Our goal is to entertain, educate, and inform citizens on national water (environment, sustainability, and infrastructure) issues, increase the number of active environmental stewards, and reduce the number of global neighbors affected adversely by unsafe drinking water by providing funding to NGO's and other organizations.
Denise Russo
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With over 15 years of large scale event production experience, Denise leads Team Vessel. She directs all budgeting, operating, sponsorship acquisitions and public relations functions.
Mike Musick
In addition to creating the hit song “America” for Thirst Aid Live ®, Mike is also responsible for marketing and sales of our Thirst Aid Station ™ vending machines and tour production worldwide.
Quinn Hood
Director of Photography
Quinn has 20 years of experience photographing celebrities and prominent citizens. His experience in Africa with Bono, Chris Tucker, and Paul O’Neill sparked the ideas for Thirst Aid Live.
Quinn directs all onsite and marketing photographic projects.
Ruben Harris
Producer social media, online marketing, blogging.
Ruben is the co-founder for the influential blog http://www.thesocialreformer.com
Tara Penhollow
Director Brand Marketing and Youth Initiatives
Tara has experience producing large scale events and engaging Generation Y in philanthropic endeavors.
She has a marketing degree with a background in hospitality from the University of Central Florida.
Tara joined Thirst Aid Live after a life-changing mission trip to Malawi South Africa. Many of our photographs document her travels.
