INTRODUCTIONS

Elevate hosted a May Raffle that 47 teams and 550+ women participated in! We LOVED getting to know everyone better. 

The Vivint Wives Committee will be contributing to this blog as authors and we would like to introduce you to our team! We also want to introduce you to the format and goal of this blog so that you can better utilize it as a resource! 

Who we are...

• Stacy Hansen
• Lauren Schreiner
• Dani Stoneman
• Christina Harrison
• Brittany Durfey 
• Shannon Brown
• Kristy Nukaya
• Andrea Taylor

Our goal...

• Help unify and support the wives and families working with the summer program
• Join the conversation by emailing us or commenting below posts. 

Meet our team

Andrea Taylor

I'm the director of Elevate and am passionate about this program. I've been overwhelmed by the amount of gratitude and praise the women of Elevate (you) have given me. THANK YOU for your support, confidence and encouragement. 

This week the Elevate team has been collaborating about how to make this blog  a useful resource for you. I've been contacted by so many of you about ways we can share ideas, have real conversations, and better support one another. We hope this blog will be a step in the right direction. 

Please know you are encouraged to contact us with questions, comments, and suggestions.  

Christina Harrison
This is my 5th summer on the technician side of the summer program. My husband is a lead technician and we often joke that we are "lifers" with this company. We love the summer program and the opportunities that it has given our little family. My husband and I will celebrate our 4th anniversary in September and welcome our first baby.
I am excited about Elevate and its ability to unify and support. This blog is another way we hope to reach out to the families of summer sales.
This summer my goals are to: learn how to quilt, crochet, and coupon. In past summers, I have learned cake decorating, sewing basics, jewelry making, cooking techniques, and other random crafty projects. I end the summers feeling equally relaxed (from long pool days) and accomplished from the skills I have picked up.

Stacy Hansen

I have been in the summer sales industry with my husband for 9 years.  I have been in all the different wife roles.  From working full time in our summer area, to being the OA, to being a non-kid wife, to now being a mom summer wife.  Each of those different roles have helped me grow and appreciate everything we have and make the most out of our crazy summers!  I now look forward to our simple life we have during the summer and try to have as much fun as possible where ever we are.  Hopefully something I share will help all of you make the best of your summers too!



Kristy Nukaya
This is my 4th summer. My husband is an operations manager (lead tech) I often tell people that the work he does is not just a job, its a lifestyle. With my husband working for this company, it has given me many opportunities to choose how I want to spend my summers. I have been the full-time working wife, the single family wife without kids to being a full-time mom. They have all been completely different experiences so I feel like I have a lot to share and I have a good understanding of different ways to make the summers more enjoyable. I'm so thrilled to be apart of Elevate and this journey we are all taking together! The summer sales team I am a part of has such a strong, tight knit group of women and I love the relationships we have formed and the wonderful people I have met through this journey.  I hope the things I share on this blog will help you better unite in your offices and form stronger bonds as the women of Elevate!

Brittany Durfey
This is my 4th summer, but sometimes I say it is my 6th because I feel like the summers I dated and was engaged to my husband should count too, ha ha. My husband is a sales manager in the Houston South office and we are absolutely loving the summer so far. We are expecting our first baby August 2nd, and couldn't be more excited for her arrival. I never thought I would have a Texan baby :). I graduated with my bachelors this last semester in Speech, Communication from Utah Valley University. I love to cook, spend time outdoors, run, swim, sing, play games, and be with my family and friends. I absolutely LOVE the summers! I have had some of the most amazing and rewarding experiences from being a summer sales wife. I hope all of you women will also love your experience!  It is my hope that each of you will be able to learn and grow from the things we post on this blog and from the Elevate program as a whole. We care about each of you, and want success for everyone!

Lauren Schreiner
I am so excited about this blog, and getting to know more of you out there!  It has been really fun to start building relationships with other women in the company, and to see the amazing network of support we can be for each other.  A little about me...I married my favorite person six years ago - which is also when we started this job, back in the days of APX.  It has definitely been one of the biggest blessings in our life together, and has also provided countless growing opportunities for me.  It has helped me to learn and stretch myself in ways I probably wouldn't have in any other situation, and I am grateful for that.  We have two little boys who keep me busy and entertained.  A few of my favorite things are being able to spend time with my family, the outdoors, food, photography, travel, and good laughs.  I love being a part of the Elevate team, and hope these posts can help spark ideas, relate to your situation, and enhance your experience with this crazy wonderful summer sales ride we are all on!

Dani Stoneman
I love having this opportunity to share with you and learn from each of you about how to support ourselves and our families to excellence. Between my husband and I we have 13 years working for Vivint! We’ve loved watching the company grow. We’ve worked summers lead teching and being an OA, and have spent our off seasons working at corporate in NIS, licensing and Vivint Gives Back. Our first summer together was in Philadelphia, where I grew up. Since then we pray every year we’ll get to go back and relive our first summer together. We have a 2 year old daughter and a 6 month old son. They have definitely added some challenges and plenty of adventures to our summers, but it couldn’t be more rewarding! I love traveling with my family, cooking, scrapbooking and planning events and parties. I am so excited to work with Elevate and get to know each of you beautiful women! I hope that this blog and all that Elevate does can help support, motivate, and elevate each of you!

Shannon Brown

Even though I had lived thousands of miles from home before, when I first heard about this type of industry back in 2006 I couldn’t picture myself living my married life anywhere but in Idaho where my home and school were. I had no idea what to expect. This is now my 8th summer out as a “summer sales” gal. My husband has been a co- manager and manager for 6 of those summers. Stressful- yes! Rewarding- Absolutely! I have loved exploring the country. My favorite place so far has been St. Louis, Missouri. While I am out for the summers I like to run, swim, enter races, garage sales, shop, hang with the other wives, quilt, scrap book, and especially go hiking and to flee markets. This year I have tried crossfit and I am running my first Triathlon! My baby (17 months old) and I have also enjoyed finding lots of rocks on our walks and have enjoyed the beauty of the parks around us. I am excited to be a part of the Elevate team. We collaborate often to find ways to make the summer girls feel special, and help them to see that they are truly appreciated by this company. This blog is just one of the many avenues we have chosen give support.