About BLUR
BLUR celebrates the place where our cultures, ideals, interests and aspirations intersect, blend and expand into something more complete. BLUR is a state of mind, a celebration of multiculturalism and individual diversity, where our differences are no longer a barrier to communication and understanding, but instead are an opportunity to explore new things, to adapt the best qualities of our intersecting cultures, and to EXPAND OUR FOCUS.
Our mission is to build community among people who share these qualities, who embrace culture and diversity as assets, and are constantly aware of opportunities to expand themselves through interaction with compelling people, visiting unique places, reading relevant literature, seeing meaningful film, eating unique foods and living life to its fullest.
BLUR Management Team
Will Mandeville
Founder
I happened to meet a young woman from Mexico, and the rest is history! A BLUR!
As the founder of BLUR, Will creates and leads the strategic and operational direction of BLUR and BLURdigitial.com. Will brings more than 20 years of progressive media sales, marketing, strategic planning, management and global leadership with major publishing companies including Gannett, La Opinion and Empresa Editora El Comercio.
Maribel Mandeville
Community Focus/Co-Founder
Maribel leads up the philanthropic efforts of BLUR and assists in overall vision and direction of the company. Maribel has extensive community-directed volunteerism and giving experience in the United States, Mexico and Peru. She’s served on a wide variety of community and educational boards while also acting as CEO of the Mandeville family.
Richard D. Stuart
Project Director
We see the world as we are not as the world really is.
Richard is a founding partner of Lunchbox Collective. Since the inception of the World Wide Web, Richard has worked side-by-side with golden widget start-ups and Fortune 500 companies alike.
Richard has been honored to work with such clients as Smith & Wesson, Phelps Dodge, Insight, Rockford Fosgate, Beverly Enterprises, Richmond American Homes, the Del Webb Corporation, Pink Jeep Tours, The Leinbach Company, BLUR Media, and the Phoenix Coyotes.
Richards professional experience spans more than a decade. From his humble beginnings as web master for the Institute for Studies in the Arts, to working alongside seasoned web professionals at Mighty Interactive and WA007.
Richards diverse background as a steeple jack, building and repairing church steeples throughout New England and his focused graduate studies in technology, ecology, and the body have all contributed to Richards ability to create and nurture project visions and team successes in the field of business-driven, creative web solutions.
Richard is actively involved in community projects and volunteers on a regular basis for The ARC of Tempe and Youth Leadership Camps Canada.
Janette Eusebio
Art Director
Nationally-recognized and award-winning designer, Jeanette leads the visual design vision of BLURdigital.com. Jeanette brings more than 16 years experience directing design for advertising and major magazines such as Esquire and several Conde Nast titles.
Martin Kulakowski
Creative Director
As partner and lead creative for Lunchbox Collective, an interactive firm in Phoenix, Arizona, Martin oversees the visual design and build out of BLURdigital.com. Martin brings more than 14 years experience working for a wide variety of nationally recognized clients. His work has received countless interactive awards and brought Martin personal acclaim and recognition in a tough and broad interactive design field.
Celeste Payne
Web Editor
Like all things BLUR, Celeste brings a unique combination of technology and user experience knowledge to the BLUR team. Her experience creating and executing interactive strategies for Fortune 100 companies as well as leadership roles within a variety of publishing and agency environments.
Kristen Williamson
Content Producer
Kristen Williamson is currently studying Communication and Spanish Studies at Santa Clara University in California. She hopes to travel to Latin America in the future to continue her education and volunteer work. Her interests include photography, music, and sustainability.
Paulina Mandeville
Amazing BLUR Intern
Paulina is a student at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. She is currently studying Comparative Literature, Spanish Literature and Culture and Creative Writing. Her greatest passions are music and film.
BLUR Advisory Board
Anil Jain
Strategic Development
Anil has extensive experience in strategic marketing, technology development, product management, business development and new venture creation through both his own entrepreneurial efforts as well as through work with early stage ventures as Managing Partner of Endeavor Innovation Partners. His prior experience includes leadership roles with V-Commerce, Cybercillium, Integrated Information Systems, Corning & Intel. Anil has brought this broad experience to the table to help BLUR evolve from a great idea into a great business!
Mel Fallis
Strategic Sales Development
My life's been a BLUR since I've been involved with BLUR!
Mel has shared his over 30 years of success in sales and marketing in both general and ethnic markets with BLUR at its early stages. His extensive experience in product development, sales and launch of new products has proved to be very important to the team as we’ve rolled up our sleeves to bring BLUR to market and plan revenue forward. Mel gained his experience in sales and marketing management over the years in Online Media, Publications, Ad Agencies and Consumer Products through companies like Tribune, Uniworld Group, Coca Cola Foods, Lever Brothers and J. Walter Thompson.
Marji Ranes
Sage Advisor
Marji brings over 30 years of broad experience in product development and sales & marketing in leading media companies to the table. She has a background that includes extensive management and leadership experience as a Publisher, General Manager and Executive Vice President at Knight-Ridder, Gannett and Lee Enterprises. She’s also a level-headed, even keeled person and that’s great to have around when launching a new business!