KIMBERLY COZZA

Nickname: Kim, The Coz

Hometown: Muskego, WI

College/University:  University of Wisconsin,
                                      Madison

9 to 5 I am: Producer (sourcing multifamily business) 
                  for Freddie Mac

Years in Chicago: 6

Charity Affiliations: Chicago Cares, Deborah's Place,
Rebuilding Together (New Orleans)

My Favorite Brunette: My mom, Margaret Cho,
Stacy London

Favorite Football Team: University of Wisconsin Badgers

What I like most about being a Brunette: I've got the kind of skin that rarely burns in the sun and I've got the same color hair as my parents, chocolate golden doodle - HA!

On Thursdays You'll Find Me: Running! Currently training for my first 1/2 marathon, and then later possibly refueling at West Loop Neighborhood Bar

Status:  Free Agent / Single

Anything else we should know about you: I'm a girly-girl who isn't afraid to get dirty. I enjoy the spa and can easily spend 2 hours browsing the Nordstrom shoe department. I also just completed my first triathalon, play co-ed softball every summer, have been down to New Orleans twice to help re-build houses, and spent 2 summers in college as the only female in a group of boys painting a school district.

I WANT TO BE A PART OF BVB BECAUSE:
My grandfather spent the last couple years of his life in a nursing home, which I frequented; through my regular visits I met many kind and amazing people suffering from Alzheimer's. It's such a sad illness to witness and it's scary to read the statistics on the number of Americans suffering from the disease. I don't want to take for granted my health and I want to do my part to give back.