Nick Beazley began traveling abroad with Rivers of the World (ROW), a not-for-profit Christian minstry that targets remote river basins, while attending Hampden-Sydney College as part of the college’s Society of 1791 Leadership Program. After graduating from Hampden-Sydney College, Nick spent two years as an Assistant Dean of Admissions for his alma mater. During this time he also assisted in leading a group of students to Belize for a ROW work trip.

Nick has also spent a great deal of time leading high school and college aged participants on wilderness expeditions and in facilitating leadership activities. Now as Senior Field Director for ROW, Nick travels the country speaking to groups about ROW and recruiting teams to travel around the world assisting in ROW projects. Nick will also be spending time aboard leading ROW teams and searching for new ROW projects.

As the Director of THROW (Teens Helping Rivers of the World), Nick also meets with youth groups and youth organizations to encourage teens of all ages to get involved in the international relief and development projects that ROW operates across the world. THROW helps to facilitate groups to travel on ROW trips, but also to have groups send supplies and care packages around the world with other ROW volunteers.

Nick’s wife Liz is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Chicago. Both natives of Virginia, Nick and Liz now reside in Chicago.

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Scott Neely is the Youth and Recreation Director at Alamance Presbyterian Church in Greensboro, NC, and has worked there for a little over 4 years. He was born in Washington, PA and grew up in Dayton, OH where his parents still live. He earned his Bachelors of Science Degree in Urban Affairs from Wright State University in Dayton, and earned his Masters Degree in Parks and Recreation from Clemson University in South Carolina.

Scott’s global interests were jumpstarted after leading a group of adults on a mission trip to Xpujil, Mexico. It was during this trip that he somehow didn’t acquire the proper paper work to have a Belizean car in Mexico, thus having to “bypass” the state border crossing through the jungle because the guard would not let him through. On this same trip, he got his video camera stolen (with amazing footage by the way), along with $500, from the Mexican Federal Police after they broke into their van. However, he was fine with that because he thought he was going to jail for having an illegal vehicle in Mexico. Additionally, he somehow become the host of some nasty blister/fungus on his leg that even US doctors would not touch! It’s those kinds of experiences that excites him about stepping outside your comfort zone!

Scott also enjoys extended-day whiter river trips with his close friends, sea kayaking, surf kayaking, playing music, coaching and playing soccer, reading, biking, and spending trim with family and friends.