Nashville Area Volunteer Spotlight: David Buchanan - August 2018

The Nashville Area Volunteer Spotlight this month is lighting up the work of Mr. David Buchanan, a disaster volunteer and logistics lead for the TN Region. Dave is the volunteer partner with mass care and logistics manager, Crystal Fisher. He responds to logistical needs for chapters around the region for both Blue Sky (normal) and Gray Sky (disaster) activities, and he’s been volunteering since 2010 with the American Red Cross in various roles (including being a disaster action team [DAT] captain.). He has done multiple deployments in logistics, and one in Disaster Substances Technology, for which he was specially trained.

Originally from Huntsville, Dave has been in Nashville since 1985. He’s married to Nicole, a childhood sweetheart from Huntsville and a compensation specialist for Metro Public Schools, and they have three grown children, Katie, Mike, and Nicholas. When he’s not working as a Red Cross volunteer, Dave works as an independent recording engineer with several major recording studios around Music City. He enjoys hiking, yard work, and spending time outdoors with his two Great Pyrenees dogs. His favorite hikes locally are the Greenway and Radnor Lake. He’s also done a 70-mile stretch of the Appalachian Trail in the Smoky Mountains—a trek which took a week of steady walking. For the past couple of years, Dave and fellow “Red Crosser” Bob Stafford have been navigating the Cumberland River through Tennessee, and he says they’re now about 75% complete on that project. Dave is also a Predators fan and attends their games as often as possible.

Our chapter is most appreciative of Dave’s volunteer work for the Red Cross, and we’re happy to feature him in our Volunteer Spotlight.

Article by Marvin Koch, American Red Cross Volunteer