Allie Armstrong joined Wilburforce in 2024 as a Grants Administrator. She helps manage the administration of Wilburforce’s grantmaking by ensuring our grantee partners can confidently navigate the grant application process. Hailing from Chicago, Allie has worked in the educational nonprofit and philanthropic sector for almost ten years with a focus on trust-based and equitable grantmaking […]

Jeanne Cragin, Grants Officer Jeanne joined Wilburforce in 2008 as the Office Manager, in 2012 served the role of Grants Manager, and in 2019 transitioned to the Program Associate for Science and Capacity program. Jeanne is currently serving as the foundation’s first Grants Officer. Jeanne obtained her Bachelor of Science in Social Work from Boise […]

John Daly is our Program Director for Yellowstone to Yukon. Prior to joining Wilburforce at the end of 2022, John worked for twelve years as the Public Lands Program Director at the Campion Advocacy Fund, where he was also the founding Executive Director of the American Lands Project. Before that he worked for Trust for […]

Denise Joines, Program Director, is responsible for the Foundation’s grantmaking in its Northwest/Southwest Program Area. Denise has spent her professional career entirely in the not-for-profit sector, working in leadership roles with environmental and humane organizations.  Before coming to the Foundation Denise was the Executive Director of ONE/Northwest, dedicated to protecting the environment through the effective […]

Megan Lopez is our Program Officer for Yellowstone to Yukon. She joined in 2022 and comes to Wilburforce from Belize, where she spent 2 years, first researching cattle farmer-jaguar conflict and then working as a grant writer and Development Manager with the conservation and community development non-profit, Ya’axché Conservation Trust. Prior to that, she explored […]

Megan Lucy is our Grants Administrator. She manages the administration of Wilburforce’s grant transactions to ensure that our data and processes are reliable, consistent, compliant with regulations, and supportive for our grantees. Prior to joining Wilburforce in 2022, Megan worked in higher education, the outdoor industry, and the non-profit sector in a variety of project management and […]

Yolanda Morris (she/her) joined Wilburforce in 2002 as Office Manager, then served in the role of Grants Manager starting in 2007 followed by joining the Northwest/Southwest team as Program Associate from 2011 to 2024. In 2024, Yolanda accepted the role of the Foundation’s Northwest/Southwest Program Officer. Since the mid-90’s, Yolanda has worked and volunteered in […]

Courtney Price is our Chief Operations Officer. She leads the Wilburforce administrative team, accounting operations, and grants management process. Before joining Wilburforce in 2011, she worked for various nonprofit organizations in fundraising, database management, and event planning roles. She holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from John Carroll University.  In her free time, Courtney enjoys […]

Armando Rojas is our Program Officer for Alaska and British Columbia.  He joined Wilburforce in 2024, and has a history of working on public lands and conservation through previous roles at the American Lands Project, where he connected policymakers with important landscapes such as America’s Arctic, and Western Conservation Foundation, where he focused on grantmaking […]

Chun-See, Office Manager, is responsible for ensuring efficient and effective operation of the Foundation’s core administrative functions in finance, technology and systems. Prior to Wilburforce, he served in a number of nonprofit leadership roles, including as Program Director at Environmental Leadership Program and TerraCorps. He is part of CEN’s Leaders Institute Class XVII, an Environmental […]