Staff
Meet our team of passionate experts with extensive national and international disaster, philanthropic and nonprofit experience.
Patricia “Patty” McIlreavy
President and CEO
humanitarian leadership, equitable recovery, philanthropy
Regine A. Webster
Vice President
philanthropy, disaster events, humanitarian crises
Jennifer Commander, CPA
Chief Financial Officer
financial due diligence, contracts, regulatory requirements, accounting, tax compliance
Nancy Beers
Senior Associate
Tamara Botteri
Development Assistant
Allison Conroe
Program Associate, Domestic Funds
due diligence, migrant workers & refugees, agroecology
Cari Cullen
Director, Midwest Early Recovery Fund
early recovery, rural recovery, community needs assessment, low-attention disasters
Taylor Dudley
International Program Associate
Ruja Entcheva
Marketing and Communications Manager
Robin Fender
Development Associate
Alex Gray
Director, International Funds
humanitarian leadership, policy & practice; equitable recovery
Tanya Gulliver-Garcia
Director, Learning and Partnerships
equity issues, disaster giving trends, response and recovery strategies
Liz Joseph
Operations Associate
Audrey Kidwell
Grants Manager
Kimberlee Maphis Early
Senior Associate
Devin Mathias
Senior Director, Development
Kristina “Yna” C. Moore
Senior Director, Marketing and Communications
Guy Pinguino
Accounting Associate
Sally Ray
Director, Domestic Funds
equitable recovery, trauma-informed care, advocacy, building community capacity for recovery
Heidi Schultz
Program Manager, Midwest Early Recovery Fund
working with Native American communities, rural health care, social determinants of health
Austin Snowbarger
Learning and Partnerships Manager