Team

Andrea leads several grantmaking programs, including the Maine Program, and coordinates the Maine Coastal and Marine Climate Fund. Her work is informed by over two decades of engagement grounded in partnership, stewardship, and long-term commitment to issues and communities.

Ben is the program director of Venturous Theater Fund, which supports the production of theatrically ambitious new plays and advances creative growth and financial security for playwrights. He is a longtime theater industry professional and advocate for dramatists and their work. He is the co-author with Todd London of Outrageous Fortune: The Life and Times of the New American Play.

Betsy oversees and manages two grantmaking programs, Eliminating Toxic Pollution & Living with Beavers, and works with foundation trustees and advisors to set the strategies and priorities of each program while also working with non-profit leaders to support their work and grow the field’s impact. She brings over 30 years of experience in leading and managing non-profits, policy advocacy, and organizing committed to engaging communities to solve the biggest environmental challenges we face.

Bill is a program officer for the Eliminating Toxic Pollution Program. He brings decades of experience shaping innovative efforts that have measurably reduced toxic pollution at the local, national, and international level.

Dan oversees grants management functions for Broad Reach Foundation, ensuring compliance with IRS regulations on private foundation giving, overseeing the grants management database, and partnering with programs and grantees to ensure smooth, efficient issuance of funds. He brings over 8 years of experience in grants management and 15+ years of experience in the nonprofit sector as an administrator and project manager.

Erin provides overarching leadership for the Foundation’s grantmaking programs, operations, and financial management, working in partnership with the staff team, board and other partners. She brings more than 25 years of experience as a private foundation executive and as an independent consultant advising on philanthropic giving.

Jane provides leadership for the From Now On Fund program. Jane brings more than 25 years’ experience as a public health professional and nutrition policy advocate.

Jeff co-leads the Foundation’s climate change grantmaking. He brings several decades of experience in government, the media, political organizing, nonprofit advocacy, and philanthropy.

Jen leads the Humanitarian Health and Human Rights grantmaking program. She brings two decades of experience in global and humanitarian health, focusing on community-based healthcare for displaced and conflict affected communities, outbreak preparedness and response, and using epidemiologic methods to document human rights violations. She has worked around the world, especially in south and southeast Asia.

Lacey is dedicated to driving smooth and efficient operations across program areas and internal-facing processes. Newer to philanthropy, she brings a legal background that informs a detail-oriented, organized, client-focused, and compliance-minded approach to operational excellence.

Patrick co-leads the Foundation’s climate grant making. He has more than fifteen years of experience building, leading, and supporting environmental advocacy campaigns.

Carol is the co-founder of the Foundation. She began her professional work in philanthropy more than sixty years ago in roles at Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Drawing on these professional experiences, Carol brings her commitment to effective grantmaking practices to her board leadership.

Peter serves on the board and on several grant committees including the Foundation’s programs on Venturous Theater Fund, Climate and Beavers. He also provides day-to-day leadership of the Foundation’s Diplomacy and Restraint program. Outside of his role at the Foundation, Peter is the co-founder, with his wife Naia, of Working Barn Productions, a film finance and development company. He is also a freelance theater director, actor, and producer.

Adam serves on the board and on the committee responsible for the Foundation’s grantmaking program on beavers and humanitarian health and human rights, as well as the audit committee. Adam holds degrees as an MD, PhD, MPH and DTM&H. He is a senior affiliate and core faculty at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the Department of International Health.

Wendy is a senior advisor to Broad Reach Foundation. She serves on several committees including finance, personnel and investment as well as grantmaking committees for Toxics and Climate. Professionally, Wendy serves as Vice President of Loring, Wolcott & Coolidge (LWC), where she works principally in the firm’s Sustainability Group. She is a Trustee and Partner of the firm.

Jo is a senior advisor to Broad Reach Foundation. She is a Clinical Professor of Global Health at the New York University School of Global Public Health and Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at New York University School of Medicine.