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 […]
Read MoreAfter almost 25 years at Wilburforce Foundation, Birch (Paul) Beaudet is retiring as Executive Director. In reflecting on his work at the foundation, Birch said: “When I started at Wilburforce in 1999, I never would’ve imagined I would spend the remainder of my professional life in one place. My time here has been filled with […]
Read MoreThe Wilburforce Foundation presented today its 2022 Conservation Leadership Awards (CLA) to four visionaries for their yearslong efforts to preserve species and wildlands, particularly in northern Canada and in partnership with Indigenous leaders. The Conservation Leadership Award was established in 2000 and comes with a cash award for both the individual winner and the organization […]
Read MoreWilburforce values feedback. Every few years, the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) surveys our grantees and issues a Grantee Perception Report (GPR). The results ensure that we perform well in areas of particular importance to our strategic approach, and help identify opportunities to improve. As we’ve done with each of our past reports, we’re sharing […]
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Wilburforce has been partnering with Meade since her 2009 post-doc days at the University of Washington. Over the past decade, she has done an extraordinary job to advance biodiversity conservation under climate change through innovative, rigorous, and highly regarded assessments of climate impacts and adaptation responses for species and ecosystems. Through her current role with the University of Washington Climate Impacts Group and the Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center, Meade has helped Wilburforce and its partners like the Cascadia Partners Forum advance our shared goals of planning for conservation in a changing climate.
Meade’s efforts over the last ten years have shown that she is not only a top-notch scientist, but also an excellent communicator and collaborator. A 2015 Wilburforce Conservation Science Fellow, she is a stalwart champion of sharing her knowledge in the public discourse and decision-making. A great example of her dedication to connecting science to the climate change conversation is her 2018 op-ed in the Seattle Times about moving from despair about climate change to action. And Meade’s choice to work with the Climate Impacts Group shows an understanding that fostering long-lasting collaborative relationships leads to enduring conservation action. Meade’s impressive and highly relevant body of science scholarship and her dedication to the art and science of collaboration is why we are proud to honor Meade with our Conservation Leadership Award.
Thank you, Meade, for your contributions to climate adaptation science and your dedicated service to our partners.
All bios are from the year the award was presented.
All bios are from the year the award was presented.
All bios are from the year the award was presented.
