Board & Staff

The Biodiversity Funders Group is a nonprofit organization led by a board of directors, which is elected by the membership. Board members meet three times a year to monitor and provide accountability for our programs, finances, and systems. Board members serve two-year terms for as many as three consecutive terms.

Biodiversity Funders Group
2024-2025 Board of Directors

Staff

Paige Brown
CEFG Program Director

Paige Brown

Paige is the program director for the Climate and Energy Funders Group, where she works with funders to facilitate collaboration and expand the field of climate and energy philanthropy.
Director Of Finance And Operations

Albert Buixade Farre

Albert holds a BA in business administration, a master’s degree in international relations from the Fletcher School at Tufts University, and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Regional Coordinator Funders of the Amazon Basin

Dubán Canal

Dubán has 15 years of experience in public, private, and international organizations, building and leading initiatives that contribute to the transformation of society and the benefit of ecosystems and their communities, especially in Colombia.
Data Analysis & Member Engagement Specialist/Manager, Chile Conservation Funders

Cristina Castiglioni

Cristina holds a master’s degree in international relations from San Francisco State University, where she studied the intrinsic connection of environmental issues as they relate to economic development, with a focus on conflict in Colombia and the Middle East.
Monica Guerra
MEMBERSHIP ASSOCIATE

Monica Guerra

A Los Angeles resident with Afro-Caribbean roots, Monica was born and raised in San Francisco and holds degrees in broadcast and communications from San Francisco State University.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Judy Hatcher

Judy has over four decades of experience in grassroots movements and social justice philanthropy and led grantmaking programs at the Crossroads Fund, the Funding Exchange, and the Environmental Support Center.
DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES

Lisa Pawlek Jaguzny

Lisa has held many leadership roles across the conservation community. She recently transitioned Oxbow Farm & Conservation Center to promoting climate-resilient practices through regenerative agriculture and environmental stewardship.
PROGRAM COORDINATOR

Eliza Phillips

Eliza has close to a decade of nonprofit experience. Eliza holds a BA from Colby College in environmental science with a concentration in marine science. She is passionate about protecting the environment and making positive changes in local and global communities.
Gerald Reese
IT SPECIALIST

Gerald Reese

Gerald previously served as facility manager/webmaster with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center and webmaster for the Oakland Museum of California, along with other roles at the City of Oakland.
PROGRAM MANAGER, MEXICO CONSERVATION FUNDERS & SPECIAL PROJECTS

Minerva Rosette Perezvargas

Originally from Mexico, Minerva has over a decade of experience in natural resource conservation in collaboration with local communities, with a vision of environmental challenges at the national, regional, and local scale.
Megan Waterman
PROGRAM OFFICER, CEFG

Megan Waterman

Megan has extensive experience working with a range of global and domestic NGO’s in both policy oriented and philanthropic roles focusing on strategic partnerships, programmatic preparedness and fund development.