Senior Grants Writer JoAnn D. Murchison joins the Wacif organization with extensive training and experience in community outreach, business development and fundraising. Her multi-industry career includes public relations and marketing, real estate development, non-profit fundraising, and event management. Over the last several years she has worked with national and local non-profit organizations including the American…

Equitable Development Fellow Geneva Greene is a doctoral student at Howard University with a profound passion for entrepreneurship and the elevation it can offer marginalized communities. She leverages her research to advocate for equitable policies and practices. Previously, Geneva spent more than a decade in Corporate Communications, and then in Human Resources as a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion consultant. She taught the first DEI…

Stewardship and Engagement Specialist Elise Haan is a passionate professional with four years of experience in the nonprofit sector. Elise’s prior work experience focused on the nonprofit environmental sector. However, she is excited to pivot to the local community development and social impact space because she believes that working to solve equity issues is a…

Development Manager Tonya Bailey serves as the Development Specialist at Wacif, where she applied her 18 + years of experience as a leader in poverty reduction and community development initiatives. Working with a statewide hunger relief effort, at the Ohio Association of Foodbanks, she served two terms with AmeriCorps, as an AmeriCorps VISTA member and…

Chief Development Officer Megan has extensive experience in fundraising, research, and writing and is passionate about using these skills to support low-income entrepreneurs in the D.C. area. Most recently, Megan worked as a non-profit fundraising consultant, supporting a range of organizations across the U.S. with their grants programs. She has worked and interned in the…