Basic Needs Giving Partnership

Most recently Lynn served as the lead staff for the POINT Regional Poverty Initiative for six years, where she collaborated with place-based funders, service providers, nonprofits, and businesses to reduce poverty in NE Wisconsin.  Before moving to Green Bay to be closer to family, Lynn lived in the Pacific Northwest where she spent 20 years in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors serving in programmatic, grant-writing, senior leadership, and board roles. She’s spent most of her career working to build capacities of nonprofit organizations and community leaders of all types through organizations and national networks like Communities In Schools and Social Venture Partners Seattle. She spent 8 years at SVP Seattle where she oversaw a multi-pronged million-dollar community investment strategy while also working with funding collaboratives across the state to align and support local and regional collective impact initiatives. She holds a master’s degree in Public Administration from the University of Washington and a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Syracuse University.

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Stephanie is driven by a deep commitment to strengthening community through trust, collaboration, and action. Her approach is relational and her experience is rooted in centering the people most impacted to have voice and power in the decisions that affect their lives. Stephanie is a strong advocate for nonprofits and community-led groups across our region.

Throughout Stephanie’s career, she has worked to build alliances, shift systems, and take action toward equitable outcomes with a focus on health equity and racial justice. She brings 15 years of local and state policy experience focused on addressing social and structural determinants that drive inequities. Prior to this role, Stephanie served as a public health strategist at Winnebago County Health Department. Stephanie’s career also includes eight years of nonprofit experience as both an executive director and grassroots community organizer serving the Oshkosh, Fox Valley, and Green Bay region.

Stephanie has called Oshkosh her home for over 25 years and enjoys walking her golden retriever through local parks, joining in the Slow Roll community bike rides with friends, and supporting the Oshkosh Food Co-op that she worked with many amazing community leaders to build. Stephanie has a master’s degree in Public Administration and a bachelor’s degree in Human Services Leadership from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.

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