ECCF Staff

Our Staff

We are a family of community loving people.

In 2 years we have gone from a staff of four to a staff of nine becoming a dynamic and comprehensive team devoted to being the source of philanthropic guidance and nonprofit expertise in Essex County.

Professional Staff

	Dave Welbourn, President and CEO - has focused his career on developing resources for the growth of nonprofit institutions. He joined ECCF in the Spring of 2008 after long service as Senior Vice President at the Lahey Clinic, and was previously in senior leadership at the University of Vermont and Tufts. He teaches philanthropy and strategic planning as a consultant and volunteer for a variety of organizations, which is how he became engaged with ECCF. Dave and Lynn live in Wenham and share longstanding interests in many of the issues that ECCF supports.
	Julie Bishop, Vice President of Grants and Services - A Wenham resident, Julie has over 25 years of experience in development, grants management and general nonprofit administration in the local nonprofit community. Recent positions include Grants Manager at S.A.F.E. Studio in Ipswich and Director of Education at the Wenham Museum. Previously Julie was Director of Planning for TERI (The Education Resources Institute) in Boston. Julie has considerable volunteer community experience including currently serving as a Trustee of the House of the Seven Gables in Salem. She holds a B.S. from St. Lawrence University and a Master's from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
	Clare Gunther, Assistant Manager for Grants and Services - Clare Gunther’s experience includes working as a grant writer and program developer for a large human services agency that supports children and adults with developmental disabilities. She has also served as manager of grants and member services for the Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester and was the co-founder of a public education fund in Stonington, CT. Clare is a graduate of the University of Delaware. A former journalist, her work has appeared in publications including The New York Times, Child, Commonweal and Redbook.
	Pat Michaud - Administrative Assistant Pat has several years experience in marketing, desktop publishing and administration, and is excited to use both her marketing and administrative experience here at ECCF. For the past seven years, Pat was Development Coordinator at Spa Tech Institute in Ipswich, MA, responsible for marketing, publishing and program scheduling. Prior to that, she spent over 15 years at Palmer & Dodge LLP in Boston as an Administrative Assistant. Pat has a Bachelor’s Degree from Salem State College, with a major in Business and a minor in Marketing. She lives in Essex County, and is excited to be a part of the great work ECCF is known for.
	Kathy Moriconi, Administrative Manager comes to ECCF with an Associate Degree in Business. She has worked in the field of high tech most recently and has previous experience doing bookkeeping/accounting work for various companies. Her administrative experience over the past 20 years includes working in marketing/sales where she provided administrative support and coordinated quarterly conferences with an attendance of 350. Kathy is active in the Grandparents as Parents (GAP) group and is a member of the Legal Task Force working with the Merrimack Valley lawyers in setting up legal assistance for grandparents.
	Lorraine Jenks, Founder and Vice President of Operations- Lorraine (Astle) Jenks is a co-founder of ECCF. She served as Corporate Secretary to the Board for 6 years, she helped to establish various committees of ECCF and managed the operations of the organization. Lorraine’s entrepreneurial and management experience includes establishing her own professional services business, and providing start-ups in the high tech, legal and administrative service fields over the past 35 years with management and technical skills. Lorraine made a career change into the non-profit field and on a personal note hopes to “make a difference” in the community through her professional and personal experiences. Lorraine serves as a committee member on the Greater Lawrence Summer Fund.
	Frances Littell, Prospect Research Analyst - Fanny received an M.S. in Library and Information Science from Simmons College in 1985, which directed her career toward research and development. She has worked for MIT, NARAL as a Fundraiser and Volunteer Coordinator, and the Dana Hall School, Wellesley, as an Annual Fund assistant. Most recently, she has worked for Healthy Families/First Connections in Concord, as a Family Support Advocate from 2006-2008. Fanny is a community volunteer and lives in Somerville.
	Jonah Ruh, Web Manager- Jonah has a great interest in community, networking and communication. She is responsible for our websites and researching nonprofit organizations in Essex County. She went to Cornell University, leaving school for extensive travel around the country. She has recently returned to the area, joining ECCF in Dec 2007.
	David Tory, Founder and CFO- David co-founded Essex County Community Foundation in 1999. David spent his career in the Information Technology Industry, starting in the UK in 1962. He moved to the United States in 1980 where he held a number of senior executive positions in the software industry. After a brief retirement in 1997 he became actively engaged with a number of community based nonprofit organizations which led to his commitment to the nonprofit sector and the founding of ECCF.