Josephine is a Philippines-born, Chicago suburb-raised, northern Michigan local who spent her early career working with and for nonprofit organizations in Chicago and Detroit. Centered on building sustainable fund development systems and organizational capacity, throughout her career she has been able to connect critical resources to numerous impact areas including, public arts programs and women in the workforce to urban educational systems and most recently, land and water conservation. In her last post, Josephine brought her nonprofit management expertise to the Walloon Lake Association and Conservancy as the Executive Director who led the organization through a critical time of change and modernization. A local change agent, Josephine supports other nonprofit organizations in her region through board membership and volunteerism.

Josephine and her young boys are avid mushroom hunters! She is also a sailing skipper of a mighty Sunfish. Josephine and her husband consider themselves the luckiest to be able to enjoy all the outdoor offerings of the Midwest’s four seasons with their family.