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Paul Beaudet is Executive Director of Wilburforce Foundation, which assures that native wildlife thrive throughout networks of connected lands and waters in Western North America. Paul leads the foundation’s program teams that invest in science, conservation policy, and community engagement. He also manages the foundation’s capacity building program, investing in grantee organizations and leaders to better plan, manage and sustain their work.

Paul originally joined Wilburforce in 1999 as Program Officer for Evaluation, and was promoted to Associate Director in 2002. Prior to that, he was Associate Director of the Pride Foundation, strengthening the LGBT community in the Pacific Northwest. He has also worked at a variety of nonprofit organizations in fundraising and programmatic roles, including the League of Conservation Voters, the Music Center of Los Angeles, Pacific Science Center, and the University of Washington.

Paul earned a Masters in Nonprofit Leadership from Seattle University in 1996, and later served on the program’s Visiting Committee and as adjunct faculty. He also recently completed seven years as Chair of the Program Strategies Committee and Vice Chair of the Board of the Environmental Grantmakers Association.

He, his husband, and a beloved mutt split their time between Seattle and Guemes Island.