Community Jury
This list of people are community members who HAVE participated in previous granting juries. Our community jury is ever changing and these are not nessesarily the jurors who will be adjudicating your specific grant. If you are interested in becoming a jury member, please fill in the form on our nomination page.
Kate Maddigan
Always amazed at how full life can be on a small remote island. 2022 Fund for Gender Equity Jury Member, 2022 Grants in Aid Jury Member, 2023 Recovery Fund Jury Member
Sarah Deagle
Sarah is a Quadra Island resident and the CSRF coordinator for Quadra Island Foundation in addition to being a keen local community participant and volunteer. 2023 Recovery Fund Jury Member
Bruce Ellingsen
80+ years on Cortes. Remain interested in community processes, main focus – forestry. 2023 Recovery Fund Jury Member, 2024 MicroGrants for Neighbours jury member.
Brenda Hanson
Brenda was born & raised in Powell River BC. She spent multiple years in Vancouver until she relocated to Vancouver Island. She loves animals, music & singing. She is from the Klahoose First Nation. 2023 Recovery Fund Jury Member, 2023/24 Community Cultivator.
Julian Ayers
25 years on Cortes and maintaining community connections. 2023 Recovery Fund Jury Member. 2023 Grant in Aid Jury Member.
Ester Strijbos
Passionate about supporting our community so everyone has equal access to services that they need in order to thrive. 2022 Fund for Gender Equity Jury Member, 2023 Recovery Fund Jury Member, 2023/24 Community Cultivator
Immanuel McKenty
Island-raised, West Coast kid. Excited to help make this a vibrant and sustainable community, bursting at the seams with creativity, music and art. 2021 MicroGrants for Neighbours Jury Member, 2023 Recovery Fund Jury Member. 2023 Grant in Aid Jury Member.
Tommaso Biasolo
Professional wanderluster, perpetual learner, and certified jack-of-all-trades (except maybe juggling, let’s not talk about that). 2023 Recovery Fund Jury Member
Sadie Reed
2022 Gender Equity Jury Member.
Dana Solomon
Dana Bass Solomon has lived on Cortes Island for 23 years. She has served on several non profit boards and cares about supporting people and community. 2023/24 Community Cultivator.
Rebeka Carpenter
Giving back has always been a part of Rebeka’s life as the eldest in my large extended family, being a Minister’s daughter, Girl Scout Leader, Al Anon member for 25+ years., PTA board member, and at-risk youth advocate. 2023 Grant in Aid jury member, 2024 Prosperity Fund jury member.
Tecuana Cliffton-Wooldridge
Tecuana is a passionate outdoors person who has spent much of her life on Cortes Island. Serving as Campus Director at Hollyhock, Tecuana is deeply connected to the Cortes Island community, employment, and the natural world. 2023 Grant in Aid jury member, 2024 MicroGrants forNeighbours jury member.
Georgina Silby
From Wales, devoted to loving Cortes Island since age 8. Currently lives and works at Klahoose First Nation. Committed to being a good relative, not just to humans. Passionate about youth, the forest, work done by hand, social justice and swimming at the lake. MicorGrants for Neighbours 2024 jury member.
Forrest Berman-Hatch
Forrest feels incredibly lucky to have grown up on Cortes and wants to give back where he can. He is passionate about conservation, community resilience and climate action, as well as the social and natural history of this tide swept place. He likes telling stories. Mostly true. MicorGrants for Neighbours 2024 jury member.
Kiera Tsakonas
Kiera feels humbled to have grown up on Cortes and continuously finds herself re-engaged by the community in one way or another. She is passionate about climate change adaptation and community resilience. MicorGrants for Neighbours 2023 jury member.
Coralie Grebenart-Castonguay
Coralie’s childhood on Cortes was filled with love, joy, music, friends and art. She wishes to keep in that way for the future generations of the Island. MicroGrants for Neighbours 2023 Jury Member.