Staff Roster
Neal Myrick
Executive Director
Neal Myrick joined Groundwire as executive director in May of 2010, bringing a wealth of experience in both nonprofit leadership and technology management. For the last six years, he was the managing director of technology at Casey Family Programs, a national foundation focusing on issues of foster care. Prior to Casey he spent a decade working for Seattle-based software companies including Visio, where he built and managed a worldwide team of IT professionals. Read more
phone: 206.286.1235 x12 | email neal (at) groundwire.org
David Averill
Director of Consulting
Over the past eight years, Dave Averill has been instrumental in building our nationally recognized consulting team. He manages the client process and an all-star team of software developers and consultants. Dave works with each client from intake through implementation through evaluation, ensuring that the environmental groups we work with have the civic engagement tools they need to effectively engage, organize and mobilize the public. Read more
phone: 206.286.1235 x18 | email davida (at) groundwire.org
Jon Baldivieso
Web Development Program Manager
Jon tries to save the environmental community's websites from the 1990s—he makes websites behave the way they should and look their best using the open source content management system Plone. Read more
phone: 206.286.1235 x28 | email jonb (at) groundwire.org
Kelley Bevans
Project Manager
From intake through launch, Kelley manages website projects for Groundwire. Kelley came to Groundwire in 2006 after working more than seven years in the decision-analysis software industry, where she focused on web integration and IT project management. Read more
phone: 206.286.1235 x26 | email kelley (at) groundwire.org
Evan Callahan
CRM Consultant
Evan brings 15 years experience providing database and strategic technology solutions to dozens of businesses and nonprofits. Most recently, he led the database consulting practice at NPower Seattle. Evan is the author of several books on Microsoft Access. Read more
Evan is a Salesforce.com Certified Consultant.
phone: 206.286.1235 x14 | email evan (at) groundwire.org
Nicolas Campbell
CRM Developer
Nicolas is a native Washingtonian who has lived half of his life in Toulouse, France. He earned a bachelor's degree in computer science at a French university before returning to the shores of the Puget Sound, where he worked at Microsoft in software development and project management for several years. Read more
Nicolas is a Salesforce.com Certified Force.com Developer.
phone: 206.286.1235 x33 | email nicolas (at) groundwire.org
Tiffany Devoy
Development Director
Tiffany's strong commitment to social and environmental justice brought her to Groundwire in early 2006. Before joining Groundwire, Tiffany spent more than 10 years fundraising in and for the Seattle nonprofit community. Read more
phone: 206.286.1235 x13 | email tiffany (at) groundwire.org
Ryan Foster
Developer
Ryan joined the Web and CRM teams at Groundwire in spring of 2011.
phone: 206.286.1235 x30 | email ryan (at) groundwire.org
Sara Freedman
Editor
Sara enjoys writing about the environment and technology in plain language. She was raised in the high desert of Oregon -- home to timber barons, cattle ranchers and environmentalists. Read more
phone: 206.286.1235 x42 | email sara (at) groundwire.org
David Glick
Web Developer
David divides his time between implementing websites in Plone, keeping the servers running, and developing new tools for Groundwire Labs. He is a Plone core developer and a member of the Plone security team and the Plone roadmap team, and served as a technical reviewer of Martin Aspeli's much-loved book on Plone development. Read more
phone: 206.286.1235 x32 | email davidglick (at) groundwire.org
David Habib
CRM Consultant
David joins Groundwire after nine years of working on his own, trying to save the world, one nonprofit database and web project at a time. He's excited to work once again with smart, motivated people, and to continue to serve the nonprofit community. Read more
phone: 206.286.1235 x25 | email davidhabib (at) groundwire.org
Sam Knox
CRM Consultant
Sam has extensively documented many of the online tools used by Groundwire and our clients including the Plone Content Management System and Salesforce. He is now focused on delivering the Email Broadcasting consulting program and Salesforce consulting for Groundwire in addition to training, web analytics consulting, content strategy and related projects. Read more
phone: 206.286.1235 x21 | email sam (at) groundwire.org
Eric Magnuson
Labs Manager
Eric Magnuson joins Groundwire to lead the Labs program and help pioneer a new model for catalyzing innovation for the environmental nonprofit sector. He comes to the position having spent the last fourteen years developing Web technologies and the last ten directly serving the needs of nonprofits online. Previously, Eric founded and was Managing Director of Web Collective, an eight person web consulting company focused on organizations with a sustainability mission. Read more
phone: 206.286.1235 x22 | email eric (at) groundwire.org
Dave Manelski
CRM Program Manager
Dave Manelski is a database specialist who leads Groundwire’s CRM team. He has been a project leader on Groundwire’s largest CRM projects, including work with Green for All, Idaho Conservation League, the Alliance for Climate Education, Tree People, Dogwood Initiative, and The Story of Stuff. Read more
Dave is a Salesforce.com Certified Force.com Developer.
phone: 206.286.1235 x31 | email davem (at) groundwire.org
Chris McCullough
Strategist
Chris McCullough joins Groundwire with a combination of hands-on technical skills and nine years of in-the-trenches campaign experience. He was the campaign director for Congressman Jay Inslee and managed the successful I-937, a statewide renewable energy initiative. He helped launch Fuse, an online progressive advocacy organization, and was the deputy director for the Obama campaign in Washington state.
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phone: 206.286.1235 x19 | email chrism(at) groundwire.org
Christine O'Connor
Operations Director
Christine joined Groundwire after taking a break from the paid workforce to raise two daughters. A veteran of twenty years in technology management roles at large corporations, she is excited to be making a contribution to the mission of Groundwire. Read more
phone: 206.286.1235 x29 | email christine (at) groundwire.org
Sean Pender
Information Systems Manager
Sean is responsible for the integrity of the data at Groundwire and for some of the administrative functions at the office, including HR, Accounts Payable, and Accounts Receivable. Additionally, he does a little of this and a little of that: proofreading around the office, random support for our fundraising, and with the intersection of our programs and our bookkeeping practices. Read more
phone: 206.286.1235 x11 | email sean (at) groundwire.org
Matthew Scholtz
CRM Consultant
The founding (and only) member of the Bellingham field office, Matthew joined Groundwire in 2007. He has over a decade of experience building databases for nonprofits and helping them use CRM to further their missions. Read more
Matthew is a Salesforce.com Certified Force.com Developer.
206.286.1235 x27 | email matthew (at) groundwire.org
Karen Uffelman
Director of Client Strategy
Karen brings significant expertise in membership engagement, coalition building, fundraising, and asking questions. Karen’s first real job was managing a performing arts center called New City Theater. Other previous credits include Development Director for Corporate Accountability International, Associate Director of Washington Environmental Alliance for Voter Education (WEAVE), and Managing Director of Washington Conservation Voters. Read more
phone: 206.286.1235 x20 | email karen (at) groundwire.org
Matt Yoder
Web Developer
Matt is a "middle-end" developer who enjoys working in the places where geeky back-end meets the elegant front-end. He specializes in platform integration, data manipulation and visualization. Matt joins the web team after a year of volunteering at Groundwire through the Mennonite Voluntary Service program. Read more
phone: 206.286.1235 x17 | email mattyoder (at) groundwire.org

