Joe (he/him) serves as the Senior Manager of America the Beautiful for All Coalition Strategy and Development. He works with funders to support joint 30x30 and Justice 40 goals nationally to benefit frontline and communities of color. He has a background in philanthropy, community stewardship, behavior change, and building capacity of individual organizations and networks of nonprofits. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Geographical Sciences with a concentration in Environment Systems and Natural Resource Management from the University of Maryland, College Park and an Executive Certificate in Nonprofit Management from Georgetown University.
Joe, born in Guatemala, was adopted in the 90s and grew up just outside of Annapolis, Maryland. He identifies as a queer, latine, indigenous, transracial international adoptee and environmentalist. Joe is the Chair of the State of Maryland Commission on LGBTQIA+ Affairs, the Chair of the Board of Annapolis Pride, a Planning Committee Member for the Naturally Latinos Conference and the Chesapeake Watershed Forum, and serves as a mentor in the Young Professionals of Color program with the Choose Clean Water Coalition.
