Meet Our Team

Staff Directory

Our staff is made up of close to 50 passionate individuals who are dedicated to fulfilling our vision. Each individual is deeply involved in making a difference for every Big and Little apart of our organization. Learn more about who supports the hundreds of one-to-one relationships below.

Nancy Winemiller Basinger

President/CEO

[email protected]

801.743.1662

Nancy first became a Big to Little Sister Tina in Indiana in 1995. This powerful experience and her continuing strong belief in the mission led Nancy to join the team at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Utah 20 years later, where she has served as President & CEO since January 2015. Nancy earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Georgia, an MPA in Nonprofit Management and a BS in Accounting, both from Indiana University.  Immediately prior to joining BBBSU, she spent 12 years at the University of Utah, first as an Assistant Professor in the Master of Public Administration Program and later as the Engaged Faculty Director at the Lowell Bennion Community Service Center. Her research has appeared in several journals including Nonprofit Management & Leadership, the Journal of Nonprofit Management, and the Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education. Nancy and her husband Mike were a Big Couple to Little Brother Porter until he graduated in 2020. Currently, Nancy serves as Co-Leader of the BBBSU Girl Scout Troop. She also serves the BBBS network and the Utah community in several roles including as a Commissioner on the Utah Commission on Service and Volunteerism (and chair of the Community Engagement committee), co-chair of the committee on Evaluation, Outputs and Outcomes and co-chair of the Education Subcommittee for the Advocacy Council of the Big Brothers Big Sisters Nationwide Leadership Council and is a member of the Steering Committee for the BBBS Large Agency Alliance.   

Jill Sundstrom, has worked with Big Brothers Big Sisters for 18 years, and is currently the Chief Operating Officer, managing the mentoring programs and the Donation Center, a social enterprise supporting BBBSU.  She has been a big sister three times, once in each of the three programs that BBBSU runs, and most recently watched her mentee from the mentor2.0 program graduate from high school in 2017. Jill graduated from the University of Utah with a Masters in Public Administration (emphasis in nonprofit management) and a Bachelors of Science in Political Science with a minor in Sociology.  She is passionate about helping children find and build resilience.   She lives in West Bountiful, Utah with her husband and twin 8 year old daughters and in their spare time they love to travel and be outside.

Jill Sundstrom

COO

[email protected]

801.743.1676

Brandi Jolley

CDO

[email protected]

801.743.1674

Brandi Jolley has been the Chief Development Officer for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Utah (BBBSU) since 2009. Brandi earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in Speech Communication at the University of Utah and has previously held Development positions with The Road Home, Judge Memorial, and Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Salt Lake. She was on the Board of the Murray Chamber Women in Business. Brandi lives in Salt Lake City and has a 21 year old son who is attending the University of Utah. She has recently become obsessed with trivia and can be found watching Cash Cab until all hours of the night.

Brian Sheets is a Certified Public Accountant and has worked in the non-profit industry for almost 25 years as the Chief Financial Officer for three different non-profit agencies. In addition he has taught non-profit financial management courses for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Utah Society of Certified Public Accountants and Westminster College Graduate program.

Brian Sheets

CFO

[email protected]

801.743.1683

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Anthony Roberts

mentor2.0 Program Coordinator

[email protected]

801.970.4092

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Camille Jenkins

Community-Based Program Manager

[email protected]

801.928.6726

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Dan Gibbs

Refugee Mentoring Coordinator

[email protected]

801.743.1670

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Dan Salay

mentor2.0 Program Team Lead

[email protected]

385.666.8795

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Eowyn Cassavaugh

Site-Based Program Team Lead

[email protected]

385.218.0984

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Jim Tarr

Volunteer Services Team Lead

[email protected]

801.743.1671

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Kariann Atkin

Match Support and Stewardship Team Lead

[email protected]

801.743.1675

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Maria Forrester

Enrollment Team Lead – Spanish

[email protected]

307.463.1321

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Melanie Montelongo-Bernardino

Bilingual Site-Based Program Coordinator

[email protected]

801.970.2942

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Misty Theobald

Accounting Assistant and Office Manager

[email protected]

801.313.0303

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Mike Parsons

Fund Development Manager

[email protected]

801.743.1673

Ghada Abubatnain

Refugee Mentoring Coordinator

[email protected]

801.743.1667

Nicholas Webster

Grants Coordinator

[email protected]

801.743.1663

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Rachal Milford

Mentoring Support Coordinator (Part-time)

[email protected]

385.215.6349

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Rosario Sorensen

Customer Relations

[email protected]

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Sarah Segovia

mentor2.0 Program Coordinator

[email protected]

385.254.1014

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Shelise Davis

mentor2.0 Program Coordinator

[email protected]

801.854.6843

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Suraya Medina

Bilingual Mentoring Support Coordinator

[email protected]

385.414.5962

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Taylor Cole

Enrollment Coordinator

[email protected]

801.940.8957

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Madeline Gibson

mentor2.0 Program Coordinator

[email protected]

385.376.4220

Alison Amann

Marketing Manager

[email protected]

801.743.1668

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Lehua Nakamaejo

Administrative Assistant

[email protected]

385.284.2413

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Carl Grimm

Program Coordinator

[email protected]

801.970.2952

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Janeen Lindorff

Bilingual Mentoring Support Coordinator

[email protected]

801.630.9496

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Nephi Brimhall

Human Resources Manager

[email protected]

801.877.0039

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Emma Tucker

mentor2.0 Program Coordinator

[email protected]

801.743.1677

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Thomas Tripodi

Site-Based Program Coordinator

[email protected]

385.272.1728

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Jade Hovorka

Customer Relations

[email protected]

385.449.0738

Nancy Velasco

Recruitment and Enrollment Coordinator

[email protected]

801.814.6010

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Ashley Sambrano

Enrollment Coordinator

[email protected]

801.743.1672

St. George

Becky Hurd

Recruitment & Enrollment Coordinator

[email protected]

435.673.9476

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Stephanie Lundgreen

Southern Utah Manager

[email protected]

801.710.7353

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Tresa Downey

Mentoring Support Coordinator

[email protected]

435.291.4208

Park City

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Marisol White

Mentoring Support Coordinator (Part-time)

[email protected]

435.659.9814

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Jamie Ortega

Bilingual Recruitment and Mentoring Coordinator

[email protected]

385.666.8794

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Kyler Pigott

Summit and Wasatch Counties Manager

[email protected]

801.855.6240

Belen Blum

Mentoring Support Coordinator

[email protected]

385.343.3335

Donation Center

Joe Fangalua

Partnership & In-Kind Coordinator

[email protected]

801.743.1666

Jason Whetton

Donation Center Associate Director

[email protected]

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Joseph Juarez

Donation Center Director

[email protected]

801.743.1664

Board Directory

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Utah’s Board of Directors ensures that every chapter is held accountable for providing safe and successful one-to-one mentoring opportunities to kids throughout the nation. The following individuals oversee the work and efforts made by our CEO and staff. With their support, we are able to sustain the relationships we have with our corporate and community partners.

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Mark St. Andre, PhD, Chair, University of Utah

Stephen Clay, Treasurer, EMI Health

Mike King, Secretary, Commercial Real Estate

Merlin Jensen, Past Chair, Complete Recovery

Tami Flandro, SelectHealth

Joanna Bell, Discover

Cameron Boice, Goldman Sachs

Amanda Harper, Square

Angela Peleschka, SnapFinance

Wade Pitts, Fort Point Capital Partners

Leena Rinne, Franklin Covey

KayC Jolley, Red Rock Demolition

Levi Smith, Cambia Health Solutions

Debbie Stone, Employers Council