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

(She/Her)

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

(She/Her)

Chief Operating Officer

[email protected]

801.743.1676

Brandi Jolley

(She/Her)

Chief Development Officer

[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.

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Anthony Roberts

(He/Him)

mentor2.0 Program Coordinator

[email protected]

801.970.4092

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Camille Jenkins

(She/Her)

Community-Based Program Manager

[email protected]

801.928.6726

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Dan Gibbs

Refugee Mentoring Support Coordinator

[email protected]

801.743.1670

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Dan Salay

(He/Him)

mentor2.0 Program Manger

[email protected]

385.666.8795

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Eowyn Cassavaugh

(She/Her)

Site-Based Program Manager

[email protected]

385.218.0984

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Jim Tarr

(He/Him)

Volunteer Recruiter

[email protected]

801.743.1671

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Kariann Atkin

Mentoring Stewardship & Support Team Lead

[email protected]

801.743.1675

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Maria Forrester

(She/Her)

Bilingual Enrollment Team Lead

[email protected]

307.463.1321

Giselle Soriano

(She/Her)

Bilingual Enrollment Coordinator

[email protected]

801.743.1668

Ghada Abubatnain

(She/Her)

Refugee Mentoring Support Coordinator

[email protected]

801.743.1667

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Melanie Montelongo-Bernardino

(She/Her)

Bilingual Site-Based Program Coordinator

[email protected]

801.970.2942

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Misty Theobald

(She/Her)

Controller

[email protected]

801.313.0303

Nicholas Webster

Grants Coordinator

[email protected]

801.743.1663

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Rachal Milford

Big Futures Coordinator

[email protected]

385.215.6349

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Rosario Sorensen

(She/Her)

Customer Relations Specialist

[email protected]

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Sarah Segovia

(She/Her)

Marketing Manager

[email protected]

385.254.1014

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Shelise Davis

(She/Her)

mentor2.0 Program Coordinator

[email protected]

801.854.6843

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Suraya Medina

(She/Her)

Bilingual Mentoring Support Coordinator

[email protected]

385.414.5962

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Taylor Cole

(She/Her)

Mentoring Coordinator – All Programs

[email protected]

801.940.8957

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Madeline Gibson

(She/Her)

mentor2.0 Program Coordinator

[email protected]

385.376.4220

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Lehua Nakamaejo

(She/Her)

Office Manager & Executive Assistant

[email protected]

385.284.2413

Carl Grimm

(He/Him)

Manager of Volunteer Recruitment

[email protected]

801.970.2952

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Janeen Lindorff

(They/Them)

Bilingual Mentoring Support Coordinator

[email protected]

801.630.9496

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Jade Hovorka

(She/Her)

Customer Relations Specialist

[email protected]

385.449.0738

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Emma Tucker

(She/Her)

mentor2.0 Program Coordinator

[email protected]

801.743.1677

Nancy Velasco

(She/Her)

Bilingual Recruitment & Enrollment Coordinator

[email protected]

801.814.6010

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Ashley Sambrano

(She/Her)

Bilingual Enrollment Coordinator

[email protected]

801.743.1672

Kim Domacilio

(She/Her)

Enrollment Coordinator

[email protected]

385.376.42 16

Nicholina Womack

(She/Her)

Vice President of Administration

[email protected]

801.888.5983

Meghan Buxton

(She/Her)

Site-Based Program Coordinator

[email protected]

801.743.1672

Correna Hansen

(She/Her)

mentor 2.0 Program Coordinator

[email protected]

801.813.4983

St. George

Becky Hurd

(She/Her)

Recruitment & Enrollment Coordinator

[email protected]

435.673.9476

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Stephanie Lundgreen

(She/Her)

Southern Satellite Utah Manager

[email protected]

801.710.7353

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Tresa Downey

(She/Her)

Mentoring Support Coordinator

[email protected]

435.291.4208

Park City

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Marisol White

(She/Her)

Bilingual Mentoring Support Coordinator

[email protected]

435.659.9814

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Jamie Ortega

(She/Her)

Bilingual Mentoring Support Coordinator

[email protected]

385.666.8794

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   Thomas Tripodi

(He/Him)

Summit/Wasatch Satellite Manager

[email protected]

385.272.1728

Belen Blum

(She/Her)

Billingual Mentoring Support Coordinator

[email protected]

385.343.3335

Donation Center

Joe Fangalua

(He/Him)

Donation Center Partnership Coordinator

[email protected]

801.743.1666

Jason Whetton

(He/Him)

Donation Center Associate Director

[email protected]

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Joseph Juarez

(He/Him)

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