Wabun Foundation – About Us
The Wabun Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization that was founded in 2015 as Friends of Wabun and later became known as the Red Canoe Foundation. All of our board members and advisors had life-changing wilderness experiences at Wabun as teens and/or have witnessed the same transformations in their children who have attended Wabun. Since our founding in 2015, the core mission of connecting youth with transformative wilderness expeditions has remained unchanged and enduring.
Staff
Phoebe Knowles, Executive Director (phoebe.knowles@wabun.org)
Phoebe Knowles brings over 20 years of organizational leadership experience to her role of Executive Director of the Wabun Foundation. A versatile professional, she has held leadership roles in business, trade associations, academic and non-profit organizations. She is an active alumni leader for her alma maters, serving on the Board of the Association of Class Leaders for Brown University and working on alumni engagement for Middlebury’s Language Schools and Graduate Programs. She believes deeply in the value of time spent in the wilderness and is thrilled to be leading the Wabun Foundation to help ensure the long term sustainability of Camp Wabun’s summer camp program.
Board of Directors
Bill Green (Chair)
Chris Foster (Vice Chair)
Margie Thickstun (Secretary)
Andy Buckman (Treasurer)
Bill Porter (Director At Large)
Bill Anderson
Lila Clemenshaw
Hardin Coleman
Marc Daudon
Ellen Haenszel
Jason Lewis
Nikki McCarthy
Jo Lekometros Moore
Margot Moses
Lucas Rooney
Katie Stauffer
Stephanie Sullivan
Ian Watson
Camp Wabun Canada Charitable Corporation
Howard Barnebey (Chair)
Tammy Cole (Vice Chair)
Andrew Healy (Secretary)
Emeritus Circle
Libby Moore – in memoriam (Founding Director & Chair 2015-2019)
Advisory Board
Bill Brennan
Sierra Cole
Reece Echelberger
Conor Finnegan
Katherine Finnegan
Julia Forbes
Emma Gwyn
Andy Hartzell
John Moses
Mike Parker
John Webster
Bill Wellington
Wabun Foundation Annual Reports, FY 2019-2025
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