Julia Jay
Development Assistant
Department: Resource Development
Area of Focus: Julia helps the development department with fundraising and gift tracking from foundations, major donors and other supporters.
Background: Julia joined American Rivers in 2013. Prior to that she worked as the Grants and Development Coordinator at Society for Neuroscience. Julia was a Peace Corps volunteer in Benin, West Africa where she taught sustainable agriculture and worked on sanitation projects.
Previous internships include writing and editing for Rare Conservation, assisting with communications at Missouri Votes Conservation, and working on grant projects for Morning Tears in Beijing.
Education: B.A. in Environmental Studies and East Asian Religions from Washington University in St. Louis.
Favorite River: Mississippi River
