RCAP National Team

Olga Morales-Pate

Chief Executive Officer

Team Members

Lauren Caudle, Meeting & Events Planner

Emily Christ, Senior DCS Engineer

Katherine Coviello, Communications & Events Specialist

Gregorio Esparsen, Data & Impact Senior Specialist

Lisa Fought, Director of Capacity Development and Outreach

David Fredenburgh, Chief Financial & Administrative Officer

Coye Gerald, Communications Manager

Owen Griffith, Senior Development Coordinator

Scott Harmon, Sr. Training & Technical Services Specialist

Victoria Harrington, Research Associate

Kaitlin Harris, Senior Environmental Programs Specialist

Jodi Hilsabeck, Senior Environmental Program Coordinator – EFC

Hunter Jackman, Senior Data & Public Policy Specialist

Ami Keiffer, Associate Director of Strategic Programs

Shayna Kernen, Community Development Program Specialist

Laura Landes, Associate Director of Research & Data

Andrew Nordbye, Senior Environmental Programs Specialist

Vicki Perry, Senior Training & Technical Services Specialist

Amy Renner, Community Development Senior Program Manager

Lena Schlichting, Senior Research Specialist

Sherry Schmidt, Senior Training & Technical Services Specialist

Grace Blue Spitzer, Data and Impact Specialist

Yosief Tecle, Senior Accounting Specialist

Kellea Evans-Weygand, Finance Manager

Our Board

Suzanne Anarde

Rural Community Assistance Corporation

Margaret Bowman

Bowman Environmental Consulting

Albert Cho

Xylem, Inc.

Hope Cupit

Southeast Rural Community Assistance Project

Billy Hix

Cherokee Nation

Ruthann House

Past President on the Executive Committee, Great Lakes Community Action Partnership

Christopher Jewett

Chief Executive Officer, Midwest Assistance Program

Jerry Kenney

T.L.L. Temple Foundation

Rick Martinez

RCAP Board President, The Apricot Tree Consulting

George McGraw

DigDeep

Ines Polonius

RCAP Board Secretary/Treasurer, Communities Unlimited

Brian Scales

RCAP Board Vice President, RCAP Solutions

Jessi Snyder

Self-Help Enterprises

Our Stand-Out Partner

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CoBank knows the importance of providing access to safe, clean drinking water all across rural America and has a water finance team that serves not-for-profits, municipalities and districts. You can learn more about their work here, https://www.cobank.com/. 

Our Partners

  • 120Water
  • American Bankers Association
  • American Public Works Association
  • American Water Works Association
  • Appalachian Regional Commission
  • Arizona State University
  • Aspen Institute Community Strategies Group
  • Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies
  • Association of State Drinking Water Administrators
  • Bipartisan Policy Center
  • Brookings Institution
  • California State University – Chico
  • Community Roots
  • Center on Rural Innovation
  • Central Appalachian Network
  • Chris Long Foundation
  • CoBank
  • Council of Infrastructure Financing Authorities
  • Columbia University-Earth Institute
  • Duke University-Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy
  • Solutions
  • Esri
  • EveryLibrary
  • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
  • Farm Credit
  • Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
  • Federal Reserve Board
  • Georgetown University
  • Heartland Forward
  • Housing Assistance Council
  • International Economic Development Council
  • Inter Tribal Council of Arizona
  • Land O’Lakes
  • LOR Foundation
  • Misfit
  • Moonshot Missions
  • Native Americans in Philanthropy
  • National Association of Clean Water Agencies
  • National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship
  • National Association of Counties
  • National Association of Development Organizations
  • National Association of Regional Councils
  • National Association of Water Companies
  • National Center for Resource Development
  • National Cooperative Business Association CLUSA
  • National Environmental Health Association
  • National Governors Association
  • National Groundwater Association
  • National League of Cities
  • National Rural Water Association
  • Network Kansas
  • Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
  • Pacific Institute
  • Partners for Rural Transformation
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  • Rogue Water Lab
  • Rural Assembly
  • Rural Development Initiatives
  • Rural LISC
  • Rural Youth Project
  • Small Business Majority
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Solid Waste Association of North America
  • Spring Point Partners
  • Texas A&M University
  • The Recycling Partnership
  • The United States Conference of Mayors
  • The Water Research Foundation
  • United States Chamber of Commerce
  • United States Department of Agriculture
  • United States Economic Development Administration
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency
  • University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign — Illinois State Water Survey and WaterOperator.org
  • University of Kentucky
  • University of Rhode Island
  • Urban Institute
  • Ureeka
  • US Water Alliance
  • Virginia Tech University
  • Water and Wastewater Equipment Manufacturers Association
  • Water Environment Federation
  • Water Finance Exchange
  • Water Foundation
  • WaterReuse
  • Water Systems Council
  • Xylem Watermark