Caitlin Horigan, President
Caitlin Horigan has been advising small businesses and non-profit organizations in marketing and fundraising for more than two decades. Although she is no longer consulting as her primary work, she has enjoyed offering these skills as a board member of Thistle and Commonterra Land Trust. Caitlin has appreciated the opportunity to collaborate with local community members and organizations to support initiatives bringing regenerative change.
Moriah Helms, Treasurer
Moriah Helms has been participating in raising and redistributing funds for for social and environmental causes for over two decades. Her beginnings were in fundraising for environmental groups lobbying for legislation to address climate change in the mid 2000s. After learning more about mutual aid and the history of horizontal organizing, she then began to focus on direct giving by organizing community fundraisers to support food security, housing and medical care for marginalized individuals and families. Moriah also has four years of experience in participatory grant making, with a focus on land and food sovereignty projects led by Black and Indigenous people. Moriah is delighted to help direct funds towards projects supporting environmental education and reciprocal care for the natural world through her role on Thistle’s board.
Evangeline White, Secretary
Evangeline White is a mother, massage therapist, and activist who cares deeply about supporting local non-profits focusing on social justice, children’s rights, and environmental issues. She has personal experience with the impact nature connection has on children especially, and is honored to support Thistle’s mission.
Meg Gilmartin, Board Member
Meg is a clinical therapist with training in Somatic Experiencing and has been teaching tracking, birding and developing naturalist skills for the past fifteen years. She is deeply committed to youth autonomy and has supported the organizing of many youth-led efforts. Her approach is based in biocentrism, ecology, self-determination, and moving towards a decolonial way of life. When she is not volunteering her time or working, she enjoys foraging for wild foods, especially seaweed, making plant medicine and studying mammals and birds.