Hillary is excited to return home to NW Illinois and to join the important work of JDCF. She graduated from Morrison High School before attending the University of Illinois at Chicago to receive her Bachelors in Biology, and going on to receive her Masters in Zoology...

Coming from northern Wisconsin, Shawn moved to the Jo Daviess County area and fell in love with the driftless region. After working as a paraprofessional at Scales Mound school for two years, he was inspired to further his ability to be a mentor for students by going...

Debbie Larys joined JDCF in 2020 as its Bookkeeper/Executive Assistant to the Director. Born and raised in Chicago, she moved to Jo Daviess County with her family in 2014. She has over a decade of previous experience working at a boutique law firm as an Office...

Jean Matthiessen joined JDCF in July of 2022 after working for the Galena Historical Society for three and a half-years as an Administrative Assistant to the Executive Director. In her new position as Administrative Assistant for Development, Jean works with Director...

JDCF is pleased to announce that Denise Mathewson has joined our team as an Administrative Assistant. This new position provides financial and human resources support to the Manager of Finance and Administration as that position has grown in complexity and volume....