Samantha is CJP’s Director of Development Applications and Research (DAR), a role in which she guides CJP to holistically understand and capture relationships with donors, volunteers and partners from throughout our community. This year, she managed the conversion, migration and launch of Maven, our dynamic new database, and the result of several years’ preparation. Samantha led her team and the entire organization through complex processes of change, while keeping internal systems operational and available. A leader with good humor and sound judgement, Samantha is positioning her team and CJP to achieve even more in the years to come.