Starlyn Matheny

As the Champion for Donor Engagement, it's Starlyn's job to protect the interests of GlobalGiving donors and help them stay engaged with both the marketplace and the communities which they support. Starlyn’s story began atop a smoky mountain in North Carolina. After abandoning her childhood dream of becoming a mermaid, she went on to graduate with a degree in Public Policy from Duke University and moved to DC shortly after. Her passion for supporting small, grassroots nonprofits began when she volunteered for an HIV/AIDS awareness organization in an urban slum of Accra, Ghana. Off the clock, she enjoys discovering the best holes in the wall, getting lost in post-apocalyptic fiction novels, and writing about herself in the third person.