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Who's behind it
A young board and a small team. Quick intros so everyone knows who governs, who executes, and how each person is tied to the mission.
The board
Here's the board — the five directors in the room this weekend.
Alison Wright
Social justice lawyer · California
Board chair · co-founded The Cairn Project · since 2021
Tana Seaford
Retired ultra-running event specialist · Utah
Treasurer · took part in Rim-to-Rim fundraisers for The Cairn Project · since 2021
Sarah Castle
Soil scientist · California
Co-founded The Cairn Project · since 2024
Justine Mulliez
Co-Active coach & small-business owner
Came up as a Cairn Project Trailblazer, 2019 · since 2024
Lisa Pontoni
Adventurer & retired public servant · Michigan
Took part in Rim-to-Rim fundraisers for The Cairn Project · since 2026
Team & contractors
Here's what everybody's getting. Of the team, only the ED is in the working sessions — and we'll see Angie at Thursday's dinner, since she's local for the race.
Sunny Stroeer
Founder & Executive Director
$1,000 / month
All Summit Scholarship & Women of Mountaineering calendar program execution
Fundraising and partner / sponsor relationships
Organizational & operational leadership — the whole back office
Design, development, systems architecture, the AI-forward build
In practice: everything not delegated below
Angie
Contractor · The Cairn Project
$2,400 / month
Runs the peer-to-peer engine — the First 50k Sisterhood and Trailblazers
Produces the See Her Outside podcast
Separate role: Angie Lake is one of three co-directors of the Wild Woman Trail Runs — the Trout Lake event where the Sisterhood gathers this weekend
Roxy
Contractor · The Cairn Project
$1,500 / month
Grit Lit program
Website updates & blog content
The newsletter
Rachel Ross
Contractor · Summit Scholarship
~$1,600 / month · 40 hrs × $40
Social media for the Summit Scholarship (not The Cairn Project)
Funded personally by the ED — not the org budget. See the Summit Scholarship chapter.
People cost at a glance. Org-borne staff runs ≈ $4,900/month (ED $1,000 + Angie $2,400 + Roxy $1,500). Rachel Ross's ~$1,600/month is covered personally by the ED, on top of that.