Becca Baumbach

​Executive Director, 2017-Present
​Community Foundation of Grand Forks, East Grand Forks & Region
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Originally from Warroad, MN, Becca Baumbach graduated from the University of North Dakota with her Bachelors in Psychology and Masters in Educational Leadership. At the age of 23, she was elected as the youngest member of the Grand Forks School Board, serving from 2010 to 2015 as a board member and 2014 to 2015 as Vice President.

Becca is known for her passion and expertise within the nonprofit sector, beginning at the North Dakota Museum of Art and the Empire Arts Center and refined through opportunities in New York City and the Twin Cities. Finding her way “back home” in 2017, Becca serves as Executive Director of the Community Foundation of Grand Forks, East Grand Forks & Region, providing strategic leadership, fund development, and investment oversight of the $22 million foundation. Under Becca's leadership, the Community Foundation received the North Dakota Association of Nonprofit Organizations (NDANO) Partnership Building Award in 2023.

Apart from her professional work, Becca’s impact is also evident in her involvements as a founding board member of the Greater Grand Forks Women’s Leadership Cooperative, board member of the Empire Arts Center and NDANO, and co-organizer of the Longest Table, an international award-winning event. She was named one of Prairie Business Magazine’s 40-Under-40 winners in 2018, the Emerging Leader Award recipient by the North Dakota Association of Nonprofit Organizations in 2021, and Young Professional of the Year by the Greater Grand Forks Young Professionals in 2012.

In her spare time, Becca enjoys country life on a hobby farm near Cummings, North Dakota with her husband, Wayne, their daughters, Juniper and Flora, and their two dogs, Harvey and Moo.