Katie Wyatt – CEO and Founder
Katie founded the And Still I Rise Foundation to ensure no one has to wait for bureaucratic red tape to get help. Using her own business and creative offerings to help fund operations, she established a radical promise: 100% of public donations go directly to the field. Under her leadership, the foundation provides rapid crisis relief globally and trauma-informed animal healing locally. She is currently expanding the foundation's 8-acre care farm, seeking visionary partners to build a 300+ acre global healing sanctuary.
Alison Daniels - Board of Directors
Since becoming a Reiki Master in 2009, Alison has been guided by a profound truth: true healing is the restoration of harmony. She brings her deep background in holistic wellness and community building to the foundation. As our Director of Communications, Ali ensures that every donor, family, and community member feels the restorative love that fuels our movement.
Bilal from Gaza - Team Lead Gaza
Bilal’s journey with the foundation began when we started supporting his own family with monthly food parcels. After learning of his profound personal losses, including his home, loved ones, and livelihood, alongside his incredible talents, Katie felt deeply guided to invite him to join our mission. Today, Bilal serves as our trusted, boots-on-the-ground community coordinator in Gaza, helping both people and animals in crisis. We are incredibly blessed to have him. He enables us to build direct, trusting relationships with those most in need, ensuring vulnerable families receive emergency tents, vital food parcels, and assistance in securing safe land for temporary shelters.
Tina Turgelsky serves as a Board Director for the And Still I Rise Foundation, bringing decades of executive leadership and a lifelong commitment to compassionate service for people and animals alike. With 37 years in senior Human Resources roles, including service as Chief People Officer, Tina has advised CEOs and boards on growth, governance, culture, and organizational resilience across global companies.
The Foundation's dual mission reflects the values Tina has carried throughout her life. Its global humanitarian work, providing relief, resources, and dignity to families facing hardship around the world, aligns with her deep belief that every person deserves the opportunity to rise. She is committed to strengthening governance, ensuring compliance, and supporting the Founder in building sustainable structures that expand the Foundation's reach and impact.
Equally close to her heart is the Foundation's animal welfare and rescue work through Amitola Care Farm & Sanctuary. Tina's dedication to animals is lifelong, she has always understood that those who have been neglected or harmed carry a story that deserves to be honored, and that with patience, safety, and love, profound healing is possible. Amitola Care Farm embodies this belief, offering refuge, care, and second chances to animals - and people- in need.
Through her board service, Tina guides strategy, reinforces accountability, and champions programs that uplift both communities and creatures alike, grounded in the belief that dignity, compassion, and the chance to rise belong to every living being.
Our Team