Genevieve Biggs

Genevieve Biggs directs the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation’s Wildfire Resilience Initiative, focused on reducing vulnerability to extreme wildfire and enabling beneficial fire to achieve healthy fire-adapted ecosystems and resilience in fire-prone communities. She also directs the Moore Foundation’s special projects for grantmaking, to advance outcomes across the foundation's programs. 

Biggs has more than 25 years of experience in the philanthropic and non-profit sectors. She joined the Moore Foundation in 2001. From 2005-2008, she earned master’s degrees in environmental management and international relations from Yale University, with a concentration on integrated conservation and development. She returned to Moore in 2008, having served during the intervening years as a summer associate in the David & Lucile Packard Foundation’s Conservation and Science Program and as a research fellow for the Environmental Grantmakers Association. Previously, Biggs worked for National Geographic Magazine. She earned her undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt University, with honors.