Board of Directors

"I worked on water issues for 20 years and served as a Commissioner on the World Commission on Dams. I joined the Board of International Rivers because I am committed to a future with healthy, free-flowing rivers that nourish communities. International Rivers is the only international organization strategically focused on restoring rivers and respecting human rights. I have seen first-hand how communities, cultures, and rivers can be devastated by dams. As part of the Board, I am contributing to International Rivers' work to find water and energy solutions that are good for people and the planet."

- Deborah Moore, Co-chair


"In 1997 I co-founded a small grassroots group to protect a bird near extinction (the Black-faced Spoonbill) and its endangered habitat along the East Asian Flyway. We didn't have a clue how to fight corporate and national agendas in another country. International Rivers staff showed us how to jump-start a signature campaign and since that time I have been in awe of everyone here. It has been an honor to join the board and a gift to be able to continue to learn from International Rivers."

- Marcia McNally, Co-chair

Jane Baldwin
Photographer

Brent Blackwelder
President Emeritus, Friends of the Earth

Gary Cook
Senior Energy Analyst, Greenpeace International

Robert Hass, Honorary Member
Poet; Professor of English, University of California at Berkeley

Jen Kalafut
Policy Analyst, California Public Utilities Commission

Susan Kopman, Board Secretary (Right)
Principal, Kopman, Inc. Tax and Accounting Services

Leslie Leslie (Left)
Grant Director, Fred Gellert Family Foundation

Marcia McNally, Co-chair (Second from left)
Co-founder, Center for Ecological Democracy

Carlos E. Mejia
Independent Consultant on International Humanitarian Issues

Sarah Minick, Vice-chair (Third from right)
Stormwater Planner, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission

Milan Momirov, Treasurer
Entrepreneur and investor

Deborah Moore, Co-chair (Second from right)
Executive Director, Green Schools Initiative

Cymie Payne
Assistant Professor Rutgers University Human Ecology/School of Law-Camden

Rebecca Tarbotton
Executive Director, Rainforest Action Network

Nicholas Hildyard
The Corner House, England

Naeem Iqbal
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Pakistan

Carl Middleton Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Frank Muramuzi
National Association of Professional Environmentalists, Uganda

Astrid Puentes
Inter-American Association for Environmental Defense, Mexico/Colombia

Lúcia Schild Ortiz
Friends of the Earth, Brazil

Himanshu Thakkar
South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People, India

Marilyn Bancel
Principal, West Coast office,
The Oram Group, Inc.

Martha Belcher
Vice President, Customer Care at Sungevity; former Chair International Rivers Board of Directors

André Carothers
Non-profit consultant; partner at Spruce Advisers; Senior Fellow at the Rockwood Leadership Institute; former Vice Chair International Rivers Board of Directors

Patricia W. Chang
CEO, Feed The Hunger Foundation

Gigi Coe
Board President, The Bay School of San Francisco

Peter Coyote
Actor and writer

Christina L. Desser
Fellow, Tomales Bay Institute

Huey D. Johnson
Founder and President, Resource Renewal Institute

Barbara Rose Johnston
Center for Political Ecology; Professor, Michigan State University

Dorka Keehn
Commissioner, Commission of the Status of Women for the City and County of San Francisco; Chair, San Francisco’s Justice and Courage Domestic Violence Panel

Lauren Klein Hayes
WELL Network

Nion McEvoy
Chairman and CEO, Chronicle Books

Sylvia McLaughlin
Conservationist; Co-founder and former president and board member of Save the Bay