RAN - Key Persons
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- Climate and Energy Program Director
- Energy Program Director
Aditi joined RAN in 2022 as the Climate and Energy Program Director and guides the overall strategy and day-to-day management of RAN's climate and energy program. This program focuses on…
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- Member of the Audit Committee
- Expert
- Racial Justice and Belonging Committee Member / Audit Committee Member / Board Member since 2018
Alberto Saldamando (Xicano/Zapoteca) is an internationally acknowledged expert on human rights and Indigenous rights and has represented Indigenous Peoples, organizations and communities from various countries from most regions of the world before United Nations human rights mechanisms, as well as the International Labor Organization, the Interamerican Commission on Human Rights, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development specific instance procedure.
In 2009 Alberto began his climate change work with the Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) at the Copenhagen Conference of Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and in 2012 he accepted the position as counsel to the IEN on Climate Change and Indigenous and Human Rights. In this role he serves as IEN's head of delegation to UNFCCC Conferences of Parties and related fora. Alberto previously spent 18 years serving as General Counsel of International Indian Treaty Council (IITC), and is very proud of his very active participation in the negotiations leading to the UN Declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples, the establishment of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and the initial mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples. In addition to representing indigenous individuals, tribes and nations in the human rights arena, his work with the IITC included advising on organizational matters and the development and implementation of a Human and Indigenous Rights program, training and activities.
Alberto was accredited as an Expert by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples (2014) and elected by UN-accredited Non-governmental Organizations as their representative to the International Steering Committee of the World Conference Against Racism (1998-2001). Previously, he served as Executive Director of California Rural Legal Assistance, was one of the founders and board member of San Francisco's Central American Resource Center (CARECEN), and Board Member for Northern California American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). He is bilingual in Spanish and English.
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- Member of the EMERITUS BOARD
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- Senior Campaigner, Energy Finance
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- Chairman of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Governance Committee
- Board President / Board Chair Emeritus
Andre Carothers has more than 30 years of experience in nonprofit management, philanthropy, program development, and organizational and leadership development. He is currently a partner at an early-stage business incubator and an independent consultant and executive coach for leaders in business, nonprofits, and philanthropy.
He serves on the boards of directors of the Center for Investigative Reporting, the Furthur Foundation, the Weinmann Charitable Trust, the New Place Fund, the Rainforest Action Network, and the Story of Stuff Project.
In 1999, he co-founded the Rockwood Leadership Institute, an international leadership training organization, where he served as executive director until 2008. From 1984 to 1997, he worked at Greenpeace USA as an editor of their national newsmagazine, a campaign manager, and a member of the board of directors.
He received an MA in environmental science from the Energy and Resources Group at the University of California, Berkeley.
Job Titles:
- Associate Director of Digital Engagement
Angela Stoutenburgh has over seven years experience in nonprofit fundraising. Before joining RAN, she worked in direct response, partnering with progressive nonprofits like the Center for Victims of Torture, FINCA International, Greenpeace USA, Public Citizen and The Wilderness Society to advance their fundraising and marketing programs. Her expertise is in identifying and implementing digital technologies and strategies to meet program needs. Angela's role as the Senior Digital Fundraising Strategist allows her to amplify the organizing and campaign teams' work while helping RAN meet its fundraising goals. She has a Master's in Gender and Women's Studies from the University of Arizona and a golden retriever named Dax.
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- Member of the EMERITUS BOARD
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- Member of the Development Committee
- Executive Director of the Global Alliance for the Future of Food
- Vice Chair / Development Committee Member
Anna Lappé is the Executive Director of the Global Alliance for the Future of Food, a strategic alliance of philanthropic foundations collaborating to transform food systems and their impacts on climate change and food security. She is also a national bestselling author and an internationally recognized expert on sustainability and justice along the food chain. Before joining the Alliance, she launched the Food Sovereignty Fund of the Panta Rhea Foundation. She was the founder and strategic advisor to Real Food Media, developing a powerful media and communications strategy for the food movement.
Along with her mother, Frances Moore Lappé, Anna also co-founded the Small Planet Institute and the Small Planet Fund, supporting grassroots changemakers around the world. The former co-host of the PBS show, The Endless Feast, Anna has written for The Atlantic, The Guardian, The New York Times, and The Washington Post, among other outlets. She has been featured in or contributed to 16 books and co-authored or authored 3. Her most recent book explores the connections between the climate crisis and food: Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It. Called one of the nation's Eco-Who's Who by TIME magazine, Anna is a recipient of the James Beard Foundation Leadership Award. Anna holds an M.A. in Economic and Political Development from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and graduated with honors from Brown University. She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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- Research Manager With the Climate & Energy
- Research Manager, Climate & Energy
April joined RAN in 2022 as the Research Manager with the Climate & Energy team. An experienced researcher & writer, she guides strategic research for RAN's campaigns to stop fossil fuel expansion and financing. She also coordinates production of RAN's annual Banking on Climate Chaos report.
Before joining RAN, she taught environmental studies and history at the college level and published regularly in academic journals. April holds a Ph.D. from Yale University, a M.S. from Tufts University, and a B.A. from Reed College. Outside of work, she has campaigned on climate change, healthcare, and racial justice for more than a decade, working closely with faith communities. She lives in western Massachusetts, where she spends her free time hiking, gardening, and watching dumb TV.
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- Executive Director
- Racial Justice and Belonging Committee Member / Board Member since April 2022
Asad Rehman is the Executive Director of the radical anti-poverty and social justice organisation War on Want. Asad is a leading climate justice activist whose work over the last 20 years has helped to reframe the climate crisis as a crisis of neoliberal capitalism, inequality and racism. Asad helps to co-cordinate the Global Green New Deal Project and was one of the founders of the COP26 Coalition. Over the last 35 years, he has worked with many social movements both globally and nationally including the anti-racist movement, the alter-globalisation movement, and the anti-war movement.
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- Chairman of the Governance Committee
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Board Chair / Governance Committee Chair / Audit Committee Member
- Environmental Consultant
Avi Mahaningtyas has been working in the non-government sector in Indonesia for the last 25 years. Her main focuses have been environmental policy and practice, community business development, women's empowerment, indigenous peoples' rights, and governance reform.
Avi is an environmental consultant and knowledge facilitator. She served as an advisor to the David and Lucille Packard Foundation and Climate and Land Use Alliance (CLUA) from 2013 to 2018. She served as advisor for stakeholders' engagement and strategic communication for the Task Force for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (Satgas REDD+) and the Head of the Presidential Delivery Unit from 2011-2014. She was a fellow with The Samdhana Institute focusing on community-based natural resource management, social transformation, and cultural revival. Prior to that, Avi worked as the National Coordinator of the Governor's Climate and Forest Task Force (2009-2011); Chief of Cluster, Environmental and Economic Governance with the Kemitraan-Partnership for Governance Reform Indonesia (2010-2012); and the National Coordinator for the GEF Small Grants Program in Indonesia (2002-2009).
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- Senior Digital Strategist, Climate & Energy /
Bree is a Los Angeles-based campaign and communication strategist. They have a BA in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from California State University, Long Beach, and have been involved in digital advocacy and marketing for five years. Developing strategy, creating content, and engaging with communities about the things they are passionate about is what they do best. As they are invested in intersectional environmental and sustainability efforts, they are deeply excited to join the RAN team as the Digital Campaign Strategist for the Climate and Energy Program and be part of such crucial, large-scale environmental justice work. Bree lives with their partner and senior rescue dog; their other interests include slow fashion, cooking, bad movies, and coffee.
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- Research and Policy Analyst /
Caleb joined RAN in September 2022 after several years of organizing with fossil fuel divestment campaigns. Joining the direct action fight against the Line 3 pipeline in 2021 moved him to focus on ending the expansion of dangerous fossil fuel infrastructure.
Before coming to RAN, he was the campaign coordinator for the Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard Alumni campaign, a group that helped win fossil fuel divestment at the world's richest university. Previously, he researched the Coastal Gaslink Pipeline for Seeding Sovereignty and taught organizing as a teaching fellow under veteran organizer Marshall Ganz. Caleb co-founded the Stop Harvard Land Grabs Campaign, which fights the financialization and degradation of global land in the name of profit. He loves to read, run, organize, and cook delicious plant-based meals.
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- Director of Communications
- Chief Storyteller & Communications Director
Christopher has worked in social change communications for more than 20 years. He enjoyed seven years at the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, eventually serving as the Director of Public Education. At the ACLU, he worked on a wide variety of issues including immigrant rights, reproductive justice, voting rights, affirmative action, equal access to education, opposition to capital punishment, and civic engagement.
In 2000, he became the first Communications Director at San Francisco-based Tides Foundation, developing communication platforms and websites around grantmaking initiatives on economic justice, environmental sustainability, reproductive justice, Indigenous rights, and international grantmaking. He also served as the executive producer for the online film and interactive website The Story of Stuff.
Christopher joined RAN in 2014 and remains in continuous awe of the commitment, intelligence, and relentless bad-assery of his colleagues. He is still awaiting his first call up to the U.S. Men's National Team.
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- Coordinator
- Grants Coordinator
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- Member of the Development Committee
- Development Committee Member / Board Member since January 2024
Dan joins the RAN Board as a senior software architect, bringing a unique experience that blends technological expertise and strong environmental commitment. A long-time supporter of RAN, Dan provided invaluable support for the early tracing of the sources of palm oil in Sumatra, Indonesia. Since earning his Ph.D. in computer science from Stanford University, Dan has done computer science research at DEC/Compaq Research Labs, was a key early engineer at VMware, and subsequently worked as a principal engineer at Google. Dan is currently a senior engineer at the World Resource Institute working on the Global Forest Watch project. Global Forest Watch provides comprehensive deforestation analysis and alerts for use by stakeholders worldwide, including national park rangers and corporations monitoring their supply chains.
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- Development Project Coordinator
Dani is a former educator with a deep belief in the power of communication. She taught music in rural Appalachia as a member of Teach For America, and brings loads of experience in event planning and operations. In Dani's free time, she loves to read, play music, and spend time with her partner and their three cats. An avid nature lover, you'll often find her exploring the mountain trails whenever possible!
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- Campaign Director
- Forest Campaign Director
Daniel grew up in Los Angeles in a large mixed-status Mexican family. He got their start as a youth organizing against anti-immigrant Prop 187 and successfully defeating a proposed power… Read more
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- Member of the EMERITUS BOARD
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- Campaign Director, Energy Finance, Climate & Energy /
Dianne is a community organizer with over 15 years of experience driving social change. From directing internal organizing field programs to founding statewide organizations, Dianne's career has been defined by her commitment to building intersectional, equitable, and inclusive movements and shifting the balance of power to create real positive change for poor people of color. She partnered with influential leaders like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders on legislative initiatives for Affordable Housing and Just Transition. In her free time, Dianne reads graphic novels and spoils her black lab.
Dianne's journey began with a B.A. in Ethnic Studies from the University of California, Berkeley, laying the foundation for her impactful career. She has since led initiatives at organizations like SEIU 775 and the National Domestic Workers Alliance, the Center for Popular Democracy, and CA Common Good, demonstrating her expertise in program development, policy advocacy, coalition building, strategic campaigns, and grassroots organizing.
Ebony comes to RAN as an experienced executive assistant, having supported executives and teams at nonprofits focused on economic and environmental justice. She has a background in event coordination, operations administration, equity and inclusion, and project management. She earned a BA in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity from Stanford University.
A seasoned financial and operations leader with over 20 years of experience, Elisabeth brings a comprehensive skillset to her role as Chief Financial Officer at Rainforest Action Network. She is adept at optimizing the impact and outcomes of non-profit organizations through strategic financial planning, operational excellence, and effective risk management.
Elisabeth's expertise encompasses a wide range of responsibilities, including financial oversight, budget development, compliance management, human resource leadership, facility management, and IT infrastructure administration. Her proven track record of success is evidenced by her ability to align day-to-day operations and resource allocation with organizational missions, ensuring that every aspect of the organization contributes to its overall goals.
Prior to joining Rainforest Action Network, Elisabeth held the position of Senior Director of Finance and Administration at the Foundation for Jewish Camp. In this role, she played a pivotal role in optimizing financial performance, enhancing operational efficiency, and mitigating organizational risks. Prior to that, she also held various roles in finance and operations supporting nonprofit organizations.
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- Individual Giving Director
Emily comes to RAN with over 7 years of fundraising experience in the Arts and Education sectors. With a wide range of skills in individual fundraising, special events and community…
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- Senior Communications Manager, Forest
- Senior Communications Manager, Forests
Emma Rae comes to RAN with over eight years of experience in nonprofit communications. A long-time freelance journalist and poet, Emma Rae's writing has appeared in numerous publications. She has also worked with youth in environmental justice organizations, in sustainable agriculture as an apprentice farmer, and as a trail crew lead and wild land firefighter with the United States Forest Service. Emma Rae works to tell the stories of RAN's forests campaigns and to amplify their impact in the world. Originally from Seattle, Washington, she currently lives in Oakland with her cat, and happily makes the commute across the Bay to work alongside some of the savviest agitators affecting change today.
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- Member of the Finance Committee
- Finance Committee Member / Board Member since 2024
Eos is a repeat offender when it comes to supporting RAN with her experience in the non profit finance, operations and HR world, having returned to the organization after a hiatus gaining insights elsewhere. She brings with her a love for systems, financial viability and flexibility, all things regarding the digital backoffice, and chinese noodles.
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- Senior Campaigner, Climate & Energy
Ethan brings over 15 years of experience in climate and environmental justice organizing. He helped build the youth climate movement as the Field Director of Energy Action Coalition, worked in… Read more
In 2013, Gemma joined RAN to execute its corporate campaign focused on addressing deforestation, climate change and human and labor rights abuse associated with palm oil production. She now holds the position of Forest Policy Director and represents RAN in multi-stakeholder initiatives such as the High Carbon Stock Approach. Prior to this position, Gemma worked for 10 years for forest conservation organizations in Australia, and played a key role in the campaigns and negotiations that contributed to the protection of forests and the transition of the native forest logging industry in Tasmania. She has a background in environmental science and community organizing.
Job Titles:
- Executive Director
- Program Director
- Forest Program Director
- New Executive Director
Ginger Cassady is the Executive Director of Rainforest Action Network. She has over 20 years of experience securing transformational change with some of the world's largest corporations and financiers through global campaigns and litigation to protect the environment and uphold human rights. She has spent her career working at the intersection of ecological and social justice issues, with a strong track record of combining strategic thinking and grassroots organizing with effective organizational management and fundraising to achieve high impact results.
Prior to being named executive director, Ginger led program work at RAN for ten years and has been a driving force behind some of RAN's biggest victories: from the largest legal victory against an oil company in history when Chevron was found liable for polluting the Amazon, to convincing some of the world's largest financiers, commodity traders, and consumer goods companies to change their policies and practices and stop driving deforestation.
As Program Director, Ginger built a diverse international team leading strategic global campaigns on forest, finance and human rights. Under her leadership, the Forest program tripled in size and budget. She has also helped grow RAN's Community Action Grants program that has provided more than [$2 million] in funding directly to grassroots, frontline and Indigenous-led allied organizations fighting for the protection of human rights and against profit-driven deforestation and irresponsible resource extraction.
In February 2020, the Board of Directors selected former Forest Program Director Ginger Cassady to become the new executive director at RAN. You can read an introduction to Ginger here.
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- Attorney
- Board Member since 2024
Hana Heineken is an attorney at ClientEarth, a nonprofit environmental legal advocacy organization. She specializes in the intersection of environment, human rights and finance, with a focus on climate change and securities law. Hana is also a Professorial Lecturer in Law at George Washington University Law School, where she teaches a course on environmental justice.
Prior to ClientEarth, Hana served as a Senior Attorney at the Center for International Environmental Law, leading efforts on pension fund management of climate risk and the regulation of climate-related financial risk. Her diverse experience also includes roles as a Senior Campaigner at Rainforest Action Network, holding multinational banks accountable for their financing of tropical deforestation, human rights violations, and fossil fuel expansion; and a Senior Policy Advisor at Global Witness, where she led international efforts to stop the illegal timber trade into Japan. Hana has also worked in the Japanese Parliament and has been recognized by the Nikkei financial news agency as a top influencer in Japan on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) issues.
In the DC metro area, she founded the Zero Waste Committee of the Sierra Club DC Chapter and co-led civil society efforts to establish zero waste laws informed by environmental justice.
Fluent in English and Japanese, Hana graduated with distinction from Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, obtained a research certificate from Tokyo University Graduate School for Law and Politics, and graduated from Princeton University majoring in political science. She is a member of the state bars of New York and Washington, DC.
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- Member of the EMERITUS BOARD
Irina is Senior Staff Accountant at RAN. She has been working as an accountant for many years. She joined RAN in 1998. She works closely with all departments, always ready to help everyone who needs. Irina came with family from Ukraine as a political refuge. She likes to travel and learn different cultures.
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- Designer
- Digital Creative Manager
Jake Conroy is a long-time activist, designer, and writer based in San Francisco, CA, USA. He has been involved in a wide range of grassroots activism since 1995. His dedication to change is almost matched for his desire to make it look good. Over the last 15 years, Jake has honed his skills in the fine arts, print and digital design in order to better convey messages of change to the general public in an exciting, appealing and educational way.
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- Member of the EMERITUS BOARD
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- Individual Giving Manager
Jennifer Wilson has a background in book publishing with a focus on the genres of personal growth, spirituality, and activism. She is a writer and recently co-authored the book Order of the Sacred Earth: An Intergenerational Vision of Love and Action with Rev. Dr. Matthew Fox and Skylar Wilson. Jennifer is passionate about fighting for ecological sustainability and social justice and believes that the intersection of the two movements are the frontlines of cultural transformation. When she is not working or volunteering Jennifer enjoys hiking, reading, writing, public speaking, and taking her son and her white shepherd on adventures in the California wilderness. She is thrilled about joining the RAN team!
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- Member of the EMERITUS BOARD
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- Development Operations Coordinator
John got his love for the environment from his parents, who took him to many National and State Parks when he was young. John now uses his experience from a 25-year career in software development as RAN's Gift and Data Assistant, processing the hundreds (or even thousands!) of donations RAN gets every day.
Kalyxa is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, where she studied Marketing. She was brought to RAN through the RAY Diversity Fellowship, a program for young BIPOC professionals to…
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- People & Culture Engagement Specialist
Hi, I'm Fujii! I'm a global citizen who loves building relationships. Growing up in Thailand and having lived across 5 continents, I've learned that every corner of the world…
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- Research Assistant, Climate & Energy /
Kaylee joined RAN in November 2024 as a Research Assistant for the Banking on Climate Chaos Report. Through prior internships at the Center for Climate Integrity and the YEARS Project, Kaylee engaged with her interests in advancing climate accountability through research and communications. Kaylee graduated from the University of Washington with a B.A. in Environmental Studies and a minor in Data Science. Outside of work, you'll find Kaylee reading, solving crossword puzzles, or baking.
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- Forests & Finance Platform Coordinator
Kwame Saro-Wiwa serves as the Forests & Finance Platform Coordinator. He previously worked as the Corporate Accountability Program Assistant at the Wallace Global Fund and as an Individuals At Risk Fellow at Amnesty International USA. As an environmental refugee from the Niger Delta, Kwame brings lived experience with the environmental and social issues that are central to his work today.
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- Senior Communications Strategist
Laurel is a naturalist and environmental educator with an endless love for birds, forests and wild places. He is also a lifelong environmental and human rights activist with decades of experience using bold and creative tactics to nonviolently stand up to some of the most powerful forces on the planet that are destroying nature or oppressing people. Laurel works on all of RAN's campaigns in messaging development, communications strategy and content writing. He develops and implements creative tactics to earn high-impact media as well as other public-facing approaches to pressuring campaign targets to achieve RAN's campaign goals.
"The footage of Minnie Mouse in handcuffs being taken away in a police car going viral…Seeing Cargill announce a comprehensive, global deforestation-free commodity policy on the floor of the UN…Sitting with local grandmothers shutting down 4 BofA bank branches simultaneously in Charlotte, NC…Hearing Obama say the words ‘keep it in the ground' as he rejected KXL. These are the things I live for."
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- Member of the Development Committee
- Development Committee Member / Racial Justice and Belonging Committee Member / Board Member since 2023
- Executive Director of Amazon Watch
Leila Salazar-López, Executive Director of Amazon Watch since 2015, leads the organization in its work to protect and defend the bio-cultural and climate integrity of the Amazon rainforest in solidarity with Indigenous and forest peoples. For 25+ years Leila has worked to defend the world's rainforests, human rights, and climate through grassroots organizing and international advocacy campaigns at Amazon Watch, Rainforest Action Network and Global Exchange. She is also a Global Fund for Women Advisor for Latin America, a Greenpeace Voting Member and serves on the Advisory Circle of Daughters of the Earth. (amazonwatch.org).
Maggie Martin works on RAN's Keep Forests Standing campaign holding corporations accountable for contributing to climate change and deforestation and pushing major brands to transform their operations. With a focus on movement building and nonviolent direct action, Maggie is helping to grow US solidarity with Indigenous and local communities at the frontlines of forest destruction.
Maggie holds a MA in Social Justice and before working at RAN, she spent more than a decade using her experience as a veteran to advocate for an end to unnecessary wars and for the Right to Heal for service members and Iraqi civilians at the frontlines of US militarism.
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- Senior Digital Production Manager & Web Developer /
Margot has been helping grassroots campaigns and non-profits kick-ass online for over two decades, with a focus on tools that help elevate and promote local actions onto the national and international stage. She loves bug fixing and problem solving and helping campaigns achieve their goals. Born in Canada to American immigrants, she has two passports and has only grudging accepted her new status as an American after living in the Bay Area since 2008.
Marie is the Digital Director at Rainforest Action Network and has spent 25 years working in the environmental sector. In her five years as Vice President of Digital Strategy at Ocean Conservancy, Marie grew the organization's social media presence to ten times its initial size. She quadrupled digital fundraising, redesigned the website, and created the Skip the Straw campaign during her tenure. Prior to that, Marie worked at Netcentric Campaigns, Greenpeace, National Parks Conservation Association and Defenders of Wildlife. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Anthropology and Sociology from Saint Mary's College of Maryland.
Mariko is a half Ryukyuan-American who is deeply interested in indigenous identity and the cultural reclamation, decolonization, and language revitalization of her mother's people in Ryukyu Islands, now known as Okinawa, Japan.
She brings skills from a variety of backgrounds including those from the nonprofit world of events, marketing, and office management over the last 7 years.
She is an interspiritual practitioner of earth-based spirituality and serves her local and global communities through her work with the Order of the Sacred Earth and the Ichariba Choodee: Okinawan Voices & Stories Podcast.
She is delighted to be joining the RAN team and to be focusing more on earth-based activism and advocacy work for the Earth and its peoples.
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- Member of the Development Committee
- Member of the Finance Committee
- Board Secretary / Development Committee Member / Finance Committee Member
Combining her cross-cultural experience with the passion for mission-based organizations and nonprofits, Marsela now serves as SVP of deposit management and heads the Nonprofit & High Impact Investor practices at New Resource Bank (NRB), working with close to 200 nonprofits and foundations. Prior to NRB, Marsela created customized growth strategies for one of the fastest growing European banks, Raiffeisen in Vienna, Austria, working with McKinsey and Boston Consulting across most of Europe.
Parallel with banking, Marsela fights the unworkable status quo for children, education, human rights and the environment. She grew up in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and witnessed the war and siege in 1992-1995. Today, she serves on the Advisory Board of Jericho Foundation, a U.S. founded and run non-profit in Michigan, which for supports bright, underserved Bosnian youth to get a college education and get employed in Bosnia, so that the best and the brightest stay and build the country.
Marsela started her career in education working as Executive Director of U.S. operations for École Française des Attachés de Presse (EFAP), a Paris-based international business communications school, and New York Institute of Technology in NYC. She worked for Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe as expert member on the Committee for Revision of Textbooks and Elimination of Discriminatory Contents in schools throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina (B-H) as well as with Office of the High Representative and Council of Europe including work on B-H Higher Education Reform and related new legislation. Marsela authored Education Segment of the UN and UNDP publication on "Youth in Bosnia and Herzegovina" and contributed to Soros Open Society publications. She worked with Education for Peace and the Landegg International University in Switzerland promoting violence-free and peaceful school environments.
In addition, she owned a consulting firm based in Europe "Recognita" managing relationships with leading international clients, advising CEOs and top management teams. Marsela holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Turin in Italy, a Bachelor of Science in International Business from Marymount Manhattan College in NYC, as well as a First in Class Bachelor degree in Marketing from E.F.A.P. Paris, France.
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- Campaigner, Energy Finance
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- Member of the EMERITUS BOARD
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- Co - Founder
- Member of the EMERITUS BOARD
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- Digital Outreach Strategist
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- Senior Organizing Strategist
Nik (they/them) is an organizer from the environmental, im/migrant & refugee rights, and trans & queer liberation movement spaces. They've worked in the non-profit and educational sectors for over ten…
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- Deputy Executive Director /
Njambi comes to RAN as a seasoned non-profit leader with 20+ years of experience designing and implementing successful advocacy campaigns. She has most recently worked as an independent non-profit consultant supporting strategic planning, campaign creation, and organizing projects with various national and global non-profits. Before diving into consulting, Njambi worked as an executive at the National Audubon Society, managing their western region and leading state climate campaigning and legislative work. While at Audubon, she also held the role of interim Chief EDI officer.
Prior to her work at Audubon, Njambi was the Deputy Executive Director for Amnesty International USA (AIUSA), focused on campaigns and organizing. Under her leadership, AIUSA began piloting corporate campaigning as a tactic. Prior to that, during Njambi's tenure as Grassroots and Digital Engagement Director at Greenpeace USA, she led a variety of global campaign teams focused on corporate targets. And, under Njambi's leadership as Chief Strategy Officer/ Deputy Executive Director at Save the Bay, the organization successfully fought off a Cargill-supported bay-fill development in Redwood City, CA.
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- Co - Founder
- Member of the EMERITUS BOARD
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- Program Coordinator
- Forest Program Coordinator
Rebecca is an Indonesian-American committed to advancing social, economic, and environmental justice in all that she does. Previously, she worked in environmental movement building and non-profit capacity building, and before…
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- Program Director
- Forest Program Director
In 2009, Robin joined RAN where they are currently the Agribusiness Campaign Director. Robin has worked in RAN's forest program for 10 years on its Conflict Palm Oil and Rainforest…
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- Senior Campaigner, Climate & Energy
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- Director of Institutional Giving
- Institutional Giving Director
Samantha serves as Director of Institutional Giving at RAN. A lifelong social justice activist, Samantha learned the ropes of community organizing with the legendary Mel King and the Rainbow Coalition…
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- Development Operations Manager
Sarah serves as the Development Operations Manager at RAN. She works closely with the Development, Digital, and Finance teams to ensure our donor database is accurate and our gift entry…
Sarmishta's work focuses on action planning and base building in New York City for both the Climate and Tropical Forest programs at Rainforest Action Network. Sarmishta comes to RAN as… Read more
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- Chairman of the Finance Committee
- Member of the Governance Committee
- Board Treasurer / Finance Committee Chair
Scott B. Price obtained a Bachelor of Arts from Rutgers College, New Brunswick, New Jersey. He earned the honor of being a Henry Rutgers Scholar and graduated in May of 1979. He obtained his Masters in Business Administration from San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California in December of 1981. Scott has been a certified CPA since March 12, 1982. Scott B. Price and Company was founded in June of 1985.
Scott serves on the Board of Directors for several 501(c)(3) organizations. He is the treasurer for the Rainforest Action Network, Inc and is an active member of the Cedars and Ronald McDonald House - SF advisory boards. Scott is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the California Society of Certified Public Accountants.
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- Organizing Director
- Trainer, Coordinator and Organizer
Scott Parkin is a trainer, coordinator and organizer in social justice and environmental movements. He has worked with anti-corporate global justice, anti-war, labor, environmental and climate movements in North America,…
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- Climate & Energy Communications Manager
- Communications Manager, Climate & Energy
Shawna Foster started organizing in the anti-war movement in 2006. Since then she's done direct action and communications work for many causes, because the military is often the enforceable violent…
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- People & Culture Director
Tammi began their career in social services/community mental health and advocacy, where they witnessed the intersections of systemic power and oppression, capitalism, white supremacy, disability justice, and more. After a…
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- Senior Digital Strategist, Forest
Tim discovered his passion for environmental advocacy after working alongside many amazing Indigenous activists in Indonesia, Nicaragua, and the American Southwest while at James E. Rogers College of Law and…
Toben's craft is visual communications, where he seeks to balance time in front of the screen with time spent drawing inspiration from natural landscapes and the laughter of children. As…
Toyo joined RAN in 2005, with a background in Global Trade and Forestry, as well as environmental advocacy. His work includes the analysis of Japan's role in campaigns to Japanese buyers… Read more
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- Program Director, Community Action Grants
Tracy has over 10 years experience managing small grant programs that strengthen the capacity of Indigenous and frontline communities and help to support grassroots leadership. Tracy coordinates with the RAN…
Yuki has 15 years of experience in public relations and campaign communications in business and NGOs. Before working with RAN in 2018, she was Head of Media and Communications at… Read more
Zanne (short for Suzanne) Garland joined RAN in 2022 as the Director of Development. Prior to joining the RAN team, she spent nearly two decades fundraising across a variety of…