Loren Blackford, 2017-2018 Sierra Club President
RESIDENCE: New York, NY
CURRENT MEMBER SINCE: 2003, Life Member
OCCUPATION: Environmental investor, donor & political advocate
SIERRA CLUB LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: National Finance and Risk Management Committee (2013); Sierra Club Foundation Board Chair (2010-2012); Foundation Director (2006-2012); Member, National Advancement Council (2005-2013); Chair, Cool Cities Taskforce (~2007-2009)
OTHER LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: Co-chair, Impact Investing Circle of Rachel’s Network (a group of women environmental donors); Member, President's Advisory Council, National Wildlife Federation; Member, E2 (environmental entrepreneurs); Investor, Geo-Investors (a mid-Western renewable energy infrastructure fund) and Ethical Electric (the CREDO of clean energy); Former Board Member, Friends of the New York High School for Environmental Studies; Former President, West 68th Street Block Association; Advisor, Living Cities' green community development initiative; Knowledge Sharing Director, The Local Initiatives Support Corporation; Program Officer of the UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service at the 1992 Earth Summit and its preparatory meetings.
Susana Reyes, 2017-2018 Sierra Club Vice President
RESIDENCE: Glendale, California
CURRENT MEMBER SINCE: 1999, Life Member
OCCUPATION: L.A. Mayor’s Senior Sustainability Analyst
SIERRA CLUB LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: National: Director (2011–present); Board ExCom (2012-present); Diversity Steering Committee (2012-present); Visibility and Outreach (2015–present); Chair, Volunteer Leadership Advisory Committee (2013-2014); Audit (2012-2013); Political Team (2007-2011); Capacity-Building (2014-present); Chapter Political Chair (2004-2011); ExCom (2002-2004).
OTHER LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: Board, L.A. League of Conservation Voters (2004-present); Vice-President (2005-2006); Endorsement Chair (2010-2013); Board Development (2008-2014); Steering Committee, Green Cities California (2014-present); Board-Arroyo Foothills Conservancy (2010-2012); Affirmative Action Officer, Filipino Association of City Employees (2008- present).
Robin Mann, 2017-2018 Sierra Club Secretary
RESIDENCE: Rosemont, PA
CURRENT MEMBER SINCE: 1983, Life member
OCCUPATION: volunteer environmental activist
SIERRA CLUB LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: SC Vice President (2007-2010, 2015-present), President (2010-2012), Director (2006-2012, 2013-present), Finance (2006-2007, 2013-present), Climate Movement Task Force (2013-2014), Chapter-National Joint Planning Team (2012-2015), Water Committee (2001-2006), Chapter Wetlands Committee (2002-2006), Group ExCom (2002-2011).
OTHER LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: Eastwick Friends and Neighbors Coalition Board (2015-present); Darby Creek Valley Association Board (2004-present), President (2007-2008); The Sierra Club Foundation Board (2010-2012); Radnor Environmental Advisory Council (2005-2013); Pennsylvania Campaign for Clean Water Steering Committee (2002-2005).
Liz Walsh, 2017-2018 Sierra Club Treasurer
RESIDENCE: El Paso, Texas
CURRENT MEMBER SINCE: 1996
OCCUPATION: Professor of Biological Sciences
SIERRA CLUB LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: National: Nominating Committee (2002-2004); Wildlife and Endangered Species Committee (2000-2008), Vice Chair (2002-2005), Chair (2005-2008); Trapping Policy Task Force, Chair (2011-); Rio Grande Chapter: Wildlife Co-Chair (1998-2008); El Paso Group: EXCOM (2003-), Endangered Species/Wildlife Chair (2000-).
OTHER LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: Board Member: Chihuahuan Desert Education Coalition (2011-), Vegetarian Society, El Paso (2001-), American Microscopical Society (2011-), Keystone Heritage Park (2005); El Paso Mayor's Environmental Taskforce (2001-2002); Ecological Society of America SEEDS Chapter, Environmental Advocates, Advisor (2004-).
Margrete Strand-Rangnes, 2017-2018 Sierra Club Fifth Officer
RESIDENCE: Washington DC
CURRENT MEMBER SINCE: 2003
OCCUPATION: Executive Vice President, Public Citizen
SIERRA CLUB LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: Director for Sierra Club’s Labor and Trade Program, 2004-2012; Intern with the Responsible Trade Program, 1996; Volunteer with DC Chapter’s Restore the Core campaign, 1995-1996.
OTHER LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: Past experience: helped launch and worked as Deputy Director for BlueGreen Alliance (labor and environmental strategic partnership); helped start global network working on fair trade and investment issues.
Spencer Black, 2016-2017 Sierra Club Director
RESIDENCE: Madison, Wisconsin
CURRENT MEMBER SINCE: 1975
OCCUPATION: Wisconsin state legislator (1985-2011) (retired)
SIERRA CLUB LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: Sierra Club Political Team (2011-present), Chair, John Muir Chapter (1979), Executive Committee, John Muir Chapter (1977-1979), Associate Representative, Midwest Office (1983-84), Staff, John Muir Chapter (1983), Outings leader (1976-1980).
OTHER LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: Chair, Wisconsin Assembly Natural Resources Committee (1987-1994, 2009-2010), Assembly Minority Leader (2001-2002), National Caucus of Environmental Legislators (1999-2010), Wisconsin Bicycle Federation Board of Directors (2010-present).
Allison Chin, 2016-2017 Sierra Club Director
RESIDENCE: Leesburg, VA
CURRENT MEMBER SINCE: 1982, Life Member
OCCUPATION: Retired Biologist, Volunteer Environmental Activist
SIERRA CLUB LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: SC President (2008-2010, 2012-2013), Director (2007-2013); Diversity Steering Committee (2010-present), Awards (2008-2013), Finance (2007-2012, 2013-present), Nominating (2003-2005), Training (2002-2007), Outdoor Activities (1999-2007); ICO Leader (1989-2008); Our Wild America Leadership Team (2013-present); Capacity Building Team (2014-present).
OTHER LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: Director, The Sierra Club Foundation; Director, Women’s Voices For The Earth; Co-Chair, Board Members of Color and Indigenous People of Environmental and Conservation Organizations.
Ramón Cruz, 2017-2018 Sierra Club Director
RESIDENCE: Caguas, Puerto Rico
CURRENT MEMBER SINCE: 2009
OCCUPATION: Environmental Policy Analyst
SIERRA CLUB LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: None
OTHER LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: Boards of Directors: NYC Citywide Recycling Advisory Board (2003-2007); Environmental Advocates of NY (2009-2013); WeAct for Environmental Justice (2009-2013); New Partners for Community Revitalization (2009-2011); Pratt Center for Community Development (2006-2010); Transportation Alternatives (2007-2013)
Jim Dougherty, 2017-2018 Sierra Club Director
RESIDENCE: Washington, D.C.
CURRENT MEMBER SINCE: 1971; Life Member since 1990.
OCCUPATION: Environmental Lawyer
SIERRA CLUB LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: National: Board of Directors (four terms), Secretary (2006), Finance Committee (2007), Legal Committee (1990-2013), Conservation Governance Committee (2001-2008), Council Delegate (1985-1988). DC Chapter: Conservation Chair (current, often since 1984), Chair (often 1985-2009), Outings Chair (2011)
OTHER LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: President, International Dark-Sky Association (current); Director, International League of Conservation Photographers (current); Defenders of Wildlife, VP; USEPA, prosecutor; DC Environmental Planning Commissioner; League of Conservation Voters, National Advisory Councilmember; Director, Friends of National Zoo
Chuck Frank, 2016-2017 Sierra Club Director
RESIDENCE: Highland Park, IL
CURRENT MEMBER SINCE: 1976, Life Member
OCCUPATION: Business Owner, Investor, Entrepreneur
SIERRA CLUB LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: National Board Director (2013— ), VP/Chair of Visibility/Outreach Committee (2015— ), Business Partnership Committee (2010— ), National Advisory Council (1996— ), Board Liaison to Hawaii and Illinois (2014— ), Woods/Wetlands Group Political Committee (2012— ).
OTHER LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: The Sierra Club Foundation Board (1998–2012): VP, Secretary, Executive Committee and chair of four committees.
Natalie Lucas, 2017-2018 Sierra Club Director
RESIDENCE: St. Louis, MO
CURRENT MEMBER SINCE: 2008
OCCUPATION: Executive Director Care About Climate
SIERRA CLUB LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: EIJ Chair Missouri Chapter (2016-present), UN COP Delegate (2012-2015), SSC International Committee CoLead (2014-2015), Grand Canyon Chapter Membership Chair (2013-2015), Rincon Group Chair (2015), Rincon Group Executive Committee (2010-2015), SSC Trainings Committee (2009-2013)
OTHER LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: Volunteer Coordinator St. Louis Earth Day (2016), Environmental Justice Strategist Missouri Coalition for the Environment (2016), University of Arizona Green Fund Secretary (2014-2015), Director Students for Sustainability (2010-2013)
Steve Ma, 2016-2017 Sierra Club Director
RESIDENCE: El Cerrito, CA
CURRENT MEMBER SINCE: 2010, Life member
OCCUPATION: Senior Partner, Accelerate Change
SIERRA CLUB LEADERSHIP POSITIONS:Coordinator, Environmental Bill of Rights petition drive which generated over 1,200,000 signatures (1995); Canvass Director, New York City and Sacramento offices which led to thousands of members and raised $200,000 (1996, 1997).
OTHER LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: Board Chair, NJPIRG (1992-1993); Named Asian American of the Year by AsianWeek for my efforts to reduce big money’s influence in politics (2001); Board Chair, One Common Unity (2010-present); Founder/Director, Live Green (2008-2013).
Mike O'Brien, 2016-2017 Sierra Club Director
RESIDENCE: Seattle, WA
CURRENT MEMBER SINCE: 2001, Life Member
OCCUPATION: Seattle City Councilmember
SIERRA CLUB LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: Washington State Chapter Chair (2006-2009), Chapter Excom (2004-2009), Chapter Political Committee co-chair (2005-2006), Leadership Development Program participant (2006-2007), Chapter Political Committee Treasurer (2003-2008), Seattle Group Treasurer (2006).
OTHER LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: Sound Transit Regional Authority Board (2014-2016), Founding Member of the Leadership Alliance Against Coal (2013-2016), Water Resource Inventory Area (WRIA) 8 Salmon Recovery Council (2010-2013), Cascade Bicycle Club Advocacy Leadership Institute trainer (2012-2014), http://www.seattle.gov/council/obrien/
David Scott, 2016-2017 Sierra Club Director
RESIDENCE: Columbus, OH
CURRENT MEMBER SINCE: 1990, Life Member
OCCUPATION: Civil Rights Attorney
SIERRA CLUB LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: Sierra Club President (2013–2015); Sierra Club Vice President, VP for Conservation; (2010-2013); Board Director (2009–2015); Vice-Chair, Conservation Governance Committee (2007-2008); Chair, Sustainable Planet Strategy Team (2004-2005); Regional Vice-President (2000-2002); Chair, Ohio Chapter (1999-2002).
OTHER LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: Sierra Club Foundation Board Director, 2013-2015.
Peter Sargent, 2017-2018 Sierra Club Director
RESIDENCE: Denver, CO
CURRENT MEMBER SINCE: 2014
OCCUPATION: Organizer
SIERRA CLUB LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: Assistant Organizing Director, Beyond Coal at UIUC, UNC, UVA, VTech, SIU, UGA, MSU, UC (Fall 2011), Assistant Organizing Director, Beyond Coal Campaign in St. Petersburg, Las Vegas, Detroit, Buffalo, and at IUPUI (Spring 2014)
OTHER LEADERSHIP POSITIONSs: Co-Founder, Wild Climate (2016-present); Campaigns Director, The Climate Reality Project (2014-2016); Campaigns Director, Climate Reality Action Fund (2016); Assistant Organizing Director, Green Corps (2011-2014); Organizing Director, Campus Fair Share Action (2014)