Board of Directors:
Meet the Board

Robin Mann

Lane Boldman

Jessica Helm

David Scott

Robbie Cox

Aaron Mair

Donna Buell

Jim Dougherty

Rafael Reyes

Allison Chin

Jonathan Ela

Susana Reyes

Chris Warshaw

Larry Fahn

Rob Wilder

Robin Mann, 2011-2012 Sierra Club President
RESIDENCE: Rosemont, Pennsylvania
CURRENT MEMBER SINCE: 1983
OCCUPATION: Environmental activist
SIERRA CLUB LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: National: Chair, Water Committee (2001-2006); Chair, Safe and Healthy Communities Conservation Initiative Committee (2005-2006); Finance Governance Committee (2006-2007); Board of Directors (2006-present); Vice President, Conservation (2007-present); Chapter: Water Chair (1989, 1991, 2000-2005); Group: ExCom (2002-present).
OTHER LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: Pennsylvania Campaign for Clean Water Steering Committee; Board Member, Radnor Conservancy; Board Member, Darby Creek Valley Association; Member, local Environmental Advisory Council and Comprehensive Plan Implementation Committee.

David Scott, 2011-2012 Sierra Club Vice President
RESIDENCE: Columbus, Ohio
CURRENT MEMBER SINCE: 1990, Life Member
OCCUPATION: Public Interest Attorney
SIERRA CLUB LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: 2008-2009: Co-Chair, Obama Administration Task Force; Member, Mission Strategy Advisory Committee; 2007-2008, Vice-Chair and Secretary, Conservation Governance Committee, (appointed to committee 2005); 2004-2005, Chair, Sustainable Planet Strategy Team (appointed 2002), 1999-2001, Regional Vice President.
OTHER LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: 1999-2002, Ohio Chapter Chair; 1998-2002, Great Lakes Ecoregion Task Force Chair; 1996-1999, Ohio Chapter Conservation Chair; 1996-1998, Central Ohio Group Conservation Chair. Non-Sierra Club positions: 2005-2007, Mayor's Green Team; 1997-1999, Franklin County Community Planning Council.

Donna Buell, 2011-2012 Sierra Club Secretary
RESIDENCE: Spirit Lake, Iowa
CURRENT MEMBER SINCE: 2004
OCCUPATION: Environmental Activist, Attorney
SIERRA CLUB LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: National Finance and Risk Management Advisory Committee (2008-present); Council of Club Leaders Executive Committee (2007-present); Iowa Chapter Executive Committee (2004-present), Chapter Treasurer (2008-present); Prairie Lakes Group Executive Committee (2006-present).
OTHER LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: Okoboji Protective Association Board of Directors (1998-present); Iowa Environmental Protection Commission (2003-2007); Dickinson Clean Water Alliance Coordinator (2005-2006); Citizens Concerned for Water Quality (1999-2001).

Allison Chin, 2011-2012 Sierra Club Treasurer
RESIDENCE: Lansdowne, Virginia
CURRENT MEMBER SINCE: 1982, Life Member
OCCUPATION: Cancer Biologist and Environmental Activist
SIERRA CLUB LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: Sierra Club President (2008-2010), Director (2007-present); Board Committees - Honors and Awards (2008-present), Finance (2007-present), Organizational Effectiveness (2007-2008), Nominating (2003-2005), Training (2002-2007), Outdoor Activities (1999-2007), Inner City Outings (ICO; 1993-2001), Loma Prieta Chapter ICO Leader (1988-2008).
OTHER LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: American Red Cross Health & Safety Instructor and Trainer (1992 - 2008)

Chris Warshaw, 2011-2012 Sierra Club Fifth Officer
RESIDENCE: Dover, Delaware
CURRENT MEMBER SINCE: 2006
OCCUPATION: Doctoral Student (JD/PhD), Stanford University
SIERRA CLUB LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: Board of Directors' Visibility & Outreach Advisory Committee (2008-present); National Cool Cities Taskforce (2008-present); National Online/Offline Internet Taskforce and Social Networking Committee (2007-2008); Loma Prieta Chapter Cool Cities Core Team (2006-present)
OTHER LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: Democracy for America (DFA)- Field Director & Political Director (2005-2006), Grassroots Coordinator (2004); Howard Dean's Presidential Campaign- Field Organizer (2003-2004); League of Conservation Voters- Wisconsin GOTV Coordinator (2004); Stanford Environmental Law Journal- Member Editor (2008).

Lane Boldman, 2011-2012 Sierra Club Director
RESIDENCE: Lexington, Kentucky
CURRENT MEMBER SINCE: 1993, Life Member.
OCCUPATION: Communications Manager and Environmental Activist
SIERRA CLUB LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: National: Secretary, Board Executive Committee; Chair, Board Volunteer Leadership Advisory Committee (2008-2009); Chair, Council of Sierra Club Leaders (2005-2008); Chair, Board Natural Gas Fracturing Task Force (2008-2009); Communications & Education Governance Committee (2005-2008); Cool Cities Mobilization Taskforce (2006-2008). State: Chair, Cumberland (Kentucky) Chapter (2002-2005); Chair, Cumberland Chapter Mountaintop Removal Committee (2008-2010); Chair, Cumberland Chapter Wildlands Committee (2003-2010).
OTHER LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: Board Member, Citizens Coal Council (2009-2010); Team Organizer, "Reforest the Bluegrass" (1999); District Coordinator, Lexington "Let Us Vote" (2007); Board Member, Cardinal Valley Neighborhood Association (2005-2006).

Robbie Cox, 2011-2012 Sierra Club Director
RESIDENCE: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
CURRENT MEMBER SINCE: 1979
OCCUPATION: Emeritus, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
SIERRA CLUB LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: President of the Sierra Club (2007-2008, 2000-2001, 1994-1996); senior Director (1993-present); Vice President for Visibility and Outreach (2011-present); Search Committee for new Executive Director (2009-2010); Vice-President for Mission/Strategy (2007-2011), Communication (1999-2000), and Conservation (1996-1997); Chair, North Carolina Chapter (1983-1985); Chair, Research Triangle Group (1982-1983); Delegate, international "Religion, Science, and Environment" conference, Istanbul (1995).
OTHER LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: Board of Directors of Earth Echo International; Adviser, European Environmental Agency, session on media and environment (2009); editorial board, Environmental Communication (journal); Professor Emeritus in Department of Communication Studies and Curriculum in the Environment and Ecology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Advisory Committee, Carolina Environmental Program (1998 - 2002); Fellow (environmental policy), Institute for Arts and Humanities (current); participated in National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit (1991)

Jim Dougherty, 2011-2012 Sierra Club Director
RESIDENCE: Washington, D.C.
CURRENT MEMBER SINCE: 1971. Life member since 1990.
OCCUPATION: Environmental lawyer and campaign strategist
SIERRA CLUB LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: Director (1989-1992, 2005-2008), Secretary (2006-2007), Legal Committee (1991-present), Conservation Governance Committee (2001-present), Council Delegate (1987-1989, 2009-present), Finance Committee (2005-2006). Chapter Chair (2009-present), Conservation Chair (1995-1996), Legal Chair (1994-present), Outings Chair (2000-2002), Environmental Justice Committee (2009-present).
LEADERSHIP WITH OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS: Defenders of Wildlife - VP; Green Seal - General Counsel; USEPA - Law Enforcement Branch Chief; Friends of the National Zoo - Director; DC Environmental Planning Commissioner; League of Conservation Voters National Advisory Council, DC Environmental Network - Co-founder.

Jonathan Ela, 2011-2012 Sierra Club Director
RESIDENCE:Madison, Wisconsin
CURRENT MEMBER SINCE: 1969, Life Member
OCCUPATION: Environmentalist (retired professional/current volunteer)
SIERRA CLUB LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: Obama Administration Task Force (2008-2009); Chair, Sierra Club Political Committee (2005-2009); Chair, Environmental Voter Education Campaign (1999-2005); Mission Strategy Advisory Committee (2010-present); Midwest Representative (1971-1983); Assistant to Conservation Director (1969-1971); Mississippi River Specialist (1994-1999); Finance & Risk Management Advisory Committee (2011-present).
OTHER LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: Chair, Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (2009-present), Sierra Club Independent Action (2010-present); Chair, Sierra Club State Action Fund (2009-2010); Staff, U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson (1967-1968).

Larry Fahn, 2011-2012 Sierra Club Director
RESIDENCE: Mill Valley, California
CURRENT MEMBER SINCE: 1978, Life Member
OCCUPATION: Executive Director, As You Sow; Environmental Attorney
SIERRA CLUB LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: Marin Group ExCom (1981-1999), Political Chair, Vice-Chair, Chair; Bay Chapter Political Committee (1984-2000), Chair (1991-1994); Political Chair, SC California (1997-2001); National Board (1999-2002; 2002-2005; 2008-2011); Vice-President (2001-2003); Club President (2003-2005); Club Delegate to UN Climate talks in Copenhagen (2009) and Cancun (2010).

Jessica Helm, 2011-2012 Sierra Club Director
RESIDENCE: Rocky Point, New York
CURRENT MEMBER SINCE: 2003
OCCUPATION: PhD candidate in Neuroscience
SIERRA CLUB LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: Activist Network: Hydrofracking Team Leader (2010-present). Atlantic Chapter: Conservation Chair (2009-present), Financial Affairs Committee (2010-present), Online Media Chair (2009-present), Executive Committee (2009-present). Long Island Group: Conservation Chair (2006-2009), Executive Committee (2006-2009), Publicity Chair (2006-2008).
OTHER LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: Brookhaven Clean Energy Task Force

Aaron Mair, 2011-2012 Sierra Club Director
RESIDENCE: Schenectady, New York
CURRENT MEMBER SINCE: 1999
OCCUPATION: NYSDOH Public Health EPIGIS Analyst
SIERRA CLUB LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: National Environmental Justice and Community Partnerships Chair 2010-present; National Diversity Council 2008-2010. Atlantic Chapter: Environmental Justice 2003-2004; Chapter Chair 2002-2003. Hudson Mohawk Group: International Human Rights/Environment 2003-present; Environmental Justice 2002-2008; Water Quality/Habitats 2006-2011.
OTHER LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: EPA Environmental Quality Award for clean up of PCBs on the Hudson River 2000; Friends of Clean Hudson 1999; Current New York League of Conservation Voters Board Member 2000; Arbor Hill Environmental Justice Founder 1995-Current.

Rafael Reyes, 2011-2012 Sierra Club Director
RESIDENCE: San Mateo, California
CURRENT MEMBER SINCE: 2000
OCCUPATION: Program Director, ecoAmerica
SIERRA CLUB LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: National: Organizational Effectiveness Governance Committee (2005-Present); Chair, Summit Communications Committee (2005); Chair, Road to Somewhere Outreach Committee (2004); Loma Prieta Chapter: Chair, Beat Bush Campaign (2004); Chapter Chair (2002-2004); Political Chair (2002-2003).
OTHER LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: Program Director, ecoAmerica (2007-Present); Board Member, Sustainable San Mateo County (2008-Present); Associate Director, As You Sow (2005-2007); Board member, San Francisco Baykeeper (2004-2007).

Susana Reyes, 2011-2012 Sierra Club Director
RESIDENCE: Glendale, California
CURRENT MEMBER SINCE: 1999
OCCUPATION: Director of Human Resources
SIERRA CLUB LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: SC Political Team (2007-2011), Co-Chair SCPT Training Subcommittee (2008-2011) and National Political Training (2008); SCPT online political training developer and instructor (2008-2011); Angeles Chapter Chair, Political Committee (2004-2009) and Co-Chair (2010-2011); Verdugo Hills Group ExComm (2006-2007), Group Political Chair (2005- present), and Chapter Delegate (2005-2007); Personnel Committee Chair (2007-present); Chapter Political Leadership Awards Organizer (2008-2011); Angeles Chapter Executive Committee (2003- 2004) and Secretary (2002-2004).
OTHER LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters (LALCV) Board Member (2004-present); LALCV Vice President (2005-2006); LALCV Endorsement Committee Chair (2010-present); LALCV Board Development Team Member (2008-2009); Arroyo Foothills Conservancy Board Member (2010 –present): Los Angeles Filipino Association of City Employees, Affirmative Action Officer (2008- present); Campaign GOTV organizer, various races (City Mayor and Council, CA State Assembly and State Senate, Water Municipal Boards, Community College Board of Trustees, Judicial, and Southern CA Congressional races).

Rob Wilder, 2011-2012 Sierra Club Director
RESIDENCE: San Diego, California
CURRENT MEMBER SINCE: 1988, Life Member
OCCUPATION: Clean Energy Entrepreneur and Author
SIERRA CLUB LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: Environmental Quality Strategy Team (2001-03); National Marine Committee (1994-96); Chair, Sierra Club California Coastal Committee (1997-99); San Diego Chapter Executive Committee (2010-present); Hawaii Chapter Executive Committee (2000-02); Vice Chair, Santa Barbara Group (1998-00).
OTHER LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: Manager, WilderHill Clean Energy Index; President, Hydrogen Fuel Cell Institute; Trustee, Society for Conservation Biology (2008-present); Board of Directors, Coast Alliance (2000-04); Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts (1993-96); Fellow, US EPA Headquarters, Washington DC (1995).

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