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About Our Director
Margrete Strand Rangnes directs the Sierra Club's Labor, Worker's Rights and Trade Program. Margrete has been with the Sierra Club since 2004 and directs its work on international trade and investment, as well as issues related to labor and workers' rights. She is also the Deputy Director for the Blue Green Alliance, a fast-growing labor-environmental partnership that unites more than 14 million people dedicated to expanding the green economy and ensuring that the jobs created in this economy are good, family-supporting jobs in communities across the United States. Prior to joining the Sierra Club in 2004, Margrete was the Deputy Director for Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch working on global trade and investment issues. A native Norwegian, she graduated from The University of Bergen with a concentration in comparative politics.
About our Trade Team
Suzanne York has covered international human rights, globalization and the environment issues for more than a decade. She spent eight years as research director with the International Forum on Globalization. Currently her focus is on women's empowerment, climate justice, and rights of nature.
Andrew Christie has worked for marine wildlife, land conservation and animal rights groups since 1994. He covered the 1999 WTO and the 2000 World Bank protests for the Independent Media Center. He is currently a Sierra Club chapter director in San Luis Obispo, California.
Chris Kennedy has worked as an environmental specialist, investigating complaints of lack of compliance or frauds involving environmental issues. She has advocated for numerous issues including environmental protection, woman's empowerment and health issues, trade issues, and challenging corporate power. She has been a Sierra club activist for more than 20 years.
Jim Diamond, trained as a physician, is now an advocate for a healthy planet. He edits International Activist newsletter and also serves on the Genetic Engineering Action Team, Biofuels Task Force and the International Team.
Jim Mays has been with the Responsible Trade project for over ten years. He also works with other trade, environmental and economic justice groups, mostly in the New York City metro area, but also nationally.
Joan Holtz serves on the Angeles Chapter Political Committee, the Sierra Club California Political Committee, and the Global Population and the Environment Program Committee. She has been active on the Responsible Trade Team for many years, and believes it is up to us to show connections between U.S. "free" trade policy and environmental degradation, climate change and human rights violations.