Leadership

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CPR Initiative Board of Directors

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Donn J. Viviani

Board President

Donn is a retired Environmental Protection Agency scientist, following 35 years of service.

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John M. Fitzgerald

Board Vice-President

John is a semi-retired, but not very retiring lawyer with extensive experience in litigation and legislation.

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Nelson Bonner

Board Secretary

Nelson is a retired artist, technical writer, and technology editor and educator, with four decades of computer applications experience.

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Mike Schauer

Board Treasurer

Mike is a retired actuary with over 50 years of experience consulting with businesses on their employee benefit plans.

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Dr. Lise Van Susteren

Board Member

Dr. Susteran is a practicing general and forensic psychiatrist in Washington, DC, and an expert on the physical and mental health effects of climate disruption.

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Dr. John Birks

Board Member

John is Chief Scientist at 2B Technologies, a company he co-founded in 1998 that develops and manufactures new products for air quality measurements.

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Stefanie Herrington

Board Member

Stefanie is an estate planning attorney and the founder of Montecito Law Group in Santa Barbara, California.

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cathy-orlando
Cathy Orlando

Board Member

Cathy is Program Director at Citizens’ Climate International where she directs programs that support volunteers in over 75 countries to build political will for a climate safe future.

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Daphne Wysham

Board Member

Daphne Wysham is the CEO of Methane Action where she is working with others on putting in place a fair and binding global methane agreement.

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Dan Galpern

General Counsel & Executive Director

Founder, Board Member

Dan is an environmental and climate attorney and policy analyst.

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CPR Initiative Board of Advisors

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Dr. James E. Hansen
Director of Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions

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James-Baker
Dr. James Baker
Under Secretary of Commerce for Atmosphere and Oceans & Administrator of the U.S. NOAA

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Eelco Rohling
Ocean & Climate Change Professor, Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra

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Richard-Heede
Richard Heede
Climate Accountability Institute

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Judy Giers
Attorney at Law

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Lisbeth Gronlund
Research Affiliate, Nuclear Security & Policy Lab, MIT Department of Nuclear Science & Engineering

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Wil-Burns
Wil Burns
Visiting Professor with Northwestern University’s Program in Environmental Policy and Culture

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Dev Noily
Senior Rabbi of Kehilla Community Synagogue

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Natalie Mangondo
Youth Fellow, United Nations Climate Change High Level Champions Team

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Tim Crosland
Director, Plan B (planb.earth)

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Ilana Cohen
Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard & Fossil Free Research

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CPR Initiative Fellows & Externs

Tess Louie
CPR Initiative Economics & Policy Fellow

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Alex Loznak
CPR Initiative Climate Law Fellow

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Tora Husar
CPR Initiative Climate Law Extern

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