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This page contains information about Resource Renewal Institute's directors, international advisory board, staff, and consultants.

Resource Renewal Institute Directors

Resource Renewal Institute International Advisory Board

Dr. Juan Carlos Belausteguigoitia
Coordinator, Global International Waters Assessment, UNEP, Sweden

Mr. Erik Brandsma
Consultant, Environmental Resources Management, Stockholm, Sweden

Mr. Bob Currie
Former Director of Planning, US Environmental Protection Agency

Dr. Tom W. Fookes
Associate Professor, School of Architecture, Property and Planning, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Dr. Paul E. de Jongh
Director of Nature Management, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management & Fisheries, The Hague, The Netherlands

Ms. Ann Magee
Director of Strategic Projects, Waitakere City Council, Waitakere City, New Zealand

Dr. Wim C.J. Quik
Former Technical Director, Association of the Dutch Chemical Industry

Ms. Stacy A. Richards
Principle, Stacy Richards & Associates; Former Deputy Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection, Harrisburg, PA

Mr. Rodney Sando
Director, Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Authority, Portland, OR

Ms. Annet van Schreven
Consultant, Atalaya Management Consultancy, The Hague, The Netherlands

Mr. Herb Simmens
Director, Office of State Planning, New Jersey Dept. of the Treasury, Trenton, NJ

Dr. Robert W. Slater
Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Environment Canada, Quebec, Canada

Mr. Donald B. Straus
Trustee, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME

Mr. Adam Werbach
Founder, Act Now Productions; CEO, US Sky Trust, Inc., San Francisco, CA

Mr. Robert C. Wilkinson
President, Board of Directors, Earth Island Institute, San Francisco, CA

Mr. John C. Williams
Vice President of Academic Affairs, Menlo College, Atherton, CA

Mr. Hans van Zijst
Technical Director, Environmental Resources Management, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Dr. ir. Kees Zoeteman
Chairman of Globus, Institute for Globalization and Sustainable Development, Tilburg, The Netherlands

Resource Renewal Institute Staff

Huey D. Johnson hdj@rri.org
Huey D. Johnson is a former California Secretary for Resources (1978-82). During this time he was responsible for creating and implementing one of the first comprehensive approaches to resource management, the 20-year “Investing for Prosperity” program. Prior to his appointment as Secretary, Mr. Johnson founded and served as President of the Trust for Public Land, and is the former Western Regional Director of the Nature Conservancy. His pioneering policies and land acquisitions have made these organizations two of the largest and most effective in the country. Mr. Johnson was recently awarded the prestigious United Nations Sasakawa Environment Prize, and has a long record of success in building political coalitions to achieve substantive policy change.

Jason Kibbey jkibbey@rri.org
Jason comes to Defense of Place from Bain & Company, a top management consulting firm where he worked on project strategy and turnaround for technology companies as an Associate Consultant. In the environmental world, Kibbey worked for Union of Concerned Scientists on successful passage of new vehicle emissions standards and climate change issues. Additionally, he has started his own computer consulting company, worked abroad for a Spanish technology firm, and managed cooperative housing in Berkeley. Mr. Kibbey graduated with Highest Honors from UC Berkeley with degrees in Environmental Economics and Policy (B.S.) and Religious Studies (B.A.).

Resource Renewal Institute Consultants

Allison Lengauer Jordan allison@rri.org
Allison continues to support RRI with development while simultaneously completing her Masters in Public Policy at Berkeley's Goldman School of Public Policy. While at RRI, Allison has served as Acting Executive Director, Director of Development and Assistant to the President. In 2001, Allison was a fellow with the German Marshall Fund's American Marshall Memorial Fellowship Program-a policy-focused European study tour and series of on-going exchanges and seminars designed to foster transatlantic understanding and cooperation. Prior to joining RRI in 1996, she taught English in rural Japan and worked at Deloitte & Touche Management Consulting. She graduated summa cum laude with a degree in Psychology from Allegheny College in Meadville, PA.

David Rinehart
David Rinehart is an artist and writer who’s played an active role in environmental organizations for the last twenty-five years. As the editor and publisher of Greenpeace USA’s national magazine, he introduced the organization to computers. Later, he provided outreach and development assistance to a wide variety of nonprofit organizations, including Earth Island Institute, Rainforest Action Network, Gorilla Foundation, International Rivers Network, Earthtrust, and others.

John Skov jskov@rri.org
John Skov has served as the business advisor for Resource Renewal Institute since 1984. He is the principal of J. Skov and Associates, a management consulting firm dealing with organizational development and mediation. Previously, Mr. Skov worked in personnel and industrial relations for Crown Zellerbach Corporation in San Francisco.