Board of Directors

Arden Buck is an engineer/physicist and founder of Buck Research, Inc. A recipient of the National Center for Atmospheric Research's Technology Advancement Prize, he currently leads a team developing a database of strategies for use by environmentalists and human rights activists. He has also produced video documentaries of Contra attacks in Nicaragua, relief work in Nicaragua, and the true costs of the Gulf War.

Jane Bunin, chair, is an ecologist who is an Adjunct Professor at Naropa University and President of a small ecological consulting firm, Natural Science Associates, Inc. She holds a doctoral degree in Plant Ecology from the University of Colorado and a masters in Biochemistry from Brandeis University. In addition to environmental science, her areas of work include sustainability, rare species, ethnobotany, wetlands, and environmental impact assessment.

A. Scott DuPree is a doctoral student at the Graduate School for International Studies at Denver University and serves as Alliance Fund Network Coordinator for the Global Greengrants Fund. He has worked for over twenty years to strengthen civil society organizations concerned with social justice, human rights and development in Southern Africa and Brazil. He was regional director for Southern African programs at the Synergos Institute and a founding director of Conectas Human Rights in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Scott holds a Masters Degree in International Affairs from Columbia University.

Doris Hass is a life-long community activist who was inducted into the Boulder YWCA Hall of Fame in 1998. Doris served as president of the very successful Boulder Public Library Foundation for 20 years. She is past president of the Boulder Seniors Foundation and the American Association of University Women (AAUW). She holds a masters degree in art history from New York University and taught art history for 10 years in New York and Michigan.

Anna Jensen is an administrator for the College of Arts and Sciences at CU Boulder, where she plays an active role in event planning and promotion of environmental awareness campaigns. She has completed para-profession training with Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Non-Violence, and is currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in History.

Anne N. Kayser has two undergraduate degrees from Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio in social work and elementary education. She earned a Masters of Business Administration from National University while attending the San Jose, Costa Rica campus. She grew up in Buffalo and Ossining, New York. She has worked and lived in Europe, Africa and Central America as an educator. Currently residing in Boulder, Colorado, she is an independent journalist and radio producer for the community radio station KGNU.

Brian Ross is the Founder and CEO of TWIST a company which manufactures environmentally friendly cleaning products. Previous to TWIST he was a co-founder of both Oregon Chai, the leading chai drink in the world, and Organic Vintners, the biggest importer of organic wines in the United States. Brian graduated from Cornell University with a B.S. in Industrial & Labor Relations and has a LLM from Lewis & Clark Law School. Brian is also on the Board of Directors of Intercambio de Comunidades, a nonprofit focused on building respectful communities through language education, cultural exchange and friendship.

Tanya Sobol is an attorney practicing in Denver, Colorado. She received a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Colorado School of Law and B.A., magna cum laude, in Communications from Villanova University. Focusing her studies on international environmental law, Tanya was one of the founding research associates with what is now the Center for Energy and Environmental Security. In her published article, An NGO’s Fight to Save Ukraine’s Danube Delta: The Case for Granting NGOs Formal Powers of Enforcement, she argues that nongovernmental associations, such as Global Response, must be given greater role in enforcing international environmental law and a voice in global decision-making.

May 2008