Salo Aburto

Website Administrator (he/him/his)
Salo Aburto serves as Pacific Environment’s Website Administrator, handling all web-related operations and support for the organization.

Gabby Alvira

Program Coordinator, Ports for People (she/her/hers)
Gabby Alvira serves as Pacific Environment’s Program Coordinator, Ports for People, supporting the management of the Ports for People campaign.

Michael Atrigenio

Marine Consultant, Philippines
Dr. Michael Atrigenio supports Pacific Environment's marine protection work in the Philippines as a consultant.

Peter Bayuk

Senior Operations Manager (He/Him/His)
Peter Bayuk serves as Pacific Environment’s Senior Operations Manager and is based in San Francisco, California.

Janine Bobadilla

Marine Consultant, Philippines
Janine Bobadilla supports Pacific Environment’s marine protection work as a consultant in the Philippines.

Silvia Bor

Senior Director, Marine Program
Silvia Bor serves as Senior Director of Pacific Environment’s Marine Program and brings over a decade of marine advocacy in the nonprofit arena.

Deanne Bray

Senior Director, Finance
Deanne Bray serves as Pacific Environment's Sr. Finance Director and has 20 years of financial experience within the nonprofit sector.

Kay Brown

Arctic Policy Director
Kay Brown serves as Pacific Environment's Arctic Policy Director, developing Arctic policy with an Alaskan perspective.

Teresa Bui

Policy Director, Climate (she/her/hers)
Teresa Bui serves Pacific Environment’s Policy Director, Climate, where she leads the organization's climate advocacy efforts.

Jonathan Butler

Climate Campaign Manager, Corporate (they/them/theirs)
Jonathan Butler serves as Pacific Environment’s Climate Campaign Manager, Corporate.

Jennifer Cajina Grigsby

Senior Advancement Manager (she/her/hers)
Jennifer Cajina Grigsby serves as Pacific Environment’s Senior Advancement Manager and is based in San Francisco, California.

Jeanna Deforeit

Senior Advancement Manager
Jeanna Deforeit serves as Pacific Environment’s Senior Advancement Manager and is based in San Francisco, California.

Deng Ping

Regional Director, China Representative Chongqing Office
Deng Ping serves as the Regional Director, China Representative, in the Chongqing office, providing program strategy, campaign planning, fundraising, and communications support across China.

Gwen Dobbs

Communications Director, Campaigns (she/her/hers)
Gwen Dobbs brings more than a decade of experience in the environmental and nonprofit world to Pacific Environment as the Communications Director, Campaigns.

Leah Dunlevy

Digital Communications Manager (she/her/hers)
Leah Dunlevy serves as a Digital Communications Manager at Pacific Environment and is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Jim Gamble

Senior Director, Arctic Program
Born, raised, and educated in Alaska, James "Jim" Gamble serves as Pacific Environment's Senior Director, Arctic Program.

Kevynn Gómez

Communications Manager, Digital
Kevynn Gómez serves as Pacific Environment’s Communications Manager, Digital, supporting our efforts to engage diverse audiences and build strong support for our mission.

Grace Healy

Deputy Director, Climate Campaign (she/her/hers)
Grace Healy serves as Pacific Environment's Deputy Director, Climate Campaign, leading the organization's climate campaign and managing its workforce development, finances, operations, and overall strategy.

Dawny’all Heydari

Climate Campaign Manager, Advocacy (she/her/hers)
Dawny’all Heydari serves as Climate Campaign Manager, Advocacy, supporting Pacific Environment’s strategic advocacy efforts and community power building for all climate campaigns.

Katsunori Hirano

Japan Climate Specialist (he/him/his)
Katsunori Hirano serves as Pacific Environment’s japan climate specialist. Prior to joining Pacific Environment, Katsunori worked for the Shizuoka Prefectural Government in Japan.

Julian Hyde

Marine Consultant
Julian Hyde works with Pacific Environment as a marine consultant to implement its 30x30 goals in Malaysia.

Haimei Jin

Program Coordinator, Plastics
Haimei Jin serves as Pacific Environment's Program Coordinator, Plastics, where she facilitates capacity building on plastics issues, and communications and strategy coordination on solutions to plastic pollution.

Hollie Jones

Staff Accountant (she/her/hers)
Hollie Jones serves as Pacific Environment's staff accountant, bringing a wealth of experience in accounting and human resources from her dedicated tenure in the nonprofit sector.

Hyunju Kang

Republic of Korea Country Director (she/her/hers)
Hyunju Kang serves as Pacific Environment’s Republic of Korea Country Director, supporting our efforts to get ships off fossil fuels.

Jeongmuk Kang

Renewable Energy Associate (he/him/his)
Jeongmuk Kang serves as Pacific Environment’s Renewable Energy Associate and is based in Suwon, South Korea.

Bobbie Jo Kelso

Senior Director, Advancement
Bobbie Jo Kelso serves as Senior Director of Advancement, leading all aspects of fundraising and donor relations to help meet Pacific Environment’s mission and goals.

Chenyang LI

Zero Waste Cities Officer
Chenyang Li serves as Zero Waste Cities Officer for Pacific Environment’s Chongqing representative office.

Li Chunhua

Zero Waste Cities Manager
Li Chunhua serves as Zero Waste Cities Manager at Pacific Environment's Chongqing representative office.

Kristen McDonald

Senior Director, Plastics Program (she/her/hers)
As Senior Director, Plastics Program, Kristen McDonald leads Pacific Environment’s efforts to address pollution and build strong and effective grassroots environmental organizations.

Juliah Mora

Human Resources Generalist
Juliah Mora serves as Pacific Environment’s Human Resources Generalist.

Hai Nguyen

Senior Marine Protected Areas Campaigner, Vietnam
Hai Nguyen serves as Pacific Environment's Senior Marine Protected Areas Campaigner for Vietnam and is based in Hanoi.

Tashia Owens

Senior Director of Human Resources
Tashia Owens serves Pacific Environment's Senior Director of Human Resources and has over 20 years of experience supporting San Francisco Bay Area nonprofits.

Pham Phuong Thao

Marine Program Associate
As Marine Program Associate based in Ho Chi Minh City, Pham Phuong Thao supports our efforts to reduce plastic pollution in Vietnam.

Xuan Quach

Vietnam Country Director (she/her/hers)
As a Vietnam consultant at Pacific Environment, Xuan Quach bring several years of leadership, government, and public policy experience to her role.

Antonio Santos

Federal Policy Director, Climate (He/Him/His)
As Pacific Environment's Federal Policy Director, Climate, Antonio Santos brings over 20 years of federal and state regulatory experience.

Jared Saylor

Senior Director, Communications
As the Senior Director of Communications at Pacific Environment, Jared Saylor brings more than 20 years of communication advocacy experience to the team.

Jayne Stevenson

Washington State Climate Policy Manager (she/her/hers)
As Washington State Climate Policy Manager, Jayne Stevenson supports Pacific Environment’s state climate advocacy efforts.

Wichin Suebpala

Marine Consultant, Thailand
Dr. Wichin Suebpala supports Pacific Environment's marine protection work in Thailand as a consultant.

Cristhian Tapia-Delgado

Climate Campaigner, Southern California (he/him/his)
Cristhian Tapia-Delgado serves as Pacific Environment’s Climate Campaigner, Southern California and is based in Long Beach, California.

Erika Thi Patterson

Senior Director, Climate Campaign
Erika Thi Patterson serves as Senior Director of Pacific Environment's Climate Program, leading corporate and policy advocacy campaigns to advance racial, economic, and environmental justice.

Tuyen Tran

Communications Manager, Vietnam (she/her/hers)
Tuyen Tran serves as Pacific Environment's Communications Manager, Vietnam — focusing on plastic pollution.

Fern Uennatornwaranggoon

Climate Campaign Director, Ports (she/her/hers)
Fern Uennatornwaranggoon serves as Pacific Environment’s Climate Campaign Director, Ports.

Karla Vasquez

Executive Project Manager (she/her/hers)
Karla Vasquez serves as Pacific Environment’s executive project manager, where she supports the executive, finance, operations, and advancement teams.

Carolina Velasquez

Partnerships Manager (she/her/hers)
Carolina Velasquez serves as Pacific Environment’s Partnerships Manager and is based in New York City.

Sophia Williams

Climate Program Assistant (she/her/hers)
Sophia Williams serves as Pacific Environment’s Program Assistant, Climate and is based in the Bay Area.

Jes Wright

Communications Manager, Creative (she/her/hers)
As Communications Manager, Creative, Jes Wright produces digital communications and creative content for Pacific Environment’s campaigns.

Shannon Wright

Executive Director
Shannon Wright is the Executive Director of Pacific Environment, having also served on the Board of Directors from 2002 to 2005.

Jamie Yates

Climate and Renewable Energy Analyst (she/her/hers)
Jamie Yates serves as Pacific Environment’s Climate and Renewable Energy Analyst and is based in Brooklyn, New York.

Thamasak Yeemin

Marine Consultant, Thailand
Dr. Thamasak Yeemin, a renowned marine protect area (MPA) expert, supports Pacific Environment’s MPA work in Thailand as a consultant.

Ted Zhang

Climate Analyst, China Program (he/him/his)
Ted Zhang serves as Pacific Environment’s Climate Analyst, China Program and is based in Chongqing, China.

Zhou Min

Office and Climate Manager, China Representative Office Chongqing
Zhou Min serves as Office and Climate Manager in Pacific Environment's Chongqing China Representative Office, supporting government relations, communications, and programs.

Peter Riggs

Board Chair
Peter Riggs has extensive philanthropy experience, including 10 years managing the East Asia and Russian Far East environment programs for the Rockefeller Brothers Fund; as Program Officer for climate...

Yu Aiqun

Board Secretary
Yu Aiqun is a professional journalist, documentary filmmaker, and researcher. She has 16 years of experience working as a journalist and editor for social and environmental programs at China...

Vawter (Buck) Parker

Board Treasurer
Vawter “Buck” Parker has spent almost his entire career in environmental protection, including 37 years with Earthjustice and 10 as its CEO. Buck was instrumental in opening Earthjustice offices around...

James Angell

Director
Jim Angell is a board member of the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation and Director of its environmental program where he focuses primarily on supporting efforts to protect and...

Stuart Kaplan

Director
Stuart Kaplan is a San Francisco-based attorney, acting frequently as a Court-appointed Receiver to operate businesses in dispute during the course of litigation. His work as a neutral manager...

Fanny Lam

Director
Fanny Lam was born and raised in Hong Kong and immigrated to San Francisco a decade ago. Fanny is passionate about contributing her 18-year business expertise and providing strategic...

Joanne Spalding

Director
Joanne Spalding is Deputy Legal Director and Chief Climate Counsel at the Sierra Club, where she has worked for 20 years. She directs the Sierra Club’s federal and state...

Jodie Van Horn

Director
Jodie Van Horn is a social change leader and advocate who runs innovative global campaigns for nonprofits, philanthropies, and values-driven businesses. As Senior Campaign Director at Purpose, she is...

Sun Shan

Environmental Consultant and Market Gardener
Sun Shan has over 15 years of experience in leadership positions in China’s environmental movement, where she organized major campaigns and civil society initiatives on species, protected areas, rivers,...

Alex Wang

UCLA Law Professor, Founder of NRDC Law Program in Beijing
Alex Wang is a leading expert on comparative environmental law and focuses on the social effects of law, and the interaction of law and institutions in China and the...

Deborah Williams

President of Alaska Conservation Solutions
Deborah Williams is currently an environmental consultant, and has dedicated over 35 years of service to advancing environmental protection in Alaska, California, and the nation. Deborah received her B.A....

Doug Norlen

Economics Policy Program Senior Manager of Friends of the Earth (U.S.)
Doug’s work at Friends of the Earth advances the organization’s campaigns to reform international trade rules, get big money out of politics, and promote sustainable finance policies at public...

Herb Hammond

Founder and President, Silva Ecosystem Consultants Ltd.
Herb Hammond is a Registered Professional Forester and forest ecologist with 30 years of experience in research, industry, teaching and consulting. Together with his wife Susan, he founded the...

Michelle Chan

Director of Economic Policy Program of Friends of the Earth (U.S.)
As VP of Programs at Friends of the Earth-U.S., Michelle Chan plays a crucial role in leading program and campaign planning and developing major organizational strategies at a time...

Nick Guroff

Deputy Director of Corporate Accountability International
Nick directs Corporate Accountability International’s foundations program, media outreach, online communications, and publications work. He began his work in advocacy as a field organizer for Green Corps, field manager...

Sanjay Narayan

Senior Managing Attorney of Sierra Club
As Managing Attorney of the Sierra Club’s Environmental Law Program, Sanjay Narayan plays a senior role in decisions involving the clean air and water campaigns and policy issues. Before...

Sun Qingwei

Director of China Program of National Geographic Society
Sun Qingwei currently Directs National Geographic Society’s China Program, which provides grants for science and exploration to protect air and water resources across China. An energy policy and campaign...

Guo Hanyuan

Attorney, Zhong Lun Law Firm
Hanyuan Guo is currently an attorney at the Zhong Lun Law Firm, Shanghai office. She has been practicing law since 2012 in the area of, among others, dispute resolution and EHS...

Dr. Liu Hungto (“Howard”)

Dr. Liu worked at Oxfam for 17 years as the China Program Director, and he successfully registered four representative offices in mainland China for Oxfam, including a national office....