Board of Directors

Erik Taylor

Chairman

Erik graduated from UC Davis in 2001 with a degree in political science and history. After working for a year as the coordinator of a high school intervention center

Paul Kelley

Board Member

Paul, originally from the small town of Grand Forks in southern British Columbia, Canada, graduated from Colgate University with a major in sociology. After playing

Ryan Rutherford

Board Member

Ryan Rutherford, a California native, graduated from the University of San Francisco in 1998 with a degree in exercise physiology. After working as a strength 

Kathy Shoemaker

Board Member

Kathy, a California native, graduated from San Jose State University with a degree in Physical Education. Kathy launched her career in the greater Los Angeles

Jonathan Kennedy

Board Member

Jonathan was born and raised in the Southwest of England. He studied History at the University of Nottingham, and shortly thereafter he began working in Corporate Finance with Ernst and Young

Sue Taylor

Board Member

Sue grew up in Massachusetts and graduated from the University of MA in 1982 with a BS in Sports Management. After graduating Sue worked in Professional Baseball with minor league teams affiliated with the Chicago White Sox and the Houston Astros

Lynn Rutherford

Board Member

Lynn, a California native, earned a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Kinesiology at California State University Hayward. 

Steve Hubbard

Board Member

Steve, hailing from Toronto, Canada, completed his honors degree at the University of Guelph with a major in political science and a minor in philosophy.

Robert James

Board Member

Steffi Blicke

Board Member

Steffi is from a small village in the North of Germany which is so boring that she started to travel at the age of 16

Mariah Miller

Board Member

Mariah Miller is an independent consultant on corporate governance.  Since 2009, she has been collaborating primarily with Pensions Investments Research Consultants (PIRC) on proxy voting

Eric Di Bari

Board Member

Eric grew up in upstate New York and graduated from the University at Albany in 2009 with a Masters in Public Administration.  After graduating, he 

Miranda Sheild Johansson

Board Member

Miranda grew up in Stockholm, Sweden. She lived in Edinburgh, Scotland, for 5 years where she obtained her degree in Anthropology and later on worked 

Justin Locke

Board Member

Justin Locke currently holds the position of Disaster Risk Management Specialist within the World Bank’s Latin American and Caribbean Disaster Risk Management and Urban Unit