Tundi Agardy

Executive Director, Sound Seas

Tundi Agardy is an internationally renowned expert in marine conservation, with extensive field experience in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean and North America. Agardy specializes in coastal planning and marine protected areas and has published widely in these fields, including the book Marine Protected Areas and Ocean Conservation.

She received her Ph.D in Biological Sciences and Masters in Marine Affairs from the University of Rhode Island. Sheis currently the Executive Director of Sound Seas, an independent policy group based in the Washington D.C. area.

Christopher Flavin

President and CEO, Worldwatch Institute

Christopher Flavin is the President and CEO of the Worldwatch Institute, an international research organization whose focus is an environmentally sustainable future. He has written extensively on energy strategies and policies, including the book Power Surge: Guide to the Coming Energy Revolution, in which he describes the potential shape of a post-petroleum energy economy.

Flavin appears regularly on radio and television and is active in international policy circles regarding climate change and energy. He graduated cum laude from Williams College, where he studied economics, biology and environmental studies.

Evon Peter

Executive Director, the Native Movement

Evon Peter is the cofounder and Executive Director of The Native Movement. The Native Movement works primarily with indigenous people in the Southwest and Alaska to strengthen youth leadership and protect social, political, and environmental justice.

In his early twenties, Peter’s desire to share his leadership with his fellow indigenous people led him to return to his village, Vashraii K’oo, as Chief.

Peter has temporarily stepped down from his post as Chief of the Neetsaii Gwich’in people. He currently lives in Arizona with his wife and child.

Kavita Ramdas

President, Global Fund for Women

Kavita Ramdas has been the President and CEO of the non-profit organization Global Fund for Women since 1996. She has been named one of the “Women Who Could Be President” by the League of Women Voters.

Ramdas was born and raised in Mumbai, India. She received her B.A. in international relations from Mount Holyoke College in 1985 and her M.P.A. in international development and public policy studies from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University in 1988. Ramdas is currently on the Board of Trustees at Mount Holyoke.

Bill Twist

CoFounder, the Pachamama Alliance

Bill Twist is cofounder of the Pachamama Alliance, which works with indigenous Amazonian groups on issues such as land rights and sustainable development. Roughly translated, Pachamama means “our own Mother Earth.” The Pachamama Alliance seeks to protect both the culture and the land of indigenous people. Twist cites Ecuador’s foreign debt as one of the primary reasons the country is forced into relinquishing their land to oil companies. The Alliance has an office in California and in Ecuador.

Twist is married to Pachamama Alliance cofounder Lynne Twist. They have three adult children and three grandchildren.

Lynne Twist

CoFounder, the Pachamama Alliance

Lynne Twist is cofounder of the Pachamama Alliance, and an author, speaker, consultant, and global activist. She has had a long career crusading for social justice.

Twist is president of The Turning Tide Coalition: a coalition of social justice, environmental and consciousness organizations. She is Vice chairwoman of the Board of the Institute of Noetic Sciences and a Trustee of the Fetzer institute. She is also a founding executive of The Hunger Project, which aims to end the chronic and persistent hunger on Earth.

Twist is married to Pachamama Alliance cofounder Bill Twist. They have three adult children and three grandchildren.