Board of Directors

From CFI

Based out of Ukiah, California, the Board of Directors (BOD) and advisors voluntarily devote their time towards developing the Cloud Forest Institute; the current members are listed below. The BOD is organized as determined by functioning bylaws originally approved by the Secretary of State of California in August 1996 when CFI received its determination as a non-profit public benefit corporation. The bylaws were most recently revised in January 2000, and adopted in April. CFI's determination as a 501 (c)(3) educational and scientific corporation was federally approved May 8th 2000. Copies of the organization'™s legal documents and financial records are available to the public upon request. The current BOD of Cloud Forest Institute was elected November 17, 2006. They took on their roles in succession of, and collaboration with, many innovative thinkers and doers. Co-founder Patrick Burnstad passed away in 2006. Please click on his name to visit the memorial pages and post your own memories and remarks.

Board of Directors

Dr. James Matthews, President

PhD. Political Science University of Florida; Programmer KMEC radio

Cliff Paulin, Vice President

Attorney at Law, founding member Greater Ukiah Localization Project GULP, former president and executive director of the Victim Offender Reconciliation Project of Mendocino County, member Mendocino County Energy Working Group, member Ukiah Green Building Task Force, member Mendocino County Teen Peer Court Executive Committee

Tola Levison, Secretary

Micro enterprise Development Consultant, CalWORKS Specialist, Mendocino Community College

Jenny Burnstad, Treasurer

Small Business Bookkeeping Consultant, Founding member of GULP, programmer KMEC radio

Govinda Dalton

International Indian Treaty Council Media Technician, Indigenous Environmental Network, Western Shoshone Defense, Yoga Instructor, Programmer at KZYX&Z and KMEC radio

Charles Payne

MS Geology, Oregon State University; BS Geology, UCSC; San Francisco Post Carbon Group; San Francisco Oil Awareness Group; and East Bay Peak Oil

Auriah Milanes

Former CFI Intern in Ecuador; BA Environmental Engineering Humbolt State University, President of Engineers Without Borders, Humbolt Chapter

Dara Zimmerman

Former CFI Intern in Ecuador; Service Learning Specialist; Environmental Engineering Student HSU

Paul "Jade" West

Former communications director for Rainforest Action Network. Currently consulting for Harmony Festival, CommonVision.org, Dedicated Wellness and International Rivers Network

Staff

Freeda Alida Burnstad, Executive Director

BA CSUMB Multi-National Distance Education, Part-time Faculty Dominican University

List of Advisors

• Dr. Helen M. Burnstad
• Dr. Allen Cooperrider
• Dr. Urmas Kaldveer
• Bruce Haldane
• Marigold Klein
• Dennis O'Brien
• Derek Dahlen
• Valerie Plummer
• Carl Sunberg
• [Jonathan Frey]