Center for a New American Dream

The Center for a New American Dream "helps Americans consume responsibly to protect the environment, enhance quality of life, and promote social justice."

Donors


 * Wendy Philleo - Executive Director
 * Monique Tilford - former Deputy Director

Board
Accessed April 2012:


 * Betsy Taylor (cochair), Kathy Hedge, Juliet Schor, Liz Barratt-Brown, Jeffrey B. Baer, Alan Balch, Julie Gorte, Robert Engelman, Gay Nicholson, Eleanor Sterling, Gus Speth, Tim Kasser, Mark Valentine

Directors
Accessed December 2007:


 * Alan Balch (Bowie, MD) Vice-president, Preventive Health Partnership; former Executive Director of Friends of Cancer Research and Course Instructor in the Environmental Studies Department at University of California, Santa Cruz.
 * Liz Barratt-Brown (Washington, DC) - President, Oikos Group; former Senior Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council.
 * Robert Engelman, New American Dream Board President (Takoma Park, MD) - Vice President for Programs, Worldwatch Institute
 * Julie Gorte, New American Dream Board Treasurer (Bethesda, MD)
 * Wendy Philleo (Charlottesville, VA) - Consultant, Hewlett Foundation. Former Program Officer at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and Program Officer at World Wildlife Fund.  Also worked for UNEP and the U.S. State Department.
 * Juliet Schor, New American Dream Board Secretary (Newton, MA)
 * Eleanor Sterling (New York, NY)
 * Betsy Taylor (Takoma Park, MD) Former President, Center for a New American Dream
 * Michael P. Totten (Takoma Park, MD)
 * Alicia P. Wittink, New American Dream Board Vice-President

Advisory Board
Accessed April 2012:


 * Carl Anthony, Alan AtKisson, Benjamin Barber, Peter Barnes, Lester Brown, Andi Colnes, Herman Daly, Dianne Dillon-Ridgley, Alan Durning, Danny Glover, Paul Gorman, Jacqueline Hamilton , Paul Hawken, Winona LaDuke, Hunter Lovins, Joanna Macy, Bill McKibben, Norman Myers, Mary Pipher, Henry Richmond, Vicki Robin, Dick Roy, Jerry Schubel, David Suzuki, Charles Terry

Advisory Board
Accessed December 2007:


 * Carl Anthony (New York, NY) - Program Officer, Ford Foundation
 * Alan AtKisson (Sweden) - Author and consultant
 * Benjamin Barber (New York, NY) - Kekst Professor of Civil Society, University of Maryland Executive Director, New York Office, Democracy Collaborative
 * Peter Barnes (San Francisco, CA) - Co-founder and former CEO, Working Assets
 * Lester Brown (Washington, DC) - President, Earth Policy Institute
 * Andi Colnes (Montpelier, VT) - Community organizer and environmental leader in New England; independent consultant.
 * Herman Daly (College Park, MD) - Economist, University of Maryland
 * Dianne Dillon-Ridgley (Iowa City, IA) - UN Representative - World YWCA
 * Alan Durning (Seattle, WA) - Executive Director, Northwest Environment Watch
 * Danny Glover (Oakland, CA) - Actor and activist
 * Paul Gorman (Sausalito, CA) - Executive Director, National Religious Partnership for the Environment
 * Jacqueline Hamilton (Los Angeles, CA) - Director, LA Environmental Justice Project Office, Environmental Defense
 * Paul Hawken (Sausalito, CA) - President, Natural Capital Institute
 * Winona LaDuke (St. Paul, MN) - Program Director, Honor the Earth Fund
 * Hunter Lovins (Longmont, CO) - Co-Founder, Natural Capitalism Group
 * Joanna Macy (Berkeley, CA) - Author
 * Bill McKibben (Johnsbury, NY) - Author
 * Norman Myers (Oxford, England) - Visiting Fellow, Green College, Oxford University
 * Mary Pipher (Lincoln, NE) - Author of Reviving Ophelia; In the Shelter of Each Other; Another Country; and The Middle of Everywhere: The World's Refugees Come to Our Town; clinical psychologist.
 * Henry Richmond (Portland, OR) - Founder, 1000 Friends of Oregon and Executive Director, American Land Trust
 * Vicki Robin (Seattle, WA) - Co-Founder and President, New Road Map Foundation
 * Dick Roy (Portland, OR) - Founder, Northwest Earth Institute
 * Jerry Schubel (Long Beach, CA) - President and CEO, Aquarium of the Pacific
 * David Suzuki (Vancouver, British Columbia) - President, David Suzuki Foundation
 * Charles Terry (Whidbey Island, WA) - Former President, The Philanthropic Collaborative

Criticism

 * Curtis White, "The Philanthropic Complex", Jacobin, Spring 2012.

Contact

 * Web: http://www.newdream.org

Related Sourcewatch

 * Suzanne Ehlers
 * Chris O'Brien
 * Lisa Wise, former Executive Director