Board of Directors
John Powers
Board President
Founder of Alliance for Sustainable Colorado and full-time volunteer. Mr. Powers is currently a member of the Greenprint Council, a citizens' advisory committee to the Mayor of Denver's Sustainable Development Initiative. He has been a board member of Colorado Conservation Voters since 2000, the Colorado Environmental Coalition since 1996, and the Educational Foundation of America since 1986. He was a member of the management committee of the Environmental Grantmakers Association, 1991-1993; volunteer organizer of annual conferences for the Environmental Grantmakers Association, 1989-1994; Swiss product manager and store manager, Microland S. A., Geneva, Switzerland, 1984-5; real estate salesperson and broker 1974-80; assistant chief steward, Sonesta Hotel, Amsterdam, Holland, 1979; Principal, J.P. Powers & Co., real estate investment and ranching interests since 1974; M.B.A., Finance, University of Colorado, 1983; B.A., History and Psychology, Oberlin College, 1971.
Mark Hughes, Esq
Vice President
Founder and executive director of Two Rivers Institute, a 501(c)(3) public interest law firm; visiting professor at the University of Denver College of Law teaching courses in Constitutional and Environmental Law; founder of Earthlaw, the environmental law clinic at the University of Denver College of Law and Stanford University Law School; attorney with the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, 1989 -1994; attorney at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Denver and Seattle, trial and discovery docket in toxic torts, product liability, and natural resources work with experience in mining law and land use, 1985 - 1988; Peace Corps volunteer Liberia, West Africa, 1978 - 1981; J.D., University of Chicago Law School, 1985; A.B. biology, University Of Chicago, 1978.
Steven J. Schueth
Treasurer
President and Chief Marketing Officer, First Affirmative Financial Network, an independent SEC-registered investment advisory firm serving socially conscious investors; 30+ years experience in real estate and financial services including eight years with Calvert where he developed the first global socially screened mutual fund; nationally recognized authority, consultant and resource to the SRI industry since 1989; producer of the annual SRI in the Rockies Conference, the premier gathering of the sustainable and responsible investment industry in North America; eleven years as a director of the Social Investment Forum, including seven years as Chair and President of the board; former director of the Colorado Chapter of BSR; former chair of the board of P3 Colorado; career includes five years as a real estate broker and three years as Director of Development for The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania; BA, Journalism/Communications, Marquette University, Cum Laude 1976.
Andrea J. (A.J.) Grant
Secretary-President
President, Environmental Communications Associates, Inc., hosts an interdisciplinary team of specialists in risk and crisis communications, business management, public policy and environmental sciences, strategic planning, public outreach, community and media relations for government, nonprofits, and Fortune 500 clients; lecturer at the University of Colorado as well as numerous academic, industry, and technical conferences around the country; gubernatorial appointee to the Colorado Governor's Council, Corporate Alliance for Better Air (CABA); Advisory Board member of EPA's National Advisory Council on Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT), the Journal of Crisis Communications (CRICOM) and the Journal of Corporate Environmental Strategy.
Dr. David Orr
David is the Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics, and Chair of the Environmental Studies Program at Oberlin College. He is also a James Marsh Professor at large at the University of Vermont. David is known for his pioneering work on environmental literacy in higher education and ecological design. He led the design and construction of the Adam Joseph Lewis Center, Oberlin's Environmental Studies Program Center. David has authored five books and over 150 articles in scientific journals, social science publications, and popular magazines. He is contributing editor of Conservation Biology, has served as a Trustee of several grant-giving foundations, and serves on the Boards of the Rocky Mountain Institute (CO), the Center for Ecoliteracy (CA), and the Center for Respect of Life and Environment. He is also an advisor and consultant to organizations such as the Trust for Public Land and the National Parks Advisory Committee. He has lectured at hundreds of colleges and universities in the U.S. and abroad. B.A. Westminster College (1965), M.A. Michigan State University (1966), Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania (1973).
