“WEA is a group of diverse, caring, passionate women who want to make our earth a place we can all value and nurture. Their energy and enthusiasm, as well as their real expertise in the field, is palpable. This is a worthy investment and will bear much fruit in the years to come.”
— Kavita Ramdas, WEA International Advisory Board
Stephanie Bernstein-Joffe
Founder, To-Go Ware
Jim Epstein
Chairman/Co-Founder,
Blue Ridge Produce
Farwiza Farhan
Founder & Chair, HAkA
Claire Greensfelder
Senior Advisor on Climate and Energy, Women in Europe for a Common Future
Paul Hawken
Author, Entrepreneur
Darian Rodriguez Heyman
Author
Executive Director, Numi Foundation
Co-Founder, Social Media for Nonprofits Conference & Sparrow: Mobile for All
Nadya Hutagalung
Eco-activist
Television host
UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador
Simmone La Corte
Founding Member, Women's Earth Alliance Giving Circle
Chid Liberty
Co-Founder, Liberty & Justice
Entrepreneur-in-Residence, University of Liberia Monrovia Business Startup Center
Kellie Menendez
Co-Founder, Half Full
Founding Team, Subtraction Capital
Daniela Perez
Former Director of North America and Pacific Programs, Women's Earth Alliance
Ahmed Rahim
Co-Founder, CEO & Chief Alchemist, Numi Organic Tea
Kavita N. Ramdas
Director of the Women’s Rights Program, Open Society Foundation
Sunita Rao
Founder, Vanastree
Ben Schick
Senior Consultant & Executive Coach, Institute for Gender Partnership
Bernadette Shanahan
Climate Advocate & Impact Investor
Co-Founder, Dublin Bay Concern, Amazon Aquaponics & A&BTV
Story Weaver
Member, Giving Circle
of Ireland
Dr. Vandana Shiva
Author
Director, Research Foundation of Science, Technology & Natural Resources
Pandora Thomas
Founder and Land Steward: EARTHseed Permaculture Center and Farm
Co-Owner and Designer: Urban Permaculture Institute
Co-Founder, Earthseed Consulting LLC & Black Permaculture Network
Chris Thompson
Co-Founder, The Bridge @ Green School, Bali
Charity Tooze
Director of Gender, Partnerships and Communications at Equal Access International
Lynne Twist
Author
Founder, Soul of Money Institute
In Memoriam
We hold deep gratitude for the visionary leaders on our Leadership Board whose lives and legacies continue to guide this work. Their contributions to environmental stewardship, justice, and women’s leadership have left an enduring imprint on the world—and on WEA’s journey. Though they are no longer with us, their wisdom lives on in the movements they helped shape and the futures they dared to imagine.
Joanna Macy
Eco-Philosopher, Author
Wangari Maathai
Social, environmental, and political activist
Founder, the Green Belt Movement
Nobel Peace Laureate