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About the IFG |
IFG History |
IFG Board of Directors |
IFG Staff
IFG STAFF
Eileen Hazel (bio | email)
IFG Scholars Oronto Douglas (bio | email) Dale
Wen (bio | email) 2009-2010 Staff Transitions Laura Delman Claire Greensfelder (email) Alexis Halbert Yeshica Weerasekera 2010 Summer & Fall Interns Karen Abella Noemi Barrios
Cody Field
Paola Romero Fernanda Sausen (bio)
IFG
Board Announces Leadership Transition, March 2009 Employment and Internship
Opportunities Basic Function: To apply for the internship, please submit a cover letter and
resume to: Staff Biographies Full length bios available upon request. Victor Menotti, Executive Director (email) Victor Menotti was the IFG's first employee upon its founding in 1994 and in 2009 became its Executive Director. Victor has written and spoken extensively about the impact of globalization on ecosystems, and he has helped build international networks among the traditional farming, forest, fishing, and indigenous communities whose survival depends on them. He is the author of the IFG report, “Free Trade, Free Logging: How the World Trade Organization Undermines Global Forest Conservation,” “The Other Oil War: The Halliburton Agenda on WTO Energy Services,” the chapter “WTO and Native Sovereignty" in Paradigm Wars: Indigenous Peoples' Resistance to Economic Globalization, and, ”The WTO and Sustainable Fisheries” for the Institute for Fisheries Resources. Victor learned to speak Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, and some Slovak, after earning his degree in International Relations from UCLA. Jerry Mander, Founder and Distinguished Fellow (email) In addition to his role at IFG, Jerry Mander is the former program director for the Foundation for Deep Ecology, and is the former founder and executive director of the Public Media Center. Back in the 1960s Mander was president of a major San Francisco advertising company before turning his talents to environmental campaigns that kept dams out of the Grand Canyon, established Redwood National Park, and stopped production of the Supersonic Transport. His books include Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television (1977), In the Absence of the Sacred (1991), The Case Against the Global Economy And For a Turn Toward the Local, co-edited with Edward Goldsmith (1996), and Alternatives to Economic Globalization: A Better World is Posssible. Eileen Hazel, Finance Manager (email) Eileen Hazel has been with IFG since June 2010. From 2004 - 2008, she was the Director of Finance and Operations at Changemakers, an organization working to transform the values and practice of philanthropy in order to assure a more equitable and accountable distribution of resources for creating positive social change. She was also the Business Manager at KPFA Radio, the flagship station of the progressive Pacifica Foundation. She earned her degree in International Relations from the University of Minnesota. Katie Damasco, Office Manager (email) Katie Damasco has been with IFG since February 2006. Starting out as an intern, she was a primary researcher for IFG’s publication, The Rise and Predictable Fall of Globalized Industrial Agriculture, by Debi Barker. Katie also assisted with the production of IFG’s last two Teach-Ins: Indigenous People’s Resistance to Economic Globalization (November 2006—New York City) and Confronting the Global “Triple Crisis” (September 2007—Washington, D.C.). She earned her degree in Global Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2005. Scholar Biographies Oronto Douglas , Africa Scholar in Residence (email) Oronto Douglas is a leading human rights attorney in Nigeria, and served as one of the lawyers on the defense team for the Ogoni leader Ken Saro Wiwa, who was executed by Nigeria's military rulers in 1995. Douglas co- founded Africa's foremost environmental movement, the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria and has served in the board of several non profit organisations within and outside Nigeria. Though he has been arrested and tortured by successive military regimes, he continues to work for and speak out on issues of social justice in a corporate- military state. He was the first Niger Delta activist to be hosted by a serving American President – he presented the Niger-Delta struggle at the White House to President Bill Clinton. Douglas who advises the Nigerian Vice President on strategic issues of community and the environment, is a fellow of both the George Bell Institute (England) and the International Forum on Globalisation (USA). Widely traveled, Douglas has presented papers in over 200 international conferences and has visited over 50 countries to speak and present on human rights and the environment. He is the author of several works including the ground breaking WHERE VULTURES FEAST, Shell and human rights in the Niger Delta which he co-authored with his friend Ike Okonta. Dale Wen, IFG China Scholar (email) Dale Wen is working with IFG on China and globalization issues. Coming from China in 1993, Dale got her PhD from California Institute of Technology and previously worked in the high-tech industry. Starting with voluntary work in rural China, she witnessed the plight of the rural community and began to question the top-down globalization model. Several of her papers regarding sustainable development and rural education have been presented in international conferences in China. Her primary interests are in environment, education and women’s issues. She also serves as an advisor for the Rural China Education Foundation. Intern Biographies Susanna Beck has worked with several international development organizations around the world and is currently the Foundation Relations Manager for the Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association. She has a strong interest in social and environmental issues related to food sovereignty and her work with IFG has helped further these interests. Susanna holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of California San Diego and is currently working on a Master of Arts degree in International Relations. Megan Brogan comes to the IFG by way of Eugene, OR, where she attends the University of Oregon. She is pursuing a degree in International Studies and Economics, and will be studying abroad in Argentina in the fall of 2010, where she is excited to experience a beautiful new culture and language. Originally from San Jose, CA, Megan learned about the IFG through The Story of Stuff, a 2010 book by IFG board member Anne Leonard. Megan is most concerned with climate change and its effects on developing countries, as well as environmentally responsible models of development for communities in the Global South. Maria Centeno is a student at San Francisco State University (SFSU) and is pursuing a degree in International Relations. Maria is originally from Lima, Peru, though she has lived in California for nine years and considers it a second home. It was a presentation at SFSU by IFG’s Executive Director, Victor Menotti, which originally sparked Maria’s interest in the organization. Human rights and foreign policy are especially important to Maria, who also enjoys experiencing new and diverse cultures. Linnea Richter hails from Hamburg, Germany. Work, education, and interning have taken her to Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Austria, where she currently attends the University of Vienna. Her education has focused on Development Studies and International Relations. It was IFG’s analysis of agrofuels that first caught Linnea’s attention; she has much respect for the IFG staff and its work. Linnea is especially interested in the Brazilian livestock trade and its links to deforestation; the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP); and the UN’s Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) program. Linnea also takes inspiration from Bay Area activism, in particular, Food Not Bombs. Fernanda Sausen Originally from Venâncio Aires, RS, Brazil, Fernanda has been an international student in San Francisco since 2007. Fernanda has a technical degree in Education, as well as a Bachelor of Arts degree in Tourism from the Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil. She is currently working toward a Master’s degree in International Relations at San Francisco State University, through which she initially learned about the IFG. In addition to her educational background, Fernanda has had work experience as an elementary school teacher, events organizer, and NGO director. Through her membership with the Rotary Clubs of Venâncio Aires and San Francisco, Fernanda has also taken part in projects for charity and peace. Fernanda is most concerned with sustainable development, trade relations, water and food sovereignty, human rights, peace, and international security. She is also passionate about the mobilization of communities and organizations for social progress. Annaick Seifollahi hails from Strasbourg, France, where she studied International and European Law. She also spent a year at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, studying international law as it pertains to energy and the environment. She will graduate in September from the University of Strasbourg with a Masters in Environmental Law. Anna learned about IFG through the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, an NGO based in the Bay Area, and is particularly concerned with climate change, forests, and indigenous communities. She thinks cheesecake is awesome. Henry York is a student at San Francisco State University (SFSU) and is pursuing a degree in Liberal Studies. Born in Portland, OR, and raised in Boise, ID, Henry considers San Francisco his new home. It was a presentation at SFSU by IFG’s Executive Director, Victor Menotti, which originally sparked Henry’s interest in the organization. Immigration and trade policy are of particular interest to Henry. He also thinks skateboarding and street art are pretty great.
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