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As executive director, Todd Paglia is credited with shaping the industry-leading paper policies of multi-billion-dollar Fortune 500 companies, including Staples, Office Depot, Williams-Sonoma, Dell, Victoria’s Secret, and many more.

Under Todd’s leadership, we have secured the protection of more than 65 million acres (25 million hectares) of Endangered Forests. Recycled pulp mills are operating at record-high capacity—and independent analysis has attributed the change directly to demand from companies that ForestEthics has transformed.

The network of people engaged with our campaigns continues to grow exponentially as more activists and corporations recognize the power of our unique philosophy: individual people can be mobilized to create positive environmental change—and so can corporations.

Before joining ForestEthics in 1999, Mr. Paglia was an attorney for Ralph Nader focusing on consumer protection issues such as environmental purchasing by governmental agencies to spur alternative markets, enforcement of antitrust laws, corporate welfare issues and corporate accountability.

Mr. Paglia received his Bachelor of Arts from Binghamton University, SUNY, his J.D. from the New England School of Law, and his LL.M. from George Washington University, National Law Center, in Environmental Law and Policy. He lives in Bellingham, Washington with his wife Shannon and two young sons, Nico and Luca.

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The Senior Management Team

Kristi Chester Vance
Communications Director

Aaron Sanger
Sr. US Energy Campaigner


Matt Westendorf
Chief Operating Officer

Tzeporah Berman
Boreal Strategy Advisor

Candace Batycki
Director of Forest Programs

Coila Ash
Executive Coordinator




The Staff

Catharine Grant
Sr. Boreal Campaigner

Will Craven
Media Officer

Valerie Langer
BC Coast Campaigner


Sharon Kurtz

Campaign Assistant


Karen Tam Wu

Forestry Advisor


Paras Upadhyay

Sr. Accountant


Dan Ross
Operations Manager

Corinne Ball
Online Communications Specialist

Daniel Hall
Market Solutions Director


Stephen Danner
Sr. Development Officer

Sharon Rose
Development Associate

Jenn Nelson
Boreal Strategy Advisor Assistant


Alex Vanderweele

Website Manager & Communications Associate

Josh Buswell-Charkow
Sierra Campaigner

Nikki Skuce
Energy Campaigner