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Larry Fahn, Executive Director
Larry Fahn has been As You Sow's Executive Director since 1998. An accomplished trial attorney and environmental lawyer, Larry received dual Bachelors in Environmental Studies and Rhetoric from U.C. Davis in 1976, and his J.D. from UC/Hastings College of Law in 1979. During the 1990's, Larry chaired the Sierra Club's enormously successful California political program, was subsequently elected to its national Board of Directors of the Sierra Club in 1999, and served two terms as national Sierra Club President. Under Larry's leadership, As You Sow's Environmental Enforcement program has focused on environmental health by bringing enforcement actions leading entire industries to reformulate consumer products to reduce or eliminate toxic chemicals and heavy metals.

Conrad MacKerron, Director, Corporate Social Responsibility Program
Conrad MacKerron has managed corporate dialogues and shareholder activism campaigns on many cutting-edge social and environmental issues. Conrad founded the Corporate Social Responsibility Program in 1997. He also serves as a senior social researcher to Piper Jaffray Philanthropic & Social Investment Consulting which specializes in socially responsible investing. Previously, he was Social Research Director at Progressive Asset Management, and Senior Analyst, Energy and Environment at the Investor Responsibility Research Center. Formerly a journalist, he was Washington Bureau Chief for Chemical Week and a writer for BNA's Environment Reporter. He is author of Business in the Rainforests: Corporations, Deforestation and Sustainability (IRRC, 1993). Conrad served on the board of the Social Investment Forum (SIF), is the steering committee chair for SIF's Advocacy and Public Policy Program and was on the As You Sow Board of Directors from 1993 until 2005. He holds a Masters Degree in Journalism and Public Affairs from American University.

Karalyn Buchner, Staff Attorney
Karalyn Buchner began working for As You Sow during law school and became the organization's Staff Attorney in 1998. During law school, she was an Associate Editor for Law Review and competed in the Pace University Environmental Law Moot Court Competition. Additionally, Karalyn was a Public Interest Law Scholar and earned a certificate with distinction in environmental law. She also completed internships with the Office of the General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and in the Environmental Enforcement Section of the U.S. Department of Justice. Prior to law school, Karalyn worked in the financial industry. She earned her law degree from Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco and served on the Board of Directors of the Golden Gate University Alumni Association from 2001 to 2005. She holds a B.S. in Journalism from the University of Colorado at Boulder. As staff attorney, she oversees the Environmental Enforcement program and its growing grantmaking activities.

Michael Passoff, Associate Director, Corporate Social Responsibility Program
Michael Passoff has led shareholder campaigns since 1996 and is a leading practitioner of shareholder solicitation for social resolutions. He has engaged top investors and senior management at more than two dozen companies such as Starbucks, Monsanto, Xcel Energy, Disney and Home Depot, among others. He has 20 years experience as an international consultant, program director, campaign manager, publicist, educator and researcher. Michael has served as a consultant to the Peace Corps environmental program, as director of the Soviet-American Environmental Exchange, San Francisco State University's Wildlands Research program in Nepal, and Rainforest Action Network's forest campaign. He conducted his graduate studies in the department of Natural Resource Management at the University of Alberta and was awarded a fellowship to the International Institute for Protected Area Management.

Patricia Jurewicz, Associate Director, Corporate Social Responsibility Program
Patricia Jurewicz joined As You Sow 2006. Prior to coming on board she was at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) directing the Global Cooperation Project. She co-authored a report entitled, The Treaty Database: U.S. Compliance with Global Treaties. Her work focused on raising awareness for multilateral diplomacy, promoting fair trade, and supporting social development. Prior to IATP she was at Gap, Inc. located in the Americas Sourcing Office. She spearheaded a revamp of the Vendor Handbook, which was distributed to 3000 manufacturing facilities worldwide. She is fluent in Spanish and has a background in Latino political outreach and working with women's craft cooperatives in Latin America. She has an International MBA from Thunderbird, the Gavin School of International Management and a bachelor's degree from Cornell University.

Steven Low, Development Associate
Steven Low has dedicated his professional career in the social and environmental justice fields, focusing on administration and fundraising. After managing major gift efforts at Communities for a Better Environment, Steven became Development Director at the Center for Third World Organizing. He brings an extensive knowledge of event management and individual and institutional fundraising to As You Sow. He holds a Bachelors degree in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University and is currently a graduate student in the San Francisco State University Speech and Communication/Performance program.