Ian Wren, Treasurer

Ian Wren is a hydrologist and advocate focused on water quality and sustainability. He was born in San Francisco, went to Cal, and worked in environmental consultancies and engineering firms in Los Angeles and London prior to joining San Francisco Baykeeper. Ian is passionate about urban sustainability and developing creative solutions for reducing impacts on the Bay and California’s water resources. And although living and raising a family in San Francisco is a continual source of frustration he is still optimistic political movements here can change the world.

Caroline Koch, Secretary

Caroline Koch is WaterNow Alliance’s Water Policy Specialist working to help local decision makers implement sustainable water solutions so that communities and the environment can thrive. Prior to joining WaterNow, Caroline was a partner at Lawyers Clean Water, Inc. representing environmental nonprofits in Clean Water Act citizen enforcement actions. Caroline came to San Francisco from North Carolina for law school, and is passionate about ensuring that San Francisco leads on environmental and sustainability issues.

Peter Belden

Peter is an environmental activist and family planning leader. He was co-founder and co-CEO of Upstream USA, a national nonprofit focused on reducing unintended pregnancy. During the time of Upstream’s statewide intervention in Delaware, abortion rates (a key measure of unplanned pregnancy) in Delaware declined faster than in any other state in the US. Peter has served as a lobbyist for Planned Parenthood and the National Wildlife Federation. He is currently Conservation Chair for the Sierra Club’s San Francisco Group and Chair of its Transportation Committee. Peter received an MBA from Stanford and a BA in Public Policy from Princeton. 

Tim Chan

Tim Chan has been in the transit planning field for almost two decades, and is currently the Manager of Planning at the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit.  In his day job, he helps to advance the District's sustainability priorities on transit-oriented developments, ped/bike/transit access strategies and station improvements.  In his off time, he also volunteers at Openhouse Friendly Visitor Program as a companion for LGBT seniors.  Tim lives in the Silver Terrace neighborhood with his husband.

Michael Cox

Michael Cox is an environmental sustainability analyst who has worked in the transit field over the past six years. He is passionate about making data and information more accessible so that people are inspired to take action against climate change. He also ardently believes that local governments will be the key to tackling many of our most intractable issues in the coming years. In his free time, he loves to hike and bike around the Bay and take care of his houseplants.

Eva Holman

Eva Holman is the Policy Organizer at UPSTREAM, a national NGO dedicated to sparking innovative solutions to plastic pollution and a co-founder of a San Francisco-based zero waste & plastic free business, Goods Holding Company. She's a long time volunteer for the SF Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation and currently serves on the executive committee.

Eva has spent most of the last decade focused on championing environmental policies and alternative solutions for single use plastics. She is dedicated to education and outreach in local schools and in SF neighborhoods and looks for ways to make clean air, water and food available in San Francisco and beyond.

Austin Hunter

Austin Hunter got his start in politics with the Obama Hope Institute and soon after he applied his skills on various campaigns from the local city level up to the presidential level. Since then Austin has contributed to a variety of political campaigns, sat on the boards of numerous organizations, and worked at leading technology companies here in the valley.

Chris Pederson

Christopher Pederson is an environmental and land use attorney. Most recently he served as chief counsel for the California Coastal Commission. His current primary areas of interest are climate change, transportation, and housing. He lives with his husband in the Ingleside