BA in History, Mount Union College, US; studies, University of Geneva. Veteran human rights advocate. Formerly, 11 years as Senior Programme Officer, Human Rights unit, Ford Foundation. With Amnesty International US: 1976-84, established Programme to Abolish the Death Penalty; Communications Director; Deputy Executive Director; Deputy Secretary General, London headquarters; since 2006, current position. 1995, with, Ford Foundation. 1990, Executive Director, Rainforest Foundation.