Bio

Randy Hayes, Executive Director Randy Hayes, founder and board president of Rainforest Action Network, is the executive director of IFG. Believing that the international and national levels have failed to date to orchestrate the shift to a deeper ecological sustainability, Randy calls for a green city-led, bottom-up movement to revolutionize the economy. He sees this as our best shot to protect the large natural systems that nurture all life as well as to foster dignified lives for all people. Randy is a veteran of many high-visibility corporate accountability campaigns and has advocated for the rights of Indigenous peoples. He worked as the President to the City of San Francisco Commission on the Environment and Director of Sustainability in the office of Oakland with Mayor Jerry Brown. Randy has a Master’s degree in Environmental Planning from San Francisco State University; his master’s thesis was the award-winning film The Four Corners, which won the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award for “Best Student Documentary” in 1983. He is a contributing author to Alternatives to Economic Globalization: A Better World is Possible.

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