President

Tony Silvaggio

Tony teaches in the Sociology Department at Humboldt State University in Arcata, California. He specializes in the areas of social movements and green criminology. As an organizer, Mr. Silvaggio’s work focuses on issues related to labor and environmental movements, environmental justice, civil liberties, and prisoner support.

Secretary

Marianne Dugan

Marianne Dugan is a solo attorney in Eugene. She handles cases enforcing federal environmental and public lands law, and represents plaintiffs in cases of police misconduct, employment rights, and lawyer malpractice cases in federal and state courts. Previously with the Western Environmental Law Center, she was listed in the 2007 through 2009 editions of “Super Lawyer” in the area of environmental law.

Treasurer

Dan Kruse

Dan is a privately practicing attorney in Eugene, Oregon, and specializes in criminal defense and environmental protection. Mr. Kruse also currently serves as the legal director of Cascadia Wildlands, a non-profit public interest environmental organization. He is a former CLDC law clerk.

Ben Rosenfeld

Ben is a San Francisco-based attorney specializing in government misconduct, criminal defense, and bike personal injury law. He represents and advises activists extensively on civil rights and grand jury matters. As part of successful legal teams, Mr. Rosenfeld represented Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney, who won an historic legal victory against the FBI and Oakland Police, as well as representing the plaintiffs in the “fire in the eyes” pepper spray case, who prevailed against Humboldt County, CA, officials.

Chris Richards

Chris Richards is the founder Autonomous Music and The Art of Dismantling, organizations that take a radical approach to utilizing music and art as political tools. Autonomous Music books 1000+ events a year across North America for national and international touring acts, and manages multiple facets of their careers.  Using the comprehensive network that Autonomous has built as an agency and management firm, the company raises funds for non-profits and promotes workshops and educational trainings anywhere possible.

Nadia Raza

Nadia Raza is an Instructor of Sociology at Lane Community College, Eugene, OR, where she teaches courses on (but not limited to) critical race theory, the prison industrial complex, and global social movements. For the past decade Ms. Raza has worked for Project AVARY as a counselor and mentor for youth who have one or both parents incarcerated. Over the past 14 years Nadia has been active in numerous organizations challenging racist, sexist, and anti-immigrant repressions.

Kim Marks

Kim Marks is a grassroots organizer who also works within the Rising Tide North America Collective. She is a former board member of IMPACT Personal Safety, ASJE, NFPA, & Bark. Ms. Marks works with indigenous and frontline communities in the United States, Canada, and South America on climate justice issues, fighting the root causes of climate change.

Chris Calef

Chris is a longtime member of the ‘Friends of Jeff Luers’ prison support team and is a veteran of past direct action campaigns to protect old growth forest. Holding a B.A. in Geography from the University of Oregon, he is also the Chief Technical Officer of his company BrokeAss Games, LLC.

Rebecca Smith

Rebecca is an attorney who lives and practices law in Montana and Idaho. Ms. Smith directs a private public interest law firm in Missoula, Montana specializing in federal environmental law and activist criminal defense. She is also a board member for the Buffalo Field Campaign in West Yellowstone, Montana and the Open Field Artists in Missoula, Montana.