Board of Directors

David Kaplan
VP, Sales and Marketing
Evidia Biosciences Inc.

David has been an executive within the biotech industry for over two decades.  However, he became interested in sustainability when rebuilding homes that were inefficient related to handling precious resources, particularly water and energy.  As such, David began researching and implementing ways to balance the need for comfort with energy conservation.  David's passion grew to wanting to educate more people in making simple changes on how to better utilize their resources today so that these same precious resources will be enjoyed for generations to come.

Janet Rifkin

Former Dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Janet Rifkin, a recent transplant to the LA area, was the Dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. In that capacity, she managed the biggest college at this large state university and was actively engaged in fundraising and outreach. As Dean, she participated in two capital campaigns as well as developing relationships and support from alumni and other individual donors. Now, emeritus,she was a Professor of Legal Studies and served as the University Ombudsperson for 5 years. The focus of her teaching and research was in the area of alternative dispute resolution, mediation and negotiation. She founded the University Mediation Project, served on the Boards of the National Institute of Dispute Resolution, The National Conference of Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution and was Co-founder and Director of the National Association for Mediation in Education. She has offered trainings to numerous groups in the United States and abroad in a broad range of conflict resolution management processes.

Bill Selby
Professor
Santa Monica College

In addition to teaching a wide range of courses at Santa Monica College and serving in several leadership roles, Professor Selby is recognized as an accomplished speaker in geography and earth science. In addition to being an advisor to the City of Santa Monica, Professor Selby has also been a guest lecturer at UCI and for UCLA and has taught courses at UCI as a Visiting Professor. He continues presenting at teacher training workshops, has been one of the most requested speakers for SMC’s Speakers Bureau for community groups, and presents papers each year for professional organizations, such as the AAG, APCG, and CGS.