UCS 2017 Annual Report

2017 ANNUAL REPORT Science for a healthy planet and safer world

1 | 2017 ANNUAL REPORT We work to reduce global warming warming global reduce to work We to ways sustainable develop emissions; transport and ourselves; feed, power, the suppression,fight and censorship, the reduce and science; of manipulation is When science war. nuclear of threat when and mobilize, attack, we under progress, make to see opportunities we seizewe them. WE’RE STANDING UP FOR SCIENCE THANK YOU

KEN KIMMELL President ANNE KAPUSCINSKI Chair 3 | 2017 ANNUAL REPORT The result is nothingThe than less a united and growing Thanks are we to you, a far stronger movement Today, UCS has UCS thousands And members. new of Today, in theEvery pages ahead accomplishment was our supporters have risen have our supporters to the challenge: testifying congressionalat hearings, writing letters to local and phoning papers, emailing elected officials, marching inthe streets, and speaking town at up halls. attended our have trainings, Many you of webinars, or summits, and conferences, have phone time your expertise or volunteered in other ways. increased sent have Some financial or support convinced a friend us. to join Time and time again, science. to defend shown up have you coalition—one that fully recognizes the importance of facts, reason, and evidence-based decisionmaking and serve to good. the science of public the power preservedthan necessary been. ever We’ve have we protections threat. blocked that under were We’ve harmful And policies. taken we’ve advantage many of different opportunities to make progress instead of just playing defense. this science for because stood up you possible made are so grateful. We year.

Today, we face a new reality. The Trump reality. The a new face we Today, in theseBut uncertain times, also have we witnessed

We couldWe count on scientific positions within government regularly scientists. spoke by being Our held president climateabout change, and to address steps it. took Industry-related conflicts of were interest in government an embarrassment, standard not operating procedure. administration poses threat an unprecedented to our health andpublic safety, our climate, and of the role his Since inauguration, in our democracy. science Trump, hisPresident administration, and Congress have started rolling vital back protections our health for and high-ranking appointed have safety. They officialswith glaring conflictsqualification.of of interest lack a and created global have uncertaintyThey around the Paris climate agreement. threatened have devastating They attacks a nuclear-armed on state. And a wide range on issues rangingof from air quality safety and to worker pesticides and nutrition, they demonstrated have a deep disregard facts, for expertise, and the need to include in thescience decisionmaking process. another change: a wonderful, meaningful, and enduring truth for regular by led movement Americans—including you, our supporters. we lived in a different political world. world. political a different in lived we When we wrote this letter to you last year, year, last you to letter this wrote we When

PRESIDENT & CHAIR A MESSAGE FROM THE FROM MESSAGE A Chair KI KAPUSCINS E ANN THANK YOU PUSHING BACK AGAINST THE TRUMP AGENDA 5 | 2017 ANNUAL REPORT

- transi Trump’s President-elect tion team abandoned an attempt employees to identify federal on climate change after working condemned the tactic. UCS and the true nature explained UCS named deceptively impact of several the to restrict bills that threatened in setting science should play role we and, thus far, public safeguards their passage. prevented have research government protect To on health and the environment, helped shape bipartisan legis- UCS public preserve lation that would data. access to federal in role a pivotal played UCS in some cases preserving—and for critical —funding increasing in President research scientific budget. proposed Trump’s the and our allies stopped UCS of a rule that limits rollback methane emissions heat-trapping on oil and gas operations from public and tribal lands. two to stop joined in lawsuits UCS corporate particularly egregious order an executive giveaways: regulations that two requiring new onebe eliminated for every implemen- and the delayed created, communi- tation of a rule protecting ties located near chemical facilities. by the administration to reward its its to reward administration the by of the at the expense allies powerful common good:

- political environ In the current We called on scientists across across called on scientists We ment, stopping bad legislation is a bad legislation is a ment, stopping proud are we and vital imperative, bedrock that our nation’s to report intact remain laws environmental UCS year, the past Over so far. attempts helped fend off numerous the country to help us by acting as acting as the country to help us by activi- on administration watchdogs volunteered. and hundreds ties, to track set up a webpage We attacks on science and recorded Trump’s than 40 in President more and six months in office, first of them in documented many Science Sidelining report our July we Day One. In August, Since launched the Science Protection connecting government Project, with experienced whistleblowers our new And through attorneys. we Science for Public Good Fund, UCS Science to offering grants are members fighting for Network science-based decisionmaking. A key tenet of American democracy is that government government is that democracy American A key tenet of andhealth our that affect those decisions—especially and evidence. safety—should on facts based be of Concerned Scientists The Union this point to underscored (UCS) shortly after Trump President-elect his election in a letter signed by Prize winners and multiple Nobel who thousands of other scientists which his admin- by set a standard be judged. When would istration and his appointees the president science began to blatantly disregard into action. sprang UCS and facts, THE THE TRUMP AGENDA PUSHING BACK AGAINST AGAINST PUSHING BACK BRINGING THE FIGHT TO THE PUBLIC UCS has been reaching out to both longtime supporters and new audiences to create a united movement that will monitor the Trump administration and Congress, and defend against their attacks on science.

To mobilize the scientific community, we and our allies organized events at the annual meetings of the American Geophysical Union in December 2016 and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in February. Hundreds of attendees joined the UCS Science Network and signed our open letter to President Trump (see p. 5). A New York Times live stream of a rally we held during the AAAS meeting reached more than 400,000 people. We used blogs and social media such as Facebook and Twitter to respond to the administration’s anti-science moves as they were happening, reaching more people than we ever have before. For example, a tweet about Scott Pruitt’s record of hostility toward the EPA (the agency he now leads) reached more than 3 million people. We also launched our biweekly podcast “Got Science?” and got creative in our outreach to audiences that might not normally focus on the importance of science, with articles in such outlets as Rolling Stone and Teen Vogue. 7 | 201 7 ANN UA L REPORT

BRINGING THE FIGHT TO THE PUBLIC

Over the span of two weeks in April, we helped bring the scientific and activist communities together for a series of high-profile events. First, UCS had a conspicuous presence at the March for Science, which drew more than a million people in locations around the world. At the Washington, DC, march we trained scientists on how to become effective watchdogs for science. Then, we combined the energies of 35 members of our National Advisory Board and scores of UCS Science Network members for a series of 75 meetings on Capitol Hill with Democratic and Republican lawmakers alike. Finally, UCS and more than 1,000 of our supporters joined 200,000 others—more than twice what was expected—for the March for Climate, Jobs, and Justice. And because you don’t need to be a scientist to care deeply about facts and evidence-based decisionmaking, UCS launched the Science Champions campaign in July, offering effective ways for people from all walks of life to stand up for science in their local communities. In the first month alone we welcomed more than 2,200 Science Champions from all 50 states and Puerto Rico. RISING SEAS HIT HOME— AND HIT HARD With our July report When Rising Seas Hit Home, UCS continued to educate the public and policymakers on both sides of the political aisle about the growing dangers of climate-driven sea level rise. This first- of-its-kind analysis—also published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Elementa—considered at what point chronic, non-storm-related flooding makes normal daily life impossible, and established a threshold of 26 times per year (or every other week) on 10 percent of the community’s usable land. By this definition, we found that roughly 170 US communities are likely to be chronically flooded in less than 20 years. By the end of the century, that number rises to 500 or more—roughly 40 percent of all oceanfront East and Gulf Coast communities. These communities face difficult and costly choices about how to prepare, or, for those without the necessary financial resources to make adequate preparations, possibly retreat. 9 | 2017 ANNUAL REPORT

The disturbing findings, made even clearer by a series of interactive by a series of interactive clearer even made findings, The disturbing of the threat address directly these findings don’t Of course, 16. see p. to these disasters, responded UCS on how more For We will continue drawing the connections between such events and and such events the connections between will continue drawing We and its global warming slow need to curb emissions to the urgent potential. destructive maps on the UCS website, were mentioned in more than 1,300 stories stories than 1,300 mentioned in more were website, maps on the UCS Scientific CNN, Bloomberg, by including coverage the world, around and report the launch of the And following , and Univision. American views. than 120,000 more drew website page on the UCS the feature maps, that seas—a threat warmer that ride in on top of higher, storms release millions of people shortly after the report’s affected directly parts of the devastated Irma, and Maria Harvey, when Hurricanes Gulf Coast. Caribbean and US RISING SEAS RISING HOME— HIT AND HIT HARD

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introduced raised its bar for NEW MEXICO MICHIGAN In addition, UCS made made In addition, UCS legislation to raise its renewable electricity target from percent 20 2040. by to 80 percent progress toward modernizing electricitythe nation’s grid so canit increasing accommodate amounts of renewable energy. Our pathbreaking analysis has shown that solar and wind can power provide reliablelevels of electricity the sun when shining iseven not theor wind grid blowing—if is not their current adjust operators practices. This conclusion was validated by a study by published California’s primary grid operator and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in January, theand of the by May decision largest grid operator— Midwest’s after persistent engagement and allies—to UCS by plan for wind of deployment accelerating turbines, solar and generation, electric vehicles. clean energy and energy efficiency electricity of percent to 35 sales by 2025. by including expanded access for including expanded for access households.low-income

. accelerated its

passed one of the passed of one ILLINOIS CALIFORNIA pace toward a cleanpace energy future with a renewed commitment to thereducing emissions that drive climate change. the Following a of adoption 2016 September cuttinglaw carbon emissions 40 2030, by levels 1990 below percent the state ensured its ability to meet this goal extending by a landmark thatlaw for makes pay polluters exceeding emissions limits—a policy that has global impact given the California’s economy, size of iswhich larger than all seven but nations theof world’s Our work has led to the adoption hasOur the to led work adoption of renewable electricity standards statesin numerous across the andcountry, in the past year contributed to increasingUCS momentum in the adoption By windof and solar power. mobilizing through our supporters emails and social media, and providing lawmakers with critical technical information, scored we many bipartisan impressive victories: UCS analysis has consistently shown that clean, shown has consistently UCS analysis the environment, for good is not only energy renewable and businesses. consumers but also for most comprehensive state energy crafted,bills ever with significant investment in clean energy,

CLEAN ENERGY

BUILDS FOR BUILDS MOMENTUM REDUCING THE THREAT OF NUCLEAR WAR With tensions rising over the United States’ standoff with North Korea, UCS worked hard to make sure the press, the public, and policymakers had accurate information about North Korea’s capabilities, and to push for a diplomatic solution to the crisis.

Our nearly 50 years of experience on New York Times article, and organized nuclear weapons issues and 25 years a letter signed by former high-level on North Korea ensures that when officials from both major polit- UCS speaks on these matters, journal- ical parties timed to coincide with ists pay attention. President Trump’s June meeting with Thus, as North Korea accelerated South Korea’s president. the pace of its missile launches, our UCS actively sought to reduce rapid technical analyses made UCS nuclear weapons risks on other fronts the go-to source for reporters seeking as well. Our continuing call to take independent information about them: US land-based nuclear weapons in the span of just four months, we off high alert (to lower the odds of were mentioned more than 10,000 an accidental or mistaken launch) times in the media’s coverage of the is gaining mainstream support, crisis, with quotes or interviews in the including that of Scientific American. Associated Press, BBC, CBS, CNBC, We explained the dangers of leaving CNN, C-SPAN, Economist, Financial the decision to launch nuclear Times, NBC, New York Times, NPR, weapons with the president alone PBS, Politico, Reuters, USA Today, and rather than making it a shared Washington Post among others. responsibility. And we held not Our experts concluded that North one but two of our annual Summer Korea’s ballistic missiles could now Symposium on Science and reach cities in the lower 48 states, but World Affairs—the first in Hong were careful to note that they may not Kong and the second in Germany. be able to carry a nuclear warhead Altogether, nearly 60 young scientists that distance. To emphasize the need and engineers from around the world for diplomacy in the region, we held joined us to discuss arms control an April press conference with former issues and expand the international Secretary of Defense William Perry technical community working to that was cited in a front-page avert nuclear disaster. 13 | 201 7 ANN UA L REPORT REDUCING THE THREAT OF NUCLEAR WAR PARTNERING FOR JUSTICE UCS recognizes that science has a role and, after Harvey struck, we in Delaware’s New Castle County, to play in reducing racial and economic connected reporters with t.e.j.a.s. to produced in collaboration with several inequity. That’s why we are working discuss the local impacts. groups, and efforts to expand solar with, and learning from, a number of The damage wreaked by the power in neighborhoods of color, local groups fighting to make their hurricanes provided a tragic illustra- including in Illinois and New Mexico. neighborhoods cleaner and healthier. tion of the Trump administration’s A report developed with the California- As documented in our report When seeming obliviousness to the plight of based Greenlining Institute on the Rising Seas Hit Home (see p. 9), many at-risk communities, and UCS publi- benefits of electric buses and trucks in communities of color and low-income cized the fact that the administration vulnerable communities contributed to communities are particularly vulner- had delayed a plan that would have a key victory in Los Angeles—see p. 17. able to sea level rise and extreme improved safety at chemical facilities In our ongoing efforts to draw weather such as hurricanes. UCS like Houston’s Arkema plant, which more people into the climate fight, had been working with groups in exploded in the wake of Harvey and UCS worked with the HBCU Climate communities affected by Hurricanes spilled pollutants into nearby commu- Consortium to bring more than Harvey and Irma well before those nities. We had submitted comments 200 students from historically black storms hit, including the Gullah/ back in May opposing the delay on colleges and universities to the March Geechee Sustainability Think Tank, behalf of more than 5,000 people for Climate, Jobs, and Justice in the Miami Climate Alliance, and Texas living near such facilities, and are now Washington, DC, and cohosted an Environmental Justice Advocacy analyzing post-hurricane chemical event highlighting the contributions Services (t.e.j.a.s.). We provided anal- releases to support a lawsuit filed people of color have made to the envi- ysis for t.e.j.a.s. in 2016 that helped by t.e.j.a.s. and other groups. ronmental movement. More than people speak out about toxic chemi- Other recent partnerships include 350 people attended, including promi- cals in their Houston neighborhoods an examination of toxic pollution risks nent environmental justice leaders. 15 | 2017 ANNUAL REPORT

As this report went to press, to press, went As this report release a 10-point platform for platform for a 10-point release food production. US transforming showing report a UCS In June, to crops rotate farmers could how and pollution erosion reduce drew profits while maintaining of the one editorial from a positive the top newspapers, Corn Belt’s . And our Register Des Moines into Soils Turning report August Can Farmers How Sponges: at the USDA.chief scientist was and Droughts Floods Fight , a leading in AgWeek featured newspaper for farmers. opposition to rallying was UCS most Trump’s one of President nominations: that questionable a controversial Clovis, of Sam personality with no scientific radio to the position of credentials, UCS also continues to position also continues to position UCS FOOD AND FARMS AND FOOD itself as a leader in innovative itself as a leader in innovative healthier ideas for producing that ways food in and affordable and support sustainable are joined we In February, farmers. with our partners in the Health, and Agriculture Environment, Alliance to Labor (HEAL) Food UCS and a group of agricultural of agricultural a group and UCS the around from researchers members key country met with to call for in April of Congress in research investment increased food, that supports healthy and communities, rural farmers, later, A month the environment. budget-slashing despite the current pleased to were we atmosphere, an additional approve see Congress million for this critical $27.3 research. agroecological A BOOST FOR HEALTHY HEALTHY FOR A BOOST TURNING UP THE HEAT The Union of Concerned Scientists’ of misleading the public and inves- multiyear campaign to hold the tors, but the evidence is mounting major fossil fuel companies account- that ExxonMobil and other large able for their role in climate change fossil fuel producers bear signifi- took an important step forward in cant responsibility for the damages May: ExxonMobil shareholders—by caused by climate change. a two-to-one margin—called on the In September, a team of scien- company to issue annual reports tists including two from UCS on how its business will be affected published a first-of-its-kind paper by measures such as the UN’s Paris in the peer-reviewed journal climate agreement. UCS attended Climatic Change that shows the the shareholder meeting and gener- world’s 90 largest carbon producers ated visibility and investor support (ExxonMobil being one) are ahead of the vote. responsible for nearly half of the As documented by UCS rise in global average temperature reporting over the past several years, since 1880 and about 30 percent ExxonMobil has been a particularly of sea level rise. These findings egregious offender in spreading offer a scientific basis for judges misinformation about climate and juries to calculate damages in science—even research conducted potential climate-related lawsuits; by its own scientists. The fact that already five California commu- the company issued a subpoena to nities including Oakland and San UCS last November shows that we’re Francisco have filed suits against making its management nervous. The fossil fuel companies for damages company is trying to divert attention caused by rising seas—and cited away from its decades-long history UCS analyses in their complaints. 17 | 2017 ANNUAL REPORT

100 mayors and other elected100 mayors officials. in Massachusetts and Oregon, and, and, and Oregon, in Massachusetts with local partners in collaboration persuaded the city of 14), (see p. its entire Los Angeles to electrify success on Further by 2030. bus fleet votes with two came Coast the West California Air Resources the by the rest for that set examples Board limits set stricter of the nation: one (as emissions on freight-related and our allies); UCS championed by state strong the other reaffirmed 2025—a through standards vehicle and our UCS by encouraged move - testi coalition partners with expert and sign-on an expert letter, mony, thanthe endorsement of more - In the states, we are making making are we In the states,

tation emissions: UCS helped secure helped secure tation emissions: UCS buyers for electric vehicle incentives steady progress on cutting transpor on cutting progress steady in support of the standards and and of the standards in support We comments. 20,000 submitting a set of 50 state-specific produced just lawmakers fact sheets to show benefit constituents much their how in place, the standards keeping by demonstrating as an analysis as well rural benefits that fuel efficiency households even and low-income also We Americans. than most more fuel economy launched an online “ticker” that tallies the total savings in economic impact of the standards time. real

UCS responded to the admin- to the responded UCS KEEPING VEHICLES ON A CLEANER ROUTEA CLEANER ON VEHICLES KEEPING makers an opportunity to weaken to weaken an opportunity makers to put these hard fought them. UCS the end and, by in place standards kept already they will have of 2017, pollution enough global warming to equal the out of the atmosphere 20 coal- impact of shutting down plants. power fired our rallying by decision istration’s supporters to join us in testifying The EPA determined in January that in January determined The EPA and global fuel efficiency federal for emissions standards warming should remain cars and light trucks The Trump 2025. through as they are to opted however, administration, auto giving the standards, reopen 0 20 40 60 80FINANCIAL 100 REPORT Fiscal year ending September 30, 2017

REVENUE The Union of Concerned Scientists 77% MEMBERSHIP & continues to benefit from the gener- CONTRIBUTIONS osity of nearly 125,000 members and foundations, who work in partnership with us to build a healthier and safer world. In fiscal 2017, the majority of our support—77 percent—came from generous 18% FOUNDATIONS individual donors, while support from foundations represented 18 percent of our revenue. Planned giving represented another 3 percent of revenue. Our donors responded very generously to support our 3% PLANNED GIFTS new and increased work in this changed political climate, and the operating surplus from this year will continue to fund these critical efforts. 2% INVESTMENTS

1% FEDERAL DEFENSE

12% GLOBAL SECURITY

14% CLEAN VEHICLES

14% FOOD & ENVIRONMENT

18% CENTER FOR SCIENCE & DEMOCRACY

41% CLIMATE & ENERGY 81% EXPENSES PROGRAMS Eighty-one percent of every dollar donated to UCS in fiscal 2017 directly funded our program work, with the 15% remaining 19 percent spent on the FUNDRAISING & MEMBER critical administrative infrastructure COMMUNICATIONS and fundraising that support our programs. With an annual budget of $33 million, UCS continues to strengthen our unique ability to help solve our 4% planet’s most pressing problems with GENERAL &

the power of independent science. ADMINISTRATIVE 0 20 40 60 80 100

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19,194 Shaded area indicates operating budget. indicates operating area Shaded 230,913 230,913 6,706,175 $230,913 $2,558,717 (9,053,173) RESTRICTED TEMPORARILY TEMPORARILY 36,475 36,475 123,212 373,210 329,698 370,278 224,540 OTAL 1,100,123 7,172,734 9,053,173 3,165,938 1,262,488 3,756,505 3,293,529 4,618,848 T 3,665,508 4,847,300 6,109,788 10,879,936 32,830,749 $7,172,734 26,684,486 40,003,483 $25,733,470 www.ucsusa.org/annualreport. website at www.ucsusa.org/annualreport. 3,312,701 1,100,123 2,595,757 (571,029) UCS 7,008,580 BOARD BOARD 7,008,580 $6,437,551 DESIGNATED UNRESTRICTED 36,475 36,475 123,212 373,210 (19,172) 164,154 329,698 571,029 370,278 224,540 9,053,173 3,165,938 $735,182 1,262,488 3,756,505 4,618,848 3,665,508 4,847,300 6,109,788 10,879,936 (2,595,757) 32,830,749 GENERAL 32,994,903 26,684,486 $25,733,470 OPERATING

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FINANCIAL STATEMENT NATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD Members of the Leigh Ann Frankel, Prescott, AZ † William S. Nye, Seattle, WA National Advisory Matthew G. Frankel, MD, Prescott, AZ † Pat J. O’Donnell, Oak Lawn, IL Board dedicate Philip Giudice, Wayland, MA Margaret P. Parker, Kennett Square, PA † their valuable time, Roy G. Gordon, PhD, Cambridge, MA † Edward A. Parson, Los Angeles, CA resources, and Nancy Goroff, PhD, Stony Brook, NY† Mukesh D. Patel, Westport, CT* expertise in David M. Gottfried, Berkeley, CA Daphne Petri, Newton, MA † support of our Barbara Grasseschi, Healdsburg, CA † John Petro, Los Altos, CA † strategic goals. Daniel P. Gunther, MD, Santa Barbara, CA William A. Porter, Garner, NC Robert Hickler, Lakewood, CO Sara P. Ransford, Aspen, CO † Jerre Hitz, Los Altos Hills, CA † Andrew Reich, Los Angeles, CA Nancy Hitz, Los Altos Hills, CA* Tedd R. Saunders, Boston, MA Mustafa Ali, Washington, DC Kenneth P. Hitz, New York, NY Deb Sawyer, Salt Lake City, UT Susan E. Anderson, Longmont, CO † John B. Hopkin, San Anselmo, CA † Valentine Schaffner, New York, NY† James H. Andrews, PhD, Poland, OH Ned I. Hulbert, III, Harrisville, NH Mark S. Schiffer, MD, Bull Valley, IL † Ed Begley, Jr., Studio City, CA Brigitte L. Kingsbury, Cape Elizabeth, ME Douglas Schoenberg, Villanova, PA † R. Stephen Berry, PhD, Chicago, IL Frederick L. Kirschenmann, PhD, Ames, IA August S. Schumacher, Washington, DC* Rev. Sally G. Bingham, San Francisco, CA Randall D. Knight, Atascadero, CA † Jordanna P. Schutz, Boulder, CO † Mark Bittman, Cold Spring, NY Douglas C. Kranwinkle, Pasadena, CA † L. Matthew Schwartz, MD, Philadelphia, PA David Blittersdorf, Charlotte, VT Frances M. Lappé, Cambridge, MA Paul D. Schwartz, Newton, MA † Christopher T. Boniface, Portland, OR † Mary A. Laraia, Chicago, IL Jon S. Sedmak, McLean, VA † Emily Boniface, Portland, OR † Jonathan L. Lasker, New York, NY NoraLee Sedmak, McLean, VA † Diane Boss, Santa Barbara, CA † Ann L. Lederer, Lakewood, CO James Shapiro, PhD, Chicago, IL † Peter S. Boyer, San Francisco, CA † Leonard A. Lehmann, Portola Valley, CA Christina Singleton, Pacific Palisades, CA† Julia Brown, San Diego, CA † Carol Leimbach, Oakland, CA † John H. Steed, Santa Barbara, CA Lucy Caldwell-Stair, Newton, MA † William F. Leimbach, Oakland, CA † Kimberly Stone, Highland Park, IL John Mike Cohen, Santa Barbara, CA † Dennis Levitt, Van Nuys, CA † Glenn E. Thomas, Louisville, KY † Marcia Cohen, Santa Barbara, CA † Felicia Marcus, Sacramento, CA Anthony D. Tindall, Chicago, IL Tony P. Crabb, Healdsburg, CA † Donna-Christine McGuire, Santa Barbara, CA Joe Uehlein, Takoma Park, MD Blythe Danner, New York, NY Christopher P. Michel, San Francisco, CA Jonathan D. Ungar, Scarsdale, NY † Peter B. Danzig, PhD, Menlo Park, CA † Margaret A. Miller, Bloomfield, CT† Kathleen M. Washienko, Seattle, WA † Virginia A. de Lima, West Hartford, CT † Alan Milton, Croton-On-Hudson, NY William B. Wiener, Jr., Shreveport, LA † Chad DeChant, New York, NY † William R. Moomaw, PhD, Williamstown, MA Darcy Wilding, North Hollywood, CA Liam S. Donohue, Boston, MA Mary Day Mordecai, Harrisville, NH Mark Wilding, North Hollywood, CA David J. Feldman, West Hartford, CT † Alice P. Neuhauser, Manhattan Beach, CA Jeff D. Wolfe, Houston, TX † Peter Flom, New York, NY † Sara R. Nichols, Los Angeles, CA Wesley K. Foell, Madison, WI † Joel T. Nigg, Portland, OR

† Denotes leadership gifts of $10,000+ * Denotes this member has passed away 21 | 2017 ANNUAL REPORT

Office Director Office Program Global Security and Democracy Program & Environment Food Program Global Security KENNETH KIMMELL President PhD REST, M. KATHLEEN Director Executive ADRIENNE ALVORD States & Western California ANDERSON LEDFORD ANGELA Program & Energy Climate Director, PhD PETER C. FRUMHOFF, & Policy of Science Director Climate Chief Scientist, PhD LISBETH GRONLUND, and Senior Scientist, Co-Director LAURIE MARDEN Officer Chief Development ALDEN MEYER & Policy of Strategy Director MICHELLE ROBINSON Program Clean Vehicles Director, ANDREW A. ROSENBERG, PhD Science for Center Director, PhD RICARDO SALVADOR, and Senior Scientist, Director SCHAFFER CHERYL & Financial Officer Chief Administrative SHAW SUZANNE Director Communications PhD WRIGHT, DAVID and Senior Scientist, Co-Director MANAGEMENT SENIOR

chemistry, University of California–San Diego of California–San University chemistry, and the Environment Studies on Energy Agency Protection US Environmental Quality, Cars Smarter Change with Cleaner, University Research), Competitive Stimulate to Islands of the Virgin Scientists Concerned Hoag and Eliot and Foley, Enterprise, Columbia Business School Business Columbia Enterprise, Social for Center Business, Tamer School Business Columbia Enterprise, University Harvard Oceanography, of Science Advancement Public Utilities and Carriers of Business Regulation MARIO MOLINA, J. PhD and Bio- of Chemistry Professor Distinguished Strategic for Mario Molina Center President, 1995 in Chemistry, Prize Nobel Recipient, MARGO OGE Air and Transportation of Office director, Former Climate Combating Driving the Future: Author, PhD SALKIND, LOU Foundation Horizon Bright President, & Co. Shaw D.E. managing director, Former ADELE SIMMONS, PhD Partnership Global Philanthropy President, NANCY STEPHENS activist political Actress, Foundation Family Rosenthal President, , PhD KIM WADDELL Program Islands’ Established (Virgin VI-EPSCoR Director, R. WEISS ELLYN lawyer Artist, Union of counsel, general Former Harmon and Weiss partner, Former GEOFFREY HEAL, PhD GEOFFREY of Social III Professor Donald C. Waite and Change Climate for Center Co-Director, Nations Rainforest for Coalition Chair, Chair Emeritus PhD | Board McCARTHY, J. JAMES of Biological Professor Agassiz Alexander the for Association American president, Former McCLEARY MACKY of Rhode Island Division Administrator, Rhode Island Department director, Former

UCS | Chair

Management and Restoration and Restoration Management Change Consortium Climate Responsibility Award Responsibility Research Center Research Department of Environmental Protection Protection of Environmental Department Environmental Affairs Environmental Sustainability Science, chair of Environmental chair Science, Sustainability Dartmouth College Studies Program,

BOARD OF BOARD DIRECTORS ANDREW GUNTHER, PhD Ecosystem for Center Director, Executive Ecosystems Area Bay Coordinator, Executive | Board Chair Emeritus PhD | Board GOTTFRIED, KURT University Emeritus, Cornell of Physics Professor Scientists Concerned Union of Co-founder, and Freedom Scientific 2016 AAAS Recipient, RICHARD L. GARWIN, PhD GARWIN, RICHARD L. Watson Emeritus, IBM Thomas J. Fellow 2016 Medal of Freedom, Presidential Recipient, PhD FETTER, STEVE of Maryland University Professor, Society Physical American Fellow, LAURIE BURT LAURIE Laurie Burt, LLC President, Massachusetts commissioner, Former attorney Environmental | Secretary THOMAS H. STONE Inc. Capital Group, Stone CEO, JAMES S. HOYTE, JD | Treasurer HOYTE, S. JAMES Inc. Ventures, ADS Of counsel, of Secretary Massachusetts Former ANNE R. KAPUSCINSKI, PhD KAPUSCINSKI, ANNE R. For biographies, visit the visit biographies, For website at www.ucsusa.org/ at website about/board.html. | Vice Chair PETER | Vice A. BRADFORD School Law Vermont professor, Adjunct Commission Nuclear Regulatory member, Former Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of Professor Distinguished Sherman Fairchild 2001 in Marine Conservation, Fellow Pew

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