Dianne Dillon-Ridgley

Environmentalist and human rights activist Dianne Dillon-Ridgley is a noted international speaker on sustainability, corporate social responsibility, population, gender and justice issues. She is a director at Interface, Inc., a global manufacturer of commercial carpet, modular floor coverings, commercial fabrications and a leader in sustainable design. She is also a director at Green Mountain Energy, a leading retailer of renewably produced electricity in the US, where she chairs the company's environmental integrity committee. In addition Dianne represents the World Young Women's Christian Association (Geneva, Switzerland) at UN headquarters in New York, is a trustee of the Wallace Global Fund, and in 1999 was appointed to the Oxford University Commission on Sustainable Consumption. During the last ten years Dianne has served on numerous U.S. delegations at UN global meetings and other international conferences. She sits on other boards of several educational and environmental organizations and appears often in the mainstream media on major networks around the world.