US Board of Directors

Jeff Swartz

Chairman of the Board

Jeff is the third generation of the Swartz family to lead Timberland. His grandfather Nathan started the predecessor company to Timberland in 1952. Jeffs father Sidney and his uncle Herman launched the Timberland brand in the early 1970s. Jeff was promoted to President and CEO in 1998, after working in virtually every functional area of the company since 1986. Under Jeffs leadership, Timberland has grown rapidly, from $156 million in 1989 to $1.6 billion in 2006. Timberland today competes in countries around the world, designing, manufacturing and marketing footwear, apparel and accessories for men, women and children.

Since Fortune magazine began publishing the index, Timberland has consistently been one of the 100 Best Companies To Work For in America and one of the Best Places to Work by Working Mother magazine. They have been listed on Business Ethics list of 100 Best Corporate Citizens and in 2002, Timberland received the Ron Brown Award, a Presidential award recognizing outstanding corporate leadership in social responsibility.

Jeff is one of 19 founding CEOs selected for President Bushs task force on national service called Business Strengthening America. He is on the board of directors for Share Our Strength, Honest Tea, City Year, the Harlem Childrens Zone and Limited Brands, Inc. In addition, Jeff is a member of the World Economic Forum and the Two/Ten Foundation, an organization providing charitable funds and services to individuals in the footwear industry. In 2002, he received the Two/Ten Foundations T. Kenyon Holly Memorial Award for Humanitarian Achievement.

Jeff received an MBA from Dartmouth in 1984, and a BA in Comparative Literature from Brown in 1982.

Paul Dolan

A fourth generation winemaker who has dedicated his 35-year career to green issues, Paul Dolan is known for his leadership in sustainable agriculture.  A compassionate executive and winegrower holding degrees in business (Santa Clara University) and enology (California State University Fresno), Pauls influence within the wine industry is strong.

Through vehicles such as the Wine Institutes Code of Sustainable Wine Growing, speeches on climate change and citations for exemplary green practices, he has motivated other growers to adopt practices that respect the land.  His book, True to Our Roots, Fermenting a Business Revolution (2003), makes the convincing case that sustainability in not only good for the earth; it is an economic advantage.

Paul has become a passionate advocate of Biodynamic® viticulture and winemaking, believing that each piece of land has a personality, a unique expression.  He and his sons farm their 70-acre Dark Horse ranch biodynamically.  My sons and I have embraced biodynamics so that we can expand what agriculture means for us and our families, says Paul.

Paul Dolan, together with Tom and Tim Thornhill, owns Mendocino Wine Company, producers of Parducci and Paul Dolan Vineyard wines.

Mark Kenber

Mark is an economist who has worked on environmental issues for over a decade in non-governmental organisations, the public and private sectors. Mark has been instrumental in developing The Climate Group’s global network and operations in India and China, and directed ground-breaking projects with the international finance, energy, technology and aviation sectors.

Mark advised former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair in the joint policy initiative Breaking the Climate Deadlock (2008-2009), which produced a series of high-level reports outlining the economic and technological rationale for a global climate deal and its key components. He is also a carbon markets expert and co-founded the successful Verified Carbon Standard (formerly Voluntary Carbon Standard) (VCS), now the most popular kitemark for the $400 million voluntary market.  He continues to be involved as Deputy Chair of the VCS Association.

Immediately prior to joining The Climate Group, Mark was Senior Policy Officer for WWFs International Climate Change Programme, focusing on carbon market and finance issues and coordinating the Programmes economics-related work. His other experience includes being Director of Planning at Fundacion Natura, Ecuadors largest environmental organisation, acting as climate change advisor to the Ecuadorian government and a wide range of consultancies. Mark is an occasional lecturer at Sussex Universitys Institute for Development Studies and also serves on the advisory boards of a number of environmental organisations.

William Moomaw, President

William Moomaw is Professor of International Environmental Policy at Tufts University, and Director of the Center for International Environment and Resource Policy. His teaching and research focus on issues such as quantitative indicators of environment and development; sustainable development; trade and environment; technology and policy implications for climate change; water and climate change; biodiversity; and negotiation strategies for environmental agreements.

In addition to his roles at Tufts, Bill is Senior Co-Director, Global Development and Environment Institute; Co-Director, Public Disputes Program, Program on Negotiations; Convening Lead Author, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2001; Board of Directors, Consensus Building Institute; Science Advisory Committee, Earthwatch; and Lead author, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2003.

Bill earned his BA from Williams College and PhD in physical chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

William Thomas

William Thomas is counsel in Environmental and Climate Change practices for Skadden. He regularly counsels clients on matters with a foreign or global environmental dimension, including risks and opportunities arising under regional and international environmental agreements, emerging EHS legal regimes and related international standards and codes of conduct, and legal aspects of sustainability and corporate social responsibility.

William is active in a number of professional and environmental organizations. He currently chairs the North American Policy Working Group of the Carbon Markets & Investors Association and directs the EHS Legal Council of The Conference Board whilst participating as member of several other bodies, including the Advisory Committee to the Carbon Disclosure Standards Board, the U.S. Advisory Council to the Carbon Disclosure Project, IUCN Commission on Environmental Law, and the external advisory board to the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan.

His body of published work includes contributions to the Cross-Border Environment Handbook (PLC 2008/09), Stumbling Toward Sustainability (John Dernbach ed., ELI 2002), and Environmental Law and Enforcement in the Asia-Pacific Rim (Terri Mottershead ed., Sweet & Maxwell 2002).  His articles on environmental issues have appeared in the National Law Journal, Natural Resources & Environment, Review of European Community & International Environmental Law, among many others.  

Steve Westly

Steve Westly is CEO of The Westly Group, a venture advisory firm which helps entrepreneurs build the clean technology companies of the future.  Hecurrently sits on the boards of the electric car company Tesla and the biofuels company Altra, while consulting for a variety of startups. 

Before launching his firm, Mr. Westly was California State Controller and the chief financial officer of the worlds sixth largest economy.  As Controller, Westly spearheaded innovative tax programs to help close the States budget deficit and led the effort to commit more than $1 billion to clean technology investments.  Westly ran for Governor in the 2006 Democratic Primary and was narrowly defeated.

Westly remains active in public life as Chair of the California Leadership Committee, a PAC dedicated to supporting the next generation of Democratic leaders.  On the national scene, he served as California Co-Chair of then-Senator Barack Obamas successful presidential campaign.  He sits on the Board of the newest University of California Campus in Merced.  He and his wife Anita run a charitable foundation focused on education, health, and the environment.

Mr. Westly grew up in California and attended public schools in San Mateo County.  He earned his BA and MBA at Stanford University, where he was student body president and later served on the faculty for five years.  Westly currently lives in San Mateo County with his wife and two children.