Paul B. Dean MD MPH (Chair)
Presently: Chair of the Board of DIR since it was founded; Member of the Board of International Medical Corps since 1990; Member of the Board of the City of Hope Medical Center, San Diego; Member of the Board of YMCA, Mission Valley, San Diego; Partner and Clinician of Dermatology Medical Centres of California, San Diego; Volunteer Physician at St Vincent de Paul Medical Center, San Diego.
Formerly: Medical Director of Project Concern International 1981-1990; Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer, CDC; Epidemiologist, Viral Disease Branch, CDC; Acting State Epidemiologist, Florida; Cholera Research in East Pakistan.
Academic Background: Doctor of Medicine from UC San Francisco, MPH in International Health from UCLA.

Richard F. Boeke DM
Presently: Minister of the Unitarian Church of Horsham, Sussex, UK; Secretary of the World Council of Faiths, Oxford, UK; Secretary to the International Council of Unitarian Universalists.
Formerly: Unitarian Universalist Minister in Berkeley, California;  USAF Chaplain;
Academic Background: Doctorate in Ministry from the Pacific School of Religion, California: Masters in Divinity from Yale University; MA from Columbia University.

Diane Frary
Presently: Retired and reside with my husband, Jonathan Swett, in Point Richmond, CA. I am a weaver and jewelry designer.
Formerly: In Michigan: Juvenile probation officer. Director, clinic for alcoholics; Director, day treatment programs for severely emotionally disturbed adolescents; Developer, not-for-profit housing corporations and seventeen group homes to deinstitutionalize adult mentally ill and developmentally disabled. Member, eighteen not-for-profit boards. In California: Director, residential and day treatment program for emotionally disturbed adolescents; Assistant to County Mental Health Director and Staff Assistant to Mental Health Advisory Board; Private consulting practice.
Academic Background: MSW.

Gayle Hagen
Presently: Secretary to the Board of DIR, and volunteering in the areas of international health and public school education.
Formerly: Director of Development for medical research programs, University of California San Francisco; Bay Area Regional Director for Breast and Prostate Health, American Cancer Society; communication staff or consultant for many Bay Area nonprofit organizations; Peace Corps health educator, Togo.
Academic Background: Master's in Nonprofit Administration, University of San Francisco; BA, University of Washington. 

Judith Ratcliffe DrPH
Presently: Real Estate Broker, The Grubb Co., Berkeley, CA.; Ratcliffe and Ratcliffe Health Consultants, Berkeley, CA.
Formerly: Lecturer in Public Health, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley; Consultant, Blue Cross of Northern California; Consultant, Razagente Associates, Oakland, CA; Consultant, Women, Infants and Children Program, Phoenix, AZ; Health Educator, Presbyterian Hospital, San Francisco, CA; Counselor, Planned Parenthood, San Francisco, CA; Consultant, Northern California Occupational Health Center, Berkeley, CA; Peace Corps Volunteer, Peru.
Academic Background: Doctor of Public Health, Master of Public Health and BA, University of California, Berkeley.

Shalini Sahai MD
Presently: Pediatrician, Kaiser Permanente, Hayward, California since 2004. DIR Board Member since 2010. Born and brought up in Chandigarh, India.
Academic Background: Doctor of Medicine, Goverment Medical College Patiala, India; Pediatric Residency, University of Illinois, Chicago and Stanford University, California.

M. Joseph Schaller PhD
Presently: Computer, Statistical & Database Consultant. Consultant to Architectural, Financial, Educational, Research, Legal, Small Business and Corporate clients, San Francisco.  Photographer.
Formerly: Professor of Psychology, Developmental Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Director, Infant Color Vision Project, Madison, WI; Founding Member, Women's Counseling Service, Madison, WI; Licensed Clinical Psychologist both in Wisconsin and California; Founding Member, Macintosh Consultants Network.
Academic Background: Ph.D. and M.S. in Developmental Psychology, Statistics, Michigan State University; Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison.

W. Frederick Shaw DrPH
Presently: CEO and founder of Developing Indigenous Resources
Formerly: Chief, Health Team, President of Pakistan's Task Force on Human Development; Co-founder and Consultant for APPNA SEHAT, Pakistan; Consultant for International Medical Corps; Associate Director in charge of programs in Asia, Africa and Oceania for Project Concern International; Assistant Country Director for CARE in The Philippines; CARE Representative in India; Chief, Waterborne Disease Project, Swaziland; Served on the faculties of Health, of Management, or of International Management at the University of Massachusetts, The Center for Higher Education in California, The University of Phoenix, and at Diablo Valley College, California: Gerontological Health Research Project Director, UC, Berkeley; Cross-cultural Programs Co-ordinator at the School for International Training, Vermont.
Academic Background: Doctor of Public Health and Masters in Public Health degrees from University of California School of Public Health, Berkeley.

Marilyn Joy Smith MA
Presently: Chief Editor, International Energy Agency (Paris) and independent science communications specialist. Is a member of the National Union of Journalists, UK, and a former member of the Board of Canadian Science Writers' Association. Has contributed to a wide variety of scientific publications. She has been a Member of DIR's Board since 2010.
Her photo exhibitions, which have been presented both in France and Canada, (most recently in Paris, Vancouver and Alberta) have included Weaving a life in Laos, There and Here — Chechen, Refugees at Home, and Hope in a Slum. Her photographs have appeared in national Canadian magazines and newspapers, including The Gazette, Avenue, Wine Access). She has produced radio documentaries for CBC and video presentations for the International Energy Agency.
Formerly: She was the Science Communications Officer for DIVERSITAS, as well as for the International Council for Science (both in France where she has lived and worked since 2002). She has freelanced for the Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD), International Energy Agency (IEA), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), European Multiple Sclerosis Platform (EMSP). Before coming to Paris, she worked for the National Research Council of Canada.
Academic Background: She has a Master of Arts in Journalism from University of Western Ontario, and a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from University of Ottawa

Scott J. Weissman MD
Presently: Acting Instructor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center Seattle; Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine.
Formerly: Board Member, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Los Angeles Chapter; Board Member, Disability Awareness Coalition, Irvine, California; Spokesperson, Citizens for the Prevention of Gun Violence, Long Beach, California.
Academic Background:  Doctor of Medicine, University of California, Irvine; BA, Psychology, Yale University.