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.

Ari D. Baron MD MA
Presently: Hematologist/Oncologist and Associate Clinical Professor at University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine.  He also fills dual roles at California Pacific Medical Centre in San Francisco, where he is Director of Oncology Research and Director of G.I. Oncology.  Became a DIR Board Member in 2007.
Formerly: Assistant Clinical Professor at UCSF, Physician at Veterans' Administration Medical Centre in San Francisco, Physician at San Francisco General Hospital, Clinical Associate in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF, Research Technician at Division of Cell Biopsy, Children's Hospital, Boston, Clinical Research Intern in Adult Oncology at Hammersmith Hospital, London.
Academic Background: MD and MA degrees from Tufts University School of Medicine.

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.

Seetha Kammula-Coleman PhD
Presently: Recently retired (early) after twenty seven years with Royal Dutch Shell; Joined DIR’s Board in 2005.
Formerly: Senior Vice President for Strategic Marketing, Innovation and Asset Management Instructor, Basell Chemical Company; Board member of Indelpro; Mergers and Acquisitions Manager, Shell Chemicals; Global Business Manager, Shell’s Epoxy Resins; Strategy Director, Shell’s Epoxy Resins and Bis-phenol A; Director of Technology, Shell’s Epoxy Resins; Business Development Manager, Shell Chemicals, England; Senior Research Associate and Research Chemist, Royal Dutch/Shell; NATO Research Scholar, University of Amsterdam; Organic Chemistry Instructor, Princeton University; Founded the Basell Women's Network; Member of the Society for Organizational Learning and The Systems Dynamics Society, both at MIT.
Academic Background: Doctor of Chemistry with post- doctorate research at Princeton University; BS from Osmania University, India.

Yvonne Ginsberg MA
Presently: Presently residing in Mill Valley, California, where she has her Management Consultant business.
Formerly: Taught Undergraduate Psychology in Yale University and was a researcher and consultant for Tavistock Groups as well as for Washington School of Psychology and Yale University Medical School. Management Consultant for a variety of major West Coast employers. Wrote and Directed the documentary film "Landmines of the Heart".
Academic Background: MA in Comparative Literature from University of Michigan. Post-graduate Studies in Linguistics and Psycholinguistics at MIT.

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.

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.

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.