The As You Sow Board of Directors is comprised of talented and dedicated volunteers. Our Directors bring a broad range of expertise and interests including experience in social activism, publishing, education, environmental law, business, socially responsible investing, fundraising and philanthropy.

Sheridan Pauker, Board Chair
Sheridan is an Associate in the Cleantech & Renewable Energy Group at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in San Francisco, where she advises cleantech companies and investors in corporate finance, project development and regulatory matters, and provides greenhouse gas strategy consulting. Prior to her current position, Sheridan was an Environmental Fellow at Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger, and clerked for the Honorable Richard A. Paez of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She earned her law degree from the University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall School of Law) where she was elected Order of the Coif and served as an Articles Editor on the Ecology Law Quarterly. Sheridan joined the Board of Directors in early 2002, after having worked for As You Sow's Corporate Social Responsibility Program for several years. Prior to law school, Sheridan was a financial advisor with U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray's Social Equity Investment Group, focusing on socially and environmentally responsible investment consulting and served as an aide to U.S. Congressman Henry A. Waxman. Sheridan earned her bachelor's degree in Environmental Science and Public Policy from Harvard College.

Patricia Farrar-Rivas
Patricia is a Partner at Veris Wealth Partners. She has been advising high-net worth individuals and non-profit organizations for over a decade. Prior to joining Veris Wealth Partners, she was the Director of Frank, Rimerman Advisors LLC. Patricia previously was an Investment Consultant with US Bancorp Piper Jaffray's Social Equity Investment Group and she acted as General Securities Principal for Progressive Asset Management. Patricia has been active with numerous non-profit boards including the Social Investment Forum and Light Hawk. She has also collaborated with the Astrea Foundation to produce conferences dedicated to educating women about finance, philanthropy and social investing.

Randy Hayes
Randy is the founder and board president of Rainforest Action Network in addition to Senior Staff with the International Forum on Globalization. Randy is a veteran of many high-visibility corporate accountability campaigns and has advocated for the rights of Indigenous peoples. He worked as the President to the City of San Francisco Commission on the Environment and Director of Sustainability in the office of Oakland with Mayor Jerry Brown. Randy has a Master’s degree in Environmental Planning from San Francisco State University; his master’s thesis was the award-winning film The Four Corners, which won the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award for Best Student Documentary in 1983. He is a contributing author to Alternatives to Economic Globalization: A Better World is Possible.

Thomas Van Dyck
Thomas co-founded As You Sow in 1992. He believes in using the capital
markets to create social change. Thomas has specialized in Socially
Responsible Investing since 1983. Currently, he is a Senior Vice-President with
the SRI Wealth Management Group at RBC Dain Rauscher. Previously, he led
the Philanthropic and Social Investment Consulting at Piper Jaffray &
Company. Thomas has been working in the field of Socially Responsible
Investing since 1983. Thomas serves on the Board of Directors of Bioneers and is actively involved with other organizations including Rainforest Action Network,
Earthrights International and the Ella Baker Center. He earned a B.A. in
Political Science from Duke and also completed the Certified Investment
Management Analyst Program at the Wharton School at the University of
Pennsylvania.