Governance of NRCCC

The National Religious Coalition on Creation Care (NRCCC) is governed by a Steering Committee comprised from a spectrum of Jewish and Christian ((Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant, Evangelical) faith communities. The Steering Committee provides counsel to the Executive Coordinator, Fred Kruger.

The Steering Committee

Rev. Dr. Owen Owens, Co-chair, NRCCC
Past chair, National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Working Group;
director, Environmental Ministries, American Baptist Churches USA
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

Rabbi Dr. Warren Stone, Co-chair, NRCCC
Chair, Central Conference of American Rabbis, Environmental Affairs Committee;
Senior Rabbi, Temple Emanuel-El; delegate, COP-3, Kyoto, Japan and COP-15, Copenhagen, Denmark;
Kensington, Maryland

Dr. Robert Marshall, Treasurer
Chairman of the Board, Christians for the Mountains,
Charleston, West Virginia

Carlos Agnesi
President, Interreligious Council of Mexico; past CEO, Lloyds of Mexico,
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Rev. Tom Carr, chairman, New England Interreligious Council on the Environment; pastor,
First Baptist Church, West Hartford, Connecticut

Dr. Thomas English
Creation Care Educator, Presbyterian Church USA; director, TE Endangered Species Institute,
San Diego, California

Dr. Mirele Goldsmith
Representative for Hazon, Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life,
New York, New York

Connie Hanson
President, Christians Caring for the Creation; Presbyterian Church of America
Pasadena, California

Rev. Dr. Olin Ivey
Chairman, Earth Care Tennessee; Pastor, United Methodist Church and United Church of Christ,
Chattanooga, Tennessee

Allen Johnson
First interim director, Evangelical Environmental Network; Executive Director, Christians for the Mountains, Dunmore, West Virginia

Frederick W. Krueger, Executive coordinator
Santa Rosa, California