Board of Directors AFHR

The Board is forming but already includes:

Anne Archer: Founder, Academy Award Nominated Actress and Human Rights Advocate who has fought for human rights across the globe for nearly two decades  has lead religious tolerance movements in Germany, France, the United States, Spain and Africa. She has with other artists led protest marches in uneven streets, testified to Congress, met quietly and opening with state department officials around the world—always bringing her creativity and passion to the fight.

Michael Wisner: Executive Director, A writer and an environmental advocate for over a decade. His work has taken to him to China, the Amazon, Eastern Europe and the USSR before the Communist Wall came down. His travels and what he witnessed were the beginning of his interest and dedication to human rights. He was co-founder of the Hollywood environmental coalition where he worked intimately with well-known artists to affect environmental messages in the media. Michael has served for over ten years as the Director of the Alley Foundation which is dedicated to the environmental education of children.  He brings a wealth of experience, accomplishment and dedication to Artists for Human Rights.

Kirstie Alley, Actress:

Kelly Preston, Actress:

Doctor Thomas Lovejoy: served for nearly a decade as the Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institute. He has been covered extensively in the media including the New York Times for his engineering the “debt for nature swap,” where he persuaded world banking institutions to forgive third-world debt, i.e. Brazil, in exchange for the country dedicating large tracts of rainforests as preserves. He headed the Smithsonian research camps in the Amazon where he has toured members of the US Senate and expeditions  including Bruce Babbitt , John Ritter, Tom Cruise, John Fuchs, Debra Hill, Michael Wisner. He serves on the Board of the Alley Foundation which does environmental education for children. He has served on the Scientific Advisory Committee to the President of the US. He also served in the Clinton Administration as Science Advisor to the US Secretary of the Interior. Since then, he serves as the President of the Heinz Center in Washington.

Thomas Dine: served as the Under Secretary for US Agency for International Development appointed by President Clinton. Tom accepted the position as the head of Radio Free Europe in Prague where he has served for the past seven years. He has recently relocated to the San Francisco  Bay area where he heads a Jewish Community Foundation.

Founder Anne Archer

"No one is born hating another person because of the color of their skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite."

- Nelson Mandela