About CEED
Organizational Background
The Center for Environmental Economic Development (CEED) is a US-based nongovernmental organization incorporated in 1993 in California as a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.
We are overseen by a national Board of Directors and by local, national, and international advisory committees. CEED's funding includes a wide range of foundations and government programs.
Our Senior Staff
Ruthanne Cecil, Executive Director, J.D. in Law, University of California at Hastings
Ruthanne Cecil is a well-known expert on financing sustainability, and speaks widely on how fiscal policy options can create the necessary funding pools for urgent global needs.
Daniel M. Ihara, PhD., Climate Change Director
Dr. Ihara received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Oregon, and served as CEED Executive Director 1998 to 2007. He has taught at Humboldt State University since 1992 in the International Development Technology graduate program and the Department of Economics. His areas of specialization include climate change policy, education, and outreach; environmental and natural resource economics; and environmental cost benefit analysis.
CEED Board of Directors
Maureen Hart, B.S. in Psychology, Michigan State University.
Program Manager, Redwood Coast Energy Authority. Consultant for Community Based Economic Development (cbed) (1997- present); Fund Development Director for Dell'Arte, a local cbed project; General Manager of West Coast Recycling and Corporate Manager of Recycling Development, Norcal Waste Systems (1988-95); Research Associate of the Public Research Institute in San Francisco(1986-87); Director of Urban Options, Michigan (1980-85); Michigan Consumers Council (1978-79); Housing Assistance Foundation/Consumer Services Program (1977-78).
Guy-Alain Amoussou, Ph.D. in Industrial Systems Safety - Computer Science, Université de Technologie de Compiegne in France.
Associate Professor of Computer Science at Humboldt State University. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Systems Safety - Computer Science in 1999 from the Université de Technologie de Compiegne in France. He recieved a B.S. in Information and Computer Science from the Université de Picardie Jules Verne and his M.S. in Computer Science from the Université Paris Dauphine. He is originally from Cote d'Ivoire, Africa.
Haazim Rashed, A.B. in Economics, Stanford University; Yale University Law School
Principal, Rashed Associates. Midwest Region Director, National Development Council, Seattle, WA.(1983-2004); Small business specialist for the City of New Haven, Connecticut (1978-83); Senior Administrative Analyst for the City of Hartford (1977-78); Economic Planner for the City of New Haven (1976-78).
Matthew Marshall, M.S. International Development Technology (in progress), Humboldt State University.
Principal, Taiga Design & Development; Partner, Evolution Energy Systems. Artist and Designer (1997-present), Program Specialist, Redwood Coast Energy Authority (2005-2006); Program Associate, CEED (2001-2006); Instructor (Math, Art, and Environmental Science) and Administrator, Northcoast Preparatory and Performing Arts Academy (2001-2005).