The Human Rights Watch California Committee North, formed in 2001, is part of a network of support committees composed of opinion leaders from a variety of backgrounds in North America and Europe. The committees constitute an informed and engaged constituency that is essential for the defense of human rights. They seek to increase awareness of local and global human rights issues and enlist the public and governments to support basic rights for all. Committee members meet regularly to learn about human rights crises and policies and support Human Rights Watch through outreach, advocacy, and fundraising initiatives.

Membership in the Human Rights Watch California Committee North provides an inside perspective on one of the most exciting and effective international organizations. Committee members have access to regular briefings by Human Rights Watch investigators, senior government officials, and informed observers. These sessions provide a unique and sophisticated perspective on breaking news and today’s most serious global problems. Committee members strengthen Human Rights Watch and its global defense of essential liberties by contributing financially to its work, attracting potential supporters, and promoting the organization’s message and concerns

The California Committee North is co-chaired by David Keller and Amy Rao.

California Committee North
Founded 2001

Co-chairs: David Keller and Amy Rao
Chair Emeritus: Darian W. Swig
Executive Committee: Frannie Hall Kieschnick, Marty Krasney, Julie Parish, Joan Platt, Loy Sheflott and Darian W. Swig
Director: Andrea Dew Steele

Members
Christine Bouckaert
Joseph Bouckaert
James Brosnahan
Mark Buell
Susie Tompkins Buell
Shashi Buluswar
Carole Carney
Lloyd Carney
Genevieve Cox
Peter Coyote
Stefanie Coyote
Stuart Davidson
Chiara R. DiGeronimo
Eileen Donahoe
Becky Draper
Shefali Razdan Duggal
Carla Emil
Mark Grace
Nonie Greene
Jane Gruber
Linda W. Gruber
Spencer Hosie
Kathleen Kelly Janus
Kim Keller
Bryan Kemnitzer
Nancy Barron Kemnitzer
Frannie Hall Kieschnick
Todd L. Koons
Marty Krasney
Stephen A. Mansfield
Nion McEvoy
Belinda Muñoz
Robert J. Nelson
Julie Parish
Janice Parker-Callaghan
Lisa Patlis
Sean Penn
JaMel Perkins
Tom Perkins
Joan R. Platt
Diane L. Rice
Stuart Russell
Alice Schaffer Smith
Orville Schell
Loy Sheflott
Mani Sheik
Stephen Silberstein
Helen Stacy
Eric Stover
Darian W. Swig
Mindy Uhrlaub
Kirby Walker
Wendy Webster
Robin Wright
Katie Zoglin

List as of January 2012