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The Telos Project

Board of Directors

We are pleased to introduce the Telos Project. In this overview, we answer basic questions about the organization. We welcome your inquiries and participation. --Ann, John, and Elizabeth

What is Telos Project, what is its mission, and what does it do?
Telos Project is a California nonprofit organization that was granted its IRS tax-exempt status in November 2002, thus becoming a 501c3 corporation. Presently we function with a small board to optimize organizational agility and maximize energy going to programs.

The mission of Telos Project is building a sustainable world through thinking, action and fun.

Telos currently serves two functions:
•It is the non-profit home for the Climate Protection Campaign.
•It is the fiscal sponsor for Quest to Save Turtle Island

We anticipate that in the future Telos will create and pursue other opportunities to fulfill its mission.

What is Telos’ background?

The Telos Board is rooted in sustainability - John Garn in green business and information technology, Elizabeth Herron in ecological education and expression. Coordinator Ann Hancock’s sustainability activism began when she co-founded and helped lead Sustainable Sonoma County from 1997 to 2001. During these years, many successful and pioneering projects were produced by the organization, for example, the Better Not Bigger conference, the Ecological Footprint Project, Sustainable Sonoma’s nationally-recognized website, and the creation of the Climate Protection Campaign. It became clear that projects like these could expand beyond local boundaries, so Telos Project was born. Telos’ mission is big and flexible to enable it to keep pace with the rapidly changing sustainability field.

Ann Hancock, President
Coordinator, Climate Protection Campaign. Past Coordinator, Sonoma County Ecological Footprint Project. Twenty years experience in non-profit directing, educating, and fundraising.

John Garn, Secretary Co-founder of ViewCraft, a company specializing in “information cartography,” that enables people to understand complex systems. National green business consultant.

Elizabeth Herron, Treasurer
Professor of Arts and Humanities, Sonoma State University, teaching ecology, writing, contemplative practice, and the creative process. Published author of prose and poetry. For more information, click on the photo links above.