Board of Directors
James Cress is a partner with the Denver law firm of Holme Roberts & Owen, www.hro.com, where he has worked on asset dispositions and financings for coal, uranium, gold, copper, oil and gas and other mineral-producing clients. He has experience in private and U.S. federal mineral royalty matters. He has advised clients on the development, implementation and interpretation of mining law and regulation in the U.S., Asia, the former Soviet Union and Latin America. He is an unpaid part time Director of SDSG.
Cecilia Dalupan is an attorney licensed in both the Philippines and Colorado, with extensive international experience in climate change, energy, mining, other resource sectors and sustainability issues. She has worked with many different international organizations and served as a policy and development assistance specialist with the US Agency for International Development. She is currently an Associate Director of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, www.rmmlf.org, and is an unpaid part time Director of SDSG.
Luke Danielson is a lawyer, researcher and professor who has directed substantial research programs in the fields of sustainable development and mining and minerals policy. In the last two years he has taught all or part of courses in those areas at Tulane University, Simon Fraser University, Denver University and Western State College. He is a President of SDSG. Luke Danielson Curriculum Vitae
Leah D. Hair lives in Seattle, Washington, where she is active in a number of conservation causes. She is a graduate of the Yale Forestry School, and currently serves on the Board of the Wild Salmon Center. She is an unpaid part time Director of SDSG. .
Bryan Morgan lives in Boulder, Colorado. He is a retired attorney who serves on the boards of a number of foundations and charitable organizations, including the boards of the Colorado Audubon Society, the Sonoran Institute, and the Yellowstone Association, and has served in the past on the boards of the Colorado Music Festival, the Boulder Public Library Endowment, and the Colorado Commission of Higher Education. He is also on the board of the Laurelwood Shopping Center in Tennessee-a for profit venture, and the L P Brown Foundation. He is an unpaid part time Director of SDSG.





