The Pachamama Alliance is at a key time in its evolution. We have made enormous strides in our work in the Amazon basin to empower indigenous people to preserve the rainforest for all of life and to have Rights for Nature be written into the Ecuadorian Constitution. The Awakening the Dreamer Program has grown in the past year to a level that exceeded our expectations, now with more than 2000 facilitators worldwide and Symposiums held in more than 40 countries on 6 continents.
All of this work continues to be of high importance. And, we see that the time is here for the Pachamama Alliance to move to a whole new level to meet the paramount challenges and opportunities that face humanity in the critical window of the next few years. Over the course of the past 8 months, the Board of Directors and Executive Team of the Pachamama Alliance held a series of ‘Evolution Design’ meetings to construct the next phase of the organization’s work and focus. At the same time, we began working with the world largest independent advertising agency, Wieden + Kennedy, on a pro bono basis, creating a global communications campaign, called Four Years. Go., to powerfully galvanize hundreds of millions of people to leap into a whole new level of inspired, committed action.
As part of the Evolution Design process, we recognized the need to restructure the organization to empower the Alliance to take the bold next steps needed to fulfill on the strategies and vision. Our current Executive Team members who have worked together as a three-person team to lead the organization on an interim basis for the past two years, will now each be freed up to devote their full-time attention to the individual programs they each direct. David Tucker will lead the Pachamama Journey Program, expanding and deepening an already thriving transformational travel program, and bringing key elements of the program into the global North. Jon Love will continue to direct the Awakening The Dreamer Program, working with staff and volunteers to expand our current model of facilitator-led symposiums throughout the world, while reaching into new strategic directions and targeted audiences. Pat Usner will devote her full attention to directing the Four Years. Go campaign and to developing a Communications capacity within the organization.
The Pachamama Alliance has hired Tammy White as an interim Executive Director to forward the launching of this new chapter. Tammy is a seasoned executive with many decades of experience running multi-million dollar companies. Her expertise combined with her long time involvement and commitment to the Pachamama Alliance make her the ideal person to lead the organization through this critical next phase.
