EarthSave Board of Directors
(in alphabetical order)

JOHN BORDERS - BOARD CHAIR

John Borders has been involved with EarthSave for about eight years. He has served as a core member and board member of EarthSave Louisville, where he has done everything from teaching cooking classes, to hosting video dinner parties, to co-chairing a Turkey-Free Thanksgiving dinner, to "wining and dining" guests for Louisville's fabulous Taste of Health each Spring. John has served on a number of boards of directors for non-profit organizations, including the Housing Foundation of Kentucky (a state-wide housing initiative) and a two-year stint as President of the board for Habitat for Humanity of Metro Louisville. "Decent, affordable housing and healthy, sustainable food are my passions. Without either, the quality of our lives is greatly diminished," John says. John is an attorney in the firm of Borders & Borders, PLC in Louisville, Kentucky, where he lives with his wife, Cindy, his three beautiful children, Mattie, David, and Jack and their dog, Veronica. "My children are the reason I work for EarthSave and for a more humane and sane world." John enjoys cooking, exercising, taking his children to amusement parks, and listening to a wealth of music

MARK ALAN EPSTEIN

Mark Epstein with ESI Exec Director Caryn Hartglass

Mark Alan Epstein is the President of the Flow group of companies. Mr. Epstein is a computer scientist who has been in the investment management and technology industries for over 15 years. After receiving a B.S. in Mathematics in 1984 and an M.S. in Computer Science in 1986 from The University of Chicago, Mr. Epstein began designing and implementing a variety of technical trading and risk-management systems to price and trade derivatives portfolios. These systems have been used in real-time trading by a wide variety of clients. From 1993 to 1996, Mr. Epstein was the Director of Research and Technology for Apollo Derivatives Group, an options market making group with traders in Chicago, London and Frankfurt. Mr. Epstein founded the Flow group of companies in 1996 to provide technology and trading consulting services. Flow has managed private assets in hedge funds, and trades their own in-house proprietary accounts. In the art world, Mr. Epstein developed Cafe Voltaire in 1990, a natural foods restaurant, performance space theatre, and art gallery in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood. Later, Mr. Epstein created Flow Arts to support independent film, theatre, and musical productions.

With a commitment to health and the environment, Mr. Epstein serves on the board of Sustain, National Health Association, and EarthSave International. Currently residing in Chicago with his three cats (Lamar, Fiona, and Momma Gray), Mr. Epstein is an avid philatelist, plays the saxophones, and enjoys squash, racquetball, golf, bowling, and vegetarian cooking. And, most importantly, he's working on his organic vegetable garden and fruit orchard in Pinehurst, North Carolina.

CARYN HARTGLASS - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Caryn Hartglass was born and raised in New York. After graduating from Bucknell University with Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in chemical engineering, she pursued a career in Photomaskmaking, a specialized area of the semiconductor industry, primarily in California, while actively performing in amateur and semi-professional musical theater companies. She spent four years living in the south of France, studying French, German and music and doing some engineering consulting, as well as giving concerts and competing in vocal competitions. During this time she won two international vocal competitions, one in France and one in South Africa, and recorded a CD with the French company, Ligia Digital. She returned to New York three years ago, and now divides her time between singing, engineering consulting and volunteering for EarthSave. Activities include yoga, running, biking, skiing, swimming, diving and vegan gourmet cooking.

More than 25 years ago, Hartglass, then a child, announced to her family that she wanted to be a vegetarian. She had suddenly become aware of the unnecessary cruelty involved in eating meat and no longer wanted to be a part of it. There was little information available about vegetarian nutrition at the time and her mother was concerned for her health. They visited the family physician, who insisted eating meat was healthy and was beneficial for animals, because more were given the chance to live. Fortunately, the physician's arrogant and patronizing demeanor was not convincing, and Hartglass continued on the path of eating a plant-based diet. Over time, she realized the benefits of improved health and the positive impact of the diet on the environment. Interestingly, persistent stomach ailments, anemia and premenstrual moodiness she had experienced as a child and young teen all disappeared with the plant-based diet.

Her desire to actively promote a plant-based diet and to be an EarthSave volunteer was triggered by the diagnosis of breast cancer and untimely death of one of her best friends. Hartglass has been involved with the core group of EarthSave Long Island for three years and joined the EarthSave International board in April, 1999.

JEFF NELSON - VICE-CHAIR

Considered (by his wife and children) to be the most brilliant author in the universe, writer/producer Jeff Nelson has written and produced commercials, documentaries, TV movies, a 5-hour NBC mini-series ("On Wings of Eagles"), and is author of bestselling books such as Handwriting Analysis: Putting It to Work for You and Sue the Bastards: Everything You Need to Go to -- or Stay Out of -- Court.

Along with his wife, Sabrina, Jeff is the owner/operator of VegSource Interactive, the most popular food website on the Internet. EarthSave and VegSource often team on projects like the Healthy Lifestyle Expo and work together on projects to promote plant-based eating. He lives in California with his wife, three children, three cats and a dog.

JULES OAKLANDER, D.O.

Dr. Jules Oaklander is an osteopathic physician licensed in the states of Florida, Missouri and New York. He is a graduate of Kansas City College of Osteopathic Medicine (Doctor of Osteopathy) and of Brooklyn College of Pharmacy, Long-Island University (Pre-med; BS in Pharmacy). He is a member of The American Osteopathic Association, the American College of General Practitioner, the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College of Allergy and Immunology, and is a diplomat to the American Board of General Pratitioners. He currently resides and practices in Miami, Florida.

SPECIAL ADVISORS:

John McDougall MD -- Special Medical Advisor
Physician, Author and Lecturer
Founder, The McDougall Plan

Rob Hatherill PhD -- Scientific Advisor
Environmental Toxicologist, Environmental Studies Program
University of California, Santa Barbara

T. Colin Campbell PhD -- Nutritional Advisor
Nutritional biologist, Professor, Cornell University
Co-Founder, The China Project

ADVISORY BOARD:
(in alphabetical order)