BiographyAs Executive Director of The Baum Foundation, April oversees programs serving programs in the arts, education and the environment. The Foundation invites cross-sector stakeholders to pool their science and education resources to spur action, using art as a catalyst to inspire stewardship of the planet. Baum Foundation highlights include: the Project Manager for the Future We Want, a project launched at Rio+20, a partnership with UNEP RONA, supporting a successful program to plant 11 Billion trees worldwide and a US initiative, Green Forest Works, to plant 225 million trees on coal mined land in Appalachia and create Green Jobs in 6 states; partner on the 2009 United Nations Conference, COP-15 art exhibit with Millennium Art, CO2 CUBES—Visualize a Tonne of Change, designed to stimulate a better understanding of CO2 emissions and a public dialogue about what our individual CO2 footprint looks like; a leadership role on producing two educational documentaries about The Marine Life Protection Act, A Sheltered Sea and The Southern Passage, educating the public and stakeholders throughout California about the benefits of setting up a Network of Marine Protected Areas; and working as an advisory member of the Presidential Climate Action Project under the leadership of William Becker with a team of leading Americans to create a list of top climate priorities for the 2008 incoming US President, Barack Obama, to take action and steps towards reducing the impacts of Climate Change. April has served as a board member for: Just Think Foundation, OpNet, Bluewater Network, The San Francisco Girls Chorus, and Opus Novum. During her professional career, April co-founded and was Vice President of Marketing for the successful launch of three San Francisco based commercial film and interactive agency companies: Red Sky Films, Red Sky Interactive and Skyrocket. After the sale of Red Sky Interactive in 1995, to holding company Omnicom, April worked for KPMG Consulting (Bearing Point) as a Senior Manager in the Financial Services-Emerging Technology arena.