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Tibet Justice Center Staff
Chris McKenna
Executive Director
Chris McKenna joined Tibet Justice Center in July 2004. Previously, he was the Outreach Coordinator for the Center for Justice & Accountability (CJA), a human rights organization launched by Amnesty International that represents torture survivors in lawsuits against human rights abusers who live, visit, or keep assets in the U.S., provides referrals for medical and psycho-social services for survivors and their family members, and works to ensure that the U.S. legal system plays a role in the international human rights movement. In 2000-2001, Chris worked for the human rights documentary film organization WITNESS, then a project of the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, on a film examining human rights abuses in U.S. juvenile detention facilities. He has also been a grant and communications writer for the American Civil Liberties Union, New York Chapter, Vision Youthz, and other social justice nonprofits. Chris serves on the Board of Directors of Bay Area International Development Organizations (BAIDO), the largest network of international development NGOs in the Western U.S. He received his B.A. in 1999 from Columbia University in Middle-Eastern & Asian Languages & Cultures (MEALAC), where he focused on human rights and the rule of law in South and Central Asia. He has also traveled to Tibet, Xinjiang, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and other parts of Central Asia as an activist, NGO worker, and documentary photographer.
Tashi Tsering
Director -- Environment
and Development Program
Tashi has been involved with TJC’s environmental initiatives since 1998. He was one of two Tibetan delegates to the Second World Conservation Congress in 2000, where he was responsible for drafting a landmark resolution on Tibetan transboundary rivers. Tashi has also represented TJC at the World Summit on Sustainable Development, authoring two reports for the Summit, Globalization To Tibet and Hydro Logic: Water for Human Development. Tashi has a B.A. from Bangalore University (through a Government of India merit scholarship), and an M.A. in international environmental politics from the Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University. Tashi serves as the elected North American representative to the Steering Committee of the International Tibet Support Network (ITSN). He is on the Board of Directors of Tesi Environment Awareness Movement (TEAM), the first Tibetan environmental NGO formed in exile, and a former board member of Students for a Free Tibet. Tashi is a recipient of the Sasakawa International Trade and Development Fellowship, a Global Greengrant, and a Galen Rowell Fund for Tibet Award.
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