Paul Hughes

Forests Forever

Paul Hughes has served as Forests Forever’s executive director for 30 years and as executive director of Forests Forever Foundation since its founding in 1998. Hughes holds a B.A. in Journalism from Indiana University and has worked as a reporter, editorial writer, and environmental freelance writer, as well as editor of communications for an array of environmental groups. An environmental activist since 1974, he worked for Sierra Club in the Midwest and directed several other NGOs in the years prior to his arrival at Forests Forever, which is now based in Berkeley.