About Us
Commonweal
President: Michael Lerner
Executive Director: Charlotte Brody, R.N.
General Manager: Waz Thomas
Commonweal Board of Directors:
Lindy Rose Graham
Bobbi Kimball
Martin Krasney
Beth Setrakian
Francesca Vietor
Janet Visick
PO Box 316
Bolinas, CA 94924
phone: 415-868-0970
fax: 415-868-2230
email:
Office hours are Monday thru Friday, 9am - 5pm PST. Please leave a voicemail message if we are unavailable and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
Cancer Help Program
Waz Thomas, Program Coordinator
PO Box 316
Bolinas, CA 94924
phone: 415-868-0970
fax: 415-868-2230
email:
CanServe Database
Mimi Mindel
email:
The Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE)
PO Box 316
Bolinas, CA 94924
phone: 415-868-0970
fax: 415-868-2230
email:
website: http://www.healthandenvironment.org
Eleni Sotos, National Coordinator:
Susan West Marmagas, M.P.H., Director of Health Programs:
Shelby Gonzalez, Administrative Coordinator:
Julia Varshavsky, Program Associate:
Health Care Without Harm
Membership Contact:
Joe Wenger
HCWH Membership Services
1901 N Moore Street
Suite 509
Arlington, VA 22209
phone: 703-243-0056
fax: 703-243-4008
email:
European Contact:
Karolina Ruzickova
Health Care Without Harm Europe
Chlumova 17
130 00 Praha 3
Czech Republic
fax: +420 222 78 28 08
For media inquiries, contact HCWH communications director Stacy Malkan:
phone: 202-234-0091, ext. 14
email:
Institute for the Study of Health and Illness (ISHI)
PO Box 316Bolinas, CA 94924
fax: 415-868-2230
phone: 415-868-0970
email:
Director: Rachel Remen, M.D.
Healer's Art Associate Director: Dianne Duchesne
email:
Program Director: Christina Tucker
email:
Administrative Assistant: Patricia Marina
email:
Contact Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D.* If you're interested in having Dr Remen speak to your group or organization, all initial requests should be faxed to Christie at: 415-381-5826.
This is the ONLY way to have your invitation considered. The request should include as much specific information as possible, including the date and place of the event, the topic of the conference or event and the subject on which you would like Dr Remen to speak.
Also, please include a description of the intended audience and approximate number of people expected to attend. Be sure to include your phone number and email/mail addresses. Christie will get back to you as quickly as she can. Dr Remen receives more than 300 invitations to speak each year and her availability is limited.
You can write to Dr. Remen:
PO Box 1339
Mill Valley, CA 94941
To send an email to or leave a message for Dr Remen, visit her website www.RachelRemen.com.
* Note: Rachel receives many hundreds of letters and emails each year. She deeply appreciates your kind words and well-wishes and regrets that she is not able to respond personally to each of you. She sends you her Blessings.
Fair Growth Project
Steve Lerner, Research Director
Commonweal
PO Box 316
Bolinas, CA 94924
phone: 415-868-0970
fax: 415-868-2230
email:
Juvenile Justice Program
David Steinhart, Director
205 Camino Alto, #265
Mill Valley, CA 94941
phone: 415-388-6666
fax: 415-388-6415
New School
Frieda Slavin, MA, Coordinator
Commonweal
PO Box 316
Bolinas, CA 94924
phone: 415-868-0970
fax: 415-868-2230
email:
Ocean Policy Program
Burr Heneman, Director
35 Horseshoe Hill Road
Bolinas, CA 94924
phone: 415-868-1460
email:
Commonweal Health and Environment Program
Sharyle Patton, Director
Commonweal
PO Box 316
Bolinas, CA 94924
phone: 415-868-0970
fax: 415-868-2230
email:
Precautionary Principle Project
Davis Baltz, Director
Commonweal
PO Box 316
Bolinas CA 94924
phone: 510 848-2714
fax: 510 883-9493
email:
Retreat Center
Jenepher Stowell, Director
PO Box 316
Bolinas, CA 94924
phone: 415-868-0970
fax: 415-868-2230
email:
Commonweal Biomonitoring Resource Center
Sharyle Patton, Director
Davis Baltz, Senior Program Associate
Commonweal
PO Box 316
Bolinas, CA 94924
phone: 415-868-0970
email: