Circle of Directors

Keli Lovejoy
M.A. International Development, American University

Keli Lovejoy, the founder and executive director of Indigenous Rights Watch, is a committed human rights defender and community organizer. Keli has conducted extensive research on indigenous rights with the Human Rights Institute at Columbia Law School, the Center for Justice and International Law and American University. Her experience includes over five years of involvement with indigenous rights issues among the Garifuna, Miskito and Creole communities on the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua and over ten years of grassroots socioeconomic development in California, Utah, Hawaii, the South Pacific, Mexico and Russia. Training courses in Nonprofit Management, International Resource Development, Plan and Program Evaluation, Grant Writing 101, Resourcing Nonprofits, Budget Writing and 10 Steps for New Nonprofits lay the foundation for Keli's work with Indigenous Rights Watch.

Michelle Sauvé (Akwesasne Mohawk)
M.A. Public Policy, Harvard
B.A. American Studies with highest honors, Berkely

Michelle Sauvé is the Director of the Washington Semester American Indian Program at American University. Previously she has served as Executive Director of the Commonwealth Tenants Association, Project Manager for the Human Services Management Corporation, co-founder of the Harvard and Princeton Public Policy and Leadership conference and Faculty Teaching Assistant for Nonprofit Management and Leadership at the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government.

Zhaleh Boyd
B.A. English, Clark Atlanta

Journalist, event coordinator, guerrilla tactics marketer and activist, Zhaleh Boyd brings to Indigenous Rights Watch skills and talents that serve to strengthen and broaden the organization's target market for human rights awareness. She has lent her creative expertise in writing to such publications as Delicious Magazine, The Catalyst, StilLife Magazine, The Rectangle, and Frank 151 Magazine, and is often enlisted to craft bios, articles, press kits, and canned features for entertainers and businesspersons across the globe. Her experience in guerrilla tactics includes street marketing with such groups as American Legacy Foundation's truth Campaign and Inner City Enterprises' Soul Underground Productions.

Marco Roldan (Mayan)
B.A. Visual Journalism, Brooks Institute of Photography

Photographer, Documentary Filmmaker and Graphic Designer, Marco Roldan is the co-founder of Indigenous Rights Watch. Graduate of Brooks Institute of Photography, Marco holds a B.A. in Visual Journalism where he specialized in photography and documentaries. Marco lends his creative energy to the Santa Barbara Independent Media Center as a member of their Board of Directors and Photography-Video Media Team Director, to the Santa Barbara Teen Legal Clinic and to Eternity Video Productions. Marco's experience also includes working with the Santa Barbara's Pro-Youth Coalition where he facilitates, instructs and empowers young people to make community documentaries addressing pertinent social issues. The films Marco has worked on have debuted at the Latino Cine Media Film Festival and local access television.

Jason Moore
B.A. International Relations, American University

Jason Moore is a traveled activist, social entrepreneur, and community organizer. Jason brings to Indigenous Rights Watch his drive for empowerment of the politically disenfranchised and grass-roots development. A recent graduate of American University 's School of International Service (2004), Jason draws upon political research and activism in Nicaragua and El Salvador , community development in Bolivia , and indigenous autonomy work in Australia. Jason has been involved with indigenous rights and autonomy issues with the Bardi tribe of Western Australia and the Miskito, Garifuna, and Creole communities of the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua. He has undergone extensive training as a community organizer with the Washington Interfaith Network (WIN), an affiliate of the Industrial Areas Foundation. Jason has received training at the Master's level in Applied Conflict Resolution and Human Rights.