Ramón Cruz Elected First Latino President of the Sierra Club

The Sierra Club / May 19. 2020

Ramón Cruz has been elected as the Sierra Club’s new president, becoming the first Latino to hold that position in the organization’s 128-year history. The Sierra Club’s National Board of Directors is democratically elected by the organization’s membership and serves its 3.8 million members and supporters. 

“I’m honored to be elected president of the Sierra Club and excited to be the first Puerto Rican to hold that position,” said Cruz. “I recognize that my term comes during the enormously difficult and unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic and the dark days of the Trump administration. The challenges we face are daunting, and we must meet them by advocating first and foremost for policies that protect the most vulnerable among us.”

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