Leslie Busby has been president of 3MF since 2001 and runs the Centro Terzo Millennio in Paciano, Italy. Leslie worked closely with David McTaggart for 20 years – first as political coordinator of Greenpeace International’s commercial whaling campaign and then as project coordinator for 3MF. She also helped David set up the Greenpeace office in Rome. For three years, she coordinated the Pew Environment Group’s International Whales Network, supporting NGO colleagues in the Global South. More recently, she has worked as a consultant to the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and Fondazione MedReAct. She is currently a partner in a project bringing environmental education into schools in the Paciano district.

Brian worked with David McTaggart for ten of the thirty-five years he spent with Greenpeace, picking up tips in rabble-rousing and campaign strategy that he uses to this day. He worked with David to set up offices in Rome, Moscow, and Kiev. Between stints as a hot air balloon pilot, deckhand, and computer nerd, he served on the Senior Management Team of Greenpeace International and helped create Greenpeace’s online activism program in the earliest days of the web. In 2016, he founded Dancing Fox, a creative agency dedicated to helping activists tell better stories – and storytellers to change the world.

Helen Slinger is a Vancouver, Canada–based writer and documentary filmmaker. Her roots in 3MF go back to our founder, David McTaggart. Helen began covering McTaggart and the Greenpeace story in the 1970s. In 1990, she and a cameraman traveled with McTaggart and a Greenpeace group into the heart of darkness – the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Ten years later, Helen wrote and directed Shadow Warrior, a documentary about McTaggart’s life and times. She went on to write his memoirs, published in four languages. Helen has been on the board of 3MF since 2013.

Signe worked closely with David McTaggart and 3MF around the turn of the millennium, both in the office in Paciano and with Chris Robinson on the boat Vega. She is now Director of Communications, PR, and Fundraising at Plan Børnefonden (Plan International Denmark) and has over a decade of experience in global development and nonprofit leadership. She is deeply committed to amplifying the voices of children and youth in marginalized areas of the Global South. She also co-runs the nonprofit initiative Fembizz, generating income for marginalized women in Nairobi’s slums.

Matilde is the secretary and vice-president of the Centro Terzo Millennio. She began working with the Third Millennium Foundation around the turn of the millennium, closely collaborating with David McTaggart both at 3MF and on his olive farm in Paciano. After David’s death, Matilde moved to Denmark and then to France, where she worked as a photographer and teacher with a focus on young refugees from the Global South. She has now returned to Paciano and is actively involved in developing the exhibition and archives at the Third Millennium Center.

Legal and Policy Advisor, Deep Sea Conservation Coalition.

Duncan worked as a lawyer for David McTaggart for many years, beginning with the aftermath of the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior in 1985. He is an experienced international lawyer specializing in oceans governance, environmental law, and global biodiversity protection. With expertise spanning the Law of the Sea, fisheries, seabed mining, marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ), and climate change, Duncan has been a vital advocate for sustainable ocean management.

Associate Head of College (Education & Students) of Westminster University, Provides leadership on curriculum and the student experience for the Media, Architecture, Arts, and Computer Science schools within the College of Design, Creative, and Digital Industries. Moved into higher education after working in senior roles in NGO and public sector communications in both the UK and Australia. Particularly interested in not-for-profit campaign communications, gender and diversity, and ethics and transparency.

Doug is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Financial Planner, and Professional Charitable Fundraiser.

From 1980 to 1993, Doug served as International Administrative and Fundraising Director of Greenpeace International.

During his tenure, he is credited with growing Greenpeace’s global supporter base from under 75,000 to over 6 million. His leadership earned Greenpeace national gold medals for fundraising and marketing in the U.S., Germany, and the U.K.

Doug has been Secretary/Treasurer of the Third Millennium Foundation, Inc. since 1998.