Ana Simeon brings to the Sierra Club 12 years of international experience in communications and a spirit of dedication to the environment. During the 1991-1995 war in her birth country, Croatia, she worked as a journalist with a wire news service in English and was involved in civil rights advocacy. She still has strong ties both to her native city of Zagreb, and to the Netherlands, where she lived for six years working for the UN International Tribunal for War Crimes.

After she moved to Vancouver in 2003, Ana was involved in a number of environmental projects, including the Council of Canadians’ campaign against genetically modified food. Ana is the editor of the Sierra Club BC’s quarterly newsletter, Sierra Report, and e-newsletter Sierra Life. Ana also writes for other local media on environmental topics.

Ana enjoys hiking, gardening, creative writing and movement arts. On cold, rainy days, she keeps to her fireside with a book from her extensive collection of 1930 British detective fiction.