Michael Leon Guerrero has been the Coordinator of the national Grassroots Global Justice Alliance since April 2004. Before that, he worked for 17 years at the SouthWest Organizing Project where he grew from a community organizer to lead organizer and then Executive Director. At SouthWest Organizing Project, Guerrero supervised organizing efforts in low-income communities throughout New Mexico on issues of environmental justice, corporate accountability and anti-globalization. In addition to his work at Grassroots Global Justice Network, Guerrero also serves on various boards, including Jobs with Justice, the New World Foundation and the Asian Pacific Environmental Network. He also serves on the National Planning Committee of the United States Social Forum and the International Council of the World Social Forum.