Drummond Pike

Drummond Pike founded Tides Foundation in 1976, and serves as President of Tides Foundation, Tides Center, and Groundspring.org. He is also President of Highwater, Inc., an innovative real estate development venture in Presidio National Park of San Francisco that rehabilitates historic buildings, converting them into offices for social change and environmental nonprofits. Mr. Pike was a founder and Associate Director of the Youth Project following a long student involvement in the anti-war movement of the late 1960s. He also served as Executive Director of the Shalan Foundation from 1976 to 1981 and helped found Working Assets in 1983.

Mr. Pike and his family live in San Francisco, and stay in their cabin near Donner Summit whenever they can.