Our Members

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Richard Jordan is the Dean of UN NGOs over the course of 47 years, and CEO of the World Harmony Foundation (WHF) and Co-chair of YLDO.

During that time, Richard Jordan has been the Chief Administrative Officer of Intl. Council for Caring Communities (ICCC) and established, as one of 5 original co-founding members including Kimo Goree, Pam Chasek, Johanna Berstein and Dan Berdansky, the Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB).

The ENB is the journal of record at environment and development negotiations worldwide.

Mr. Jordan majored in Classical Civilizations at Iona College in New Rochelle, NY, and was Arts Editor of the college newspaper, The Ionian. 

Mr. Jordan, in helping to mentor youth on Long Island, New York, and globally through online digital education, has modelled the National Writing Competition sponsored by YLDO after competitions held in creative writing at the National Arts Club on Gramercy Park in NYC and at the Players Club on Gramercy Park.

Advertising the competition, which will award a prize every 3 years, is modelled after the Worldwide Student Architecture Competition held by ICCC, which existed for 30 years.

This National Writing Competition that will invite essays from across the US will qualify YLDO to become a Nominator of candidates for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Harvard University

Co-President of YLDO

High School of American Studies at Lehman College

Vice President for Information Technology & AI at YLDO

Horace Mann School

Vice President for Environmental Policy at YLDO

Secretary-General of the Volunteer Committee and Team Leader at YLDO

Ruihang aims to inspire more youth to take meaningful action for their communities and the planet through teamwork. In 2025, he participated in planning and organizing the United Nations' 80th-anniversary celebration and launched an initiative leveraging AI to support environmental conservation. The actions have earned awards from the United Nations UNEP-World Harmony Foundation and YLDO for outstanding volunteers, and have been covered by media such as Forbes Charity Edition.