scientific inquiry; naturalism and humanism; naturalistic ethics; planetary ethics; and naturalism and the biosciences. Organization and locations CFI is a nonprofit body registered as a charity in the United States. It has 17 locations in the U.S., and has 16 international branches or affiliated organizations. The organization has Centers For Inquiry in Amherst, New York (its headquarters), Los Angeles, New York City, Tampa Bay, Washington, D.C., Indiana, Austin, Chicago, San Francisco and Michigan. International activities CFI has branches, representation or affiliated organizations in countries around the world. It organizes its international activities under the banner Center For Inquiry Transnational. In addition, CFI holds consultative status to the United Nations as an NGO under the UN Economic and Social Council. The center participates in UN Human Rights Council debates, for example a debate on the subject of female genital mutilation during 2014. University exchange programs CFI Moscow operates an exchange program where Russian students and scholars can visit CFI headquarters in Amherst and participate in a summer institute each year. Additional international programs exist in Germany (Rossdorf), France (Nice), Spain (Bilbao), Poland (Warsaw), Nigeria (Ibadan), Uganda (Kampala), Kenya (Nairobi), Nepal (Kathmandu), India (Pune and Hyderabad), Egypt (Cairo), China (Beijing), New Zealand (Auckland), Peru (Lima), Argentina (Buenos Aires), Senegal (Dakar), Zambia (Lusaka), and Bangladesh (Dhaka). Centre for Inquiry Canada CFI Canada (CFIC) is the Canadian branch of CFI Transnational, headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Justin Trottier served as National Executive Director from 2007 to 2011. Originally established and supported in part by CFI Transnational, CFI Canada has become an independent Canadian national organization with several provincial branches. CFI Canada has branches in Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Saskatoon, Calgary, Okanagan (Kelowna), and Vancouver. Board Reza Abbaszadeh Aspen, CO Entrepreneur Vinod Bhardwaj Maui, HI Inventor, entrepreneur David Cowan Atherton, CA Investor, venture capitalist Richard Dawkins Oxford, UK Author, evolutionary biologist, lecturer Brian Engler Burke, VA Operations Research Analyst, Nonprofit Executive Barry Kosmin Hartford, CT Educator Bill Maxwell St. Petersburg, FL Columnist, University Professor, Screenwriter Julia Sweeney Los Angeles, CA Comedian, Actress Eddie Tabash (Chair, Board of Directors) Beverly Hills, CA Attorney Dr. J. Anderson Thomson Charlottesville, VA Author, psychiatrist Leonard Tramiel Palo Alto, CA Scientist, Educator Affiliate organizations List of affiliates Organizations affiliated with the Center for Inquiry include: Centre for Inquiry Canada Centre for Inquiry UK Institute for the Secularisation of Islamic Society (see below) Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI) Committee for the