Western Nevada County has lost a dedicated, longtime nonprofit organizer and activist, as John Zwerver, 71, died early Wednesday morning following a brain infection. Zwerver was the executive director of the Western Nevada County branch of the Red Cross, of several large nonprofit organizations in Canada, an organizational development specialist and a consultant to the Canadian government. He also was an active member of Sierra College choir and Sierra Masters Chorale, said his widow, Carolyn Anderson, who co-directed Global Family, an educational peace organization, with Zwerver. “The mission statement is to support a shift in consciousness from separation and fear …