Nuclear Age Peace Foundation

Nuclear Age Peace Foundation is affiliated with the United for Peace and Justice.

Board of Directors

As of 2011;

• Richard Falk, J.S.D., Chair, is Professor Emeritus of International Law and Practice at Princeton University and Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of California at Santa Barbara.

• Mark Hamilton, Vice Chair, is a retired educator and community leader.

• David Krieger, J.D., Ph.D., President, is a leader in the global effort to abolish nuclear weapons. He is an attorney, political scientist and the author of many studies on achieving peace in the nuclear age.

• Peter R. MacDougall, Ed.D., Vice President, is President Emeritus of Santa Barbara City College.

• Robert B. Laney, J.D., Secretary , is an attorney and financial advisor.

• Steve Parry, Treasurer, is a partner in NGEN Management LLC, a “cleantech” venture capital firm investing in technology that positively affects the environment.

• Laurie Ashton, J.D., is an attorney and founding partner of Social Venture Partners Santa Barbara.

• Mary Becker is a peace activist and producer of the documentary Original Child Bomb.

• Jill Dexter is a community and civic activist and a former owner and manager of an advertising production company.

• Diandra M. Douglas is an independent producer of award-winning documentary films and a Trustee of the University of California at Santa Barbara.

• Anna Grotenhuis, J.D., is a Board Member of the Westmont College Foundation and a community activist.

• Jimmy H. Hara, M.D., is a Professor of Clinical Family Medicine at the UCLA School of Medicine.

• Peter O. Haslund, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus of Political Science and former director of the Global and International Studies Program at Santa Barbara City College.

• Sue Hawes, J.D., is a retired attorney and mediator.

• George Haynes, Ph.D., is a leadership, organizational and communication consultant.

• Sherry Melchiorre, Ph.D., is a retired clinical psychologist.

• John Randolph Parten, J.D., is an attorney, rancher and businessman in Texas.

• Chris Pizzinat is Deputy Director of Development at the University of California at Santa Barbara.

• Selma Rubin is an advocate of civil liberties and has helped to found several environmental, peace, and political organizations.

• Lessie Nixon Schontzler, J.D., is a retired attorney active in civic affairs with a special interest in international relations.

• Imaging Spence is a designer and a founder of Keep Yellowstone Nuclear Free.

Advisory Council

As of 2011;

• Hafsat Abiola is an outspoken advocate for the rights of women and children in Africa.

• Tadatoshi Akiba is the mayor of Hiroshima and the president of Mayors for Peace.

• Harry Belafonte is an acclaimed singer, songwriter and humanitarian.

• Blase Bonpane, Ph.D. is a co-founder of the Office of the Americas and host of the KPFK radio program World Focus.

• Helen Caldicott , M.D. is an Australian pediatrician and President of the Nuclear Policy Research Institute.

• Jean-Michel Cousteau is President of Ocean Futures, and an ocean explorer, film maker, and educator.

• Michael Douglas is an award-winning film producer and actor, and a United Nations Peace Messenger.

• Shirin Ebadi, J.D. is a human rights activist and a founder of the Nobel Women's Initiative.

• Anne H. Ehrlich, Ph.D. is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

• Paul R. Ehrlich, Ph.D. is a Stanford professor and member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.

• Riane Eisler, J.D. is an author, social scientist and lawyer.

• Daniel Ellsberg, Ph.D. is a former U.S. national security advisor who released the Pentagon Papers.

• Benjamin B. Ferencz, J.D. is a former Nuremberg war crimes prosecutor.

• Harrison Ford is an actor and conservationist.

• Johan Galtung, Dr. hc mult is founder of the Oslo Peace Research Institute and of Transcend.

• Jane Goodall Ph.D, DBE is the founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and a United Nations Messenger of Peace.

• Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C. is President Emeritus of the University of Notre Dame.

• Bianca Jagger is the Council of Europe Goodwill Ambassador for Human Rights and recipient of the Right Livelihood Award.

• Marc Kielburger, J.D., is Executive Director of Kids Can Free the Children.

• H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama is the spiritual and temporal leader of the Tibetan people and a Nobel Peace Laureate.

• Admiral Gene R. La Rocque (Ret.) is the founder and Chairman of the Center for Defense Information.

• Rev. James Lawson was a mentor in nonviolence to Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Robert Jay Lifton is a research psychiatrist, acclaimed author and founder of the field of psychohistory.

• Bernard Lown, M.D. is founder of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW).

• Mairead Corrigan Maguire is a Nobel Peace Laureate from Northern Ireland.

• Judith Mayotte, Ph.D. is a refugee advocate and Visiting Professor at the Desmond Tutu Peace Centre and the University of the Western Cape.

• Prof. Glenn Paige is the founder of the Center for Global Nonkilling.

• John Polanyi is a professor of chemistry at the University of Toronto and a Nobel Laureate.

• Queen Noor of Jordan is Patron of the Landmine Survivors Network and Chair of the King Hussein Foundation.

• Admiral L. Ramdas is former Chief of Staff of the Indian Navy and proponent of nuclear weapons abolition.

• Rev. George Regas is a long-time leader of interfaith movements for peace, justice and nuclear disarmament.

• Hon. Arthur N.R. Robinson is a former President and Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago.

• Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C. is the former Chair of the Middle Powers Initiative.

• Jonathan Schell , Harold Willens Peace Fellow at the Nation Institute, is an author and educator.

• Stanley K. Sheinbaum is publisher of New Perspectives Quarterly.

• Gerry Spence, J.D. is an internationally recognized trial lawyer and author.

• Noel (Paul) Stookey is a singer, songwriter and activist, performing with the legendary folk group Peter, Paul & Mary.

• Ted Turner, founder of CNN, is a key financial supporter of the United Nations and founder of the Nuclear Threat Initiative.

• Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu is the former Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa and a Nobel Peace Laureate.

• Judge C.G. Weeramantry is a former vice president of the International Court of Justice.

• Peter Yarrow is a singer, songwriter and activist, performing with the legendary folk group Peter, Paul & Mary.

External links

• United for Peace and Justice website

References

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