Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury
Director; Advisory Council President
Founder, Global Movement for the Culture of Peace Former UN Under-Secretary-General; Founder, Global Movement for the Culture of Peace
New YorkWatch conference contributionPeople advancing peace education.
Meet the people who guide, lead, and build GPEN’s work around the world.
Global Advisory Council
Peace education draws strength from many fields.
GPEN’s Advisory Council brings experience from education, human rights, diplomacy, culture, and community organizing to a shared commitment: helping people learn peace.
Ambassador Dr. Khalid Ghanim Al Ghaith
Council Member
Secretary General, Higher Committee on Human Fraternity
Abu Dhabi, UAEWatch conference contribution
Professor Ouided Bouchamaoui
Council Member
2015 Nobel Peace Laureate; Professor of Practice of Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution
NYU Abu DhabiWatch conference contribution
Dr. Doudou Diène
Council Member
Vice President, Scientific Committee of the UNESCO Project of Enslaved People
ParisWatch conference contribution
Dr. Francisco Rojas Aravena
Council Member
Rector, University for Peace
San José, Costa RicaWatch conference contribution
Ambassador Professor Karim Errouaki
Council Member
Special Envoy for Multilateral Diplomacy, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Human Rights, UNACCC to the European Union
Kehkashan Basu
Council Member
Founder and President, Green Hope Foundation; United Nations Human Rights Champion
Toronto
Dr. Garry Jacobs
Council Member
President and CEO, World Academy of Art & Science and World University Consortium
Pondicherry, IndiaWatch conference contribution
Dr. Prem Rawat
Council Member
Founder, The Prem Rawat Foundation and Peace Education Program
Los Angeles
Professor Edward Nell
Council Member
Professor Emeritus, The New School
New York
David Weinberg
Director; President; CEO
Chief Executive Officer, Global Peace Education Network
New York
In memoriam
Federico Mayor Zaragoza
Council Member
First President of the GPEN Advisory Council; former Director-General of UNESCO
Watch conference contributionLeadership Team
Many skills. One shared purpose.
The people who steward GPEN’s governance, programs, production, technology, and day-to-day work.
Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury
Director; Advisory Council President
Founder, Global Movement for the Culture of Peace Former UN Under-Secretary-General; Founder, Global Movement for the Culture of Peace
New YorkWatch conference contributionDavid Weinberg
Director; President; CEO
Chief Executive Officer, Global Peace Education Network
New York
Dr. Lisa Worth Huber
Director; Vice President
President, National Peace Academy
United States
Mabingue Ngom
Director; Treasurer; Global Ambassador
Senior Strategy Advisor, Global Health; Author; Former Senior Advisor at the UN Population Fund
Watch conference contributionMaria Altieri
Director; Secretary; General Counsel
Dr. Darlene Shelton
Director; Chief Program Officer
Ambassador Professor Karim Errouaki
Council Member
Special Envoy for Multilateral Diplomacy, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Human Rights, UNACCC to the European Union
Tucker Robbins
Director
Designer and international trader, Director of Unite for Health, The Thorntree Project, The Sunny Center, The Culture Project
Alla Rogers
General Manager - Washington, DC Office
Cultural exchange, art project management, cultural tourism
Shannon Gale
Production Manager
Executive Director, GCTV
Rachna Kanitkar
Multimedia Content Coordinator
Lynn Redding
Video Editor; Meeting Tech
Phil Van Kirk
Design and Graphics Manager
Principal, Infokiln
Steve Kowarsky
Webmaster
Founder & EVP, CosmoCom Inc; EVP, Comverse, Inc. Active Volunteer for Words of Peace Global and The Prem Rawat Foundation
Jim O’Brien
Meeting Technology Director
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