Ara Pacis Initiative - The organization

Assembly of Members – made up of the 110 Members of the Council for Dignity, Forgiveness, Justice and Reconciliation, see full list

Board of Directors – composed of:

  • Maria Nicoletta Gaida Founder and President of the Ara Pacis Initiative *
  • Anas Altikriti representing The Cordoba Foundation
  • Ali Abu Awwad representing Al-Tariq-the Palestinian Institution for Development and Democracy
  • Alexandra Asseily Governor and Founder of the Center for Lebanese Studies at Oxford; Board Member of Guerrand-Hermès Foundation for Peace
  • Stefano Amore representing the Young Magistrates of Italy
  • Barakat Fawzi Hassan representing Al-Quds Educational TV, Al-Quds University
  • Robi Damelin representing Parents Circle/Forum of Israeli and Palestinian Families
  • Ron Fremder, Founder and President of the We Do Care Association
  • Anne Gallagher representing Seeds of Hope-Northern Ireland
  • Leymah Roberta Gbowee representing the Women Peace and Security Network of Africa
  • Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela Professor of Psychology at the University of Cape Town and former member of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa
  • Asha Hagi Elmi representing the Save Somali Women and Children association
  • Megan Hallahan Secretary General of the Ara Pacis Initiative
  • Le Ly Hayslip representing the Global Village Foundation, Vietnam
  • Donna Hicks Associate, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University
  • Thavory Huot representing the Khmer Ahimsa Organization of Cambodia
  • Monica Jimenez de la Jara former Minister of Education of the Republic of Chile *
  • Elias Khoury Attorney-at-law and dialogue advocate, Jerusalem *
  • Solomon Lerner Febres representing the Institute of Democracy and Human Rights, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
  • Alberto Melloni UNESCO Chair for Religious Pluralism and Peace; Director of the John XXIII Foundation for Religious Studies
  • Joseph Montville Board Chair of the Center for World Religions, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution of the Institute of Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University; Distinguished Diplomat in Residence, American University
  • Leonel Narváez Imc Director of the Foundation for Reconciliation, Colombia
  • Donald W. Shriver, Jr. President Emeritus of Union Theological Seminary
  • Peggy Shriver former Assistant General Secretary of the National Council of Churches of Christ-U.S.A.
  • Garrett Thomson, Board Member of the Guerrand-Hermès Foundation for Peace *
  • Vamik D. Volkan President of the American College of Psychoanalysts; Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, University of Virginia.

* Members of the Board's Executive Committee

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