Our Leadership



Board of Directors
International Advisory Board
Friends and Advisors
Project Directors


Board of Directors

Joan Brown Campbell, Rev. Dr.
Chair, USA
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Dena Merriam
Founder and Convener, USA
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Marianne Marstrand
Executive Director, USA

Sister Joan Chittister, OSB
Co-Chair, USA
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Dr. Kamla Chowdhry (In Memory)
Co-Chair, India
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Blu Greenberg
Co-Chair, USA
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Teny Pirri-Simonian

Switzerland
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Ven. Mae Chee Sansanee Sthirasuta
Co-Chair, Thailand
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Maryam Zarif

Iran


Laila Atshan
Palestine

 

Asha Sehgal
GPIW Director for Asia/Pacific


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International Advisory Board

Amir Al-Islam
Secretary General
World Council of Muslims for Interfaith Relations
USA

 

Venerable Chang Ji
Dharma Drum Mountain
Taiwan

 

Tho Ha Vinh
Head of Training, Intl. Committee of the Red Cross
President, Eurasia Association


Switzerland

Hind Kabawat
Syria

 

Catherine Nickbarte
Switzerland

 

Alice Shalvi
Israel

 

Hanne Strong
USA

 

Sadhvi Vrnda Chaitanya
USA


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GPIW gives special thanks to those spiritual leaders who serve as our special friends and advisors:


HH Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (Amma)
India


Venerable Master Sheng Yen
Founder, Dharma Drum Mountain

H.H. Swami Dayananda Saraswati,
Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, Aim For Seva

Phra Dharmakosajarn
Rector, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University

Venerable Tenzin Palmo
Director, Dongyu Gatsal Lind

H.H. Dadi Janki
Brahma Kumaris

Khandro Thrinlay Chodron
Buddhist Leader

Rabbi Awraham Soetendorp
President, European Region Progressive Judaism
Interfaith Leader
Netherlands

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Project Directors


Brianne Chai-Onn
Asia & Pacific
Latin America & Caribbean
chaionnb@gpiw.org

Janelle Surpris
Africa
Middle East
surprisj@gpiw.org

Kris Mayo
Special Projects

Arti Bakshi
GPIW Coordinator

 

 

Research Fellow

 

Georges Berges

Research & Development

bergesg@gpiw.org



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