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MEET OUR TEAM

GALEN KIRKLAND

Executive Director

With a deep commitment to peace and human rights, Galen was New York State Commissioner of Human Rights before he came to CWPS.

IRA STRAUS

Chair of the Board

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Ira is working since 1983 to advance international integration through NGOs devoted to this goal, and has twice been a Fulbright professor of government and foreign affairs.

Gail Hughes

Capella University
Naushard Cader, FCA, MPA

Harvard University

Lucy Law Webster

UN Division of Political Affairs, retired

Alberto Coll

Professor of International Law, DePaul University

Andreas Olsson

Systems and Education Director, The Lang Schools

BOARD MEMBERS

BOARD OF SPONSORS​

  • Richard Hudson*, Founder

  • John B. Anderson

  • Walter Cronkite*

  • Benjamin B. Ferencz

  • Dr. Karl Fossum*

  • Seth Glickenhaus

  • Amb. S. Azmat Hassan

  • Louise S. Hoffman

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  • Myron Kronisch, J.D.*

  • Dr. Clovis Maksoud

  • Alice Hammerstein Mathias*

  • Pete Seeger*

  • J. David Singer

  • Barbara M. Walker

         * deceased

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