Conference Speakers & Performers
Edward A. Aguilar, Executive Director, Project for Nuclear Awareness. Mr. Aguilar was an attorney and Court Special Master for twenty-one years. He has served as Executive Director of Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities, for Pennsylvania/Delaware. Ed was President of the Philadelphia Lawyers Alliance for World Security, 1987-2000. He has served on the Philadelphia Board of Directors of Physicians for Social Responsibility since 2003, is a member of the President’s Council of Common Cause, and was recently invited to join the Philadelphia Area Steering Committee. Ed has designed, organized, and hosted numerous conferences on world security and nuclear policy, for LAWS, BLSP, and the Project for Nuclear Awareness.
Katie Barbato, Musician, Katie Barbato and The SleepWells
Katie is the lead singer of The SleepWells, and is currently performing in the Philadelphia and New York City area while recording a new album "Somewhere Over the Radar" at Sine Studies in Philly with engineer Obie O’Brien. Katie’s songwriting is heartfelt and has been featured on NPR’s AllSongs Considered Open Mic, as well as on compilations with Martin Sexton and Edie Carey.
Mary Boardman, University of Pennsylvania, SLA, 2009
Ms. Boardman is an International Relations major at the University of Pennsylvania. She has been actively involved in nuclear disarmament issues since the age of twelve. She has worked with numerous organizations on global security issues including PNA, GSI, and PSR.
John Burroughs, Executive Director, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, represents LCNP at Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and United Nations meetings, preparing briefing papers for meetings with governments and the Middle Powers Initiative. His most recent book, as co-editor, is Nuclear Disorder or Cooperative Security? U.S. Weapons of Terror, the Global Proliferation Crisis, and Paths to Peace (2007).
Joseph Cirincione, President, Ploughshares Fund. Author of the critically- acclaimed Bomb Scare: The History and Future of Nuclear Weapons, Joe served as senior vice president for national security and international policy at the Center for American Progress, and for eight years as nonproliferation program director at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He served nine years on House Armed Services Committee and Government Operations Committee staff. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and teaches at the Georgetown University Graduate School of Foreign Service.
Bob Edgar, President and CEO, Common Cause. After serving on Common Cause's National Governing Board, Mr. Edgar became President in 2007. He has a long history of leadership and public service including twelve years in Congress, and served as general secretary of the National Council of the Churches for seven years immediately before his current position at Common Cause. Bob sits on the boards of several organizations, including Independent Sector, Families USA, and National Religious Partnership for the Environment. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Lycoming College, and a Master of Divinity degree from the Theological School of Drew University. He was president of the Claremont School of Theology. Bob Edgar holds four honorary doctoral degrees.
Craig Eisendrath, Chairman, Project for Nuclear Awareness
Mr. Eisendrath served as a Foreign Service Officer with the Department of State, where he co-wrote the Outer Space Treaty, for which he received the Meritorious Honor Award. He has been a college dean, executive director of the Pennsylvania Humanities Council, and co-founded the National Constitution Center. He is the author of a number of books on foreign affairs, most recently War in Heaven: The Arms Race in Outer Space (with Helen Caldicott).
Martin Fleck, Coordinator, Campaign for a Nuclear Weapons Free World
Mr. Fleck coordinates CFNWFW - a consortium of 73 organizations advocating practical steps to eliminate the nuclear threat. Prior to this post, Martin served as Executive Director of the Washington State chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility from 1991 to 2007, before which he spent seven years with the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign and Puget Sound SANE.
Medard Gabel, CEO, BigPictureSmallWorld & Big Picture Consulting, develops strategic planning simulations for corporations (The FutureGame, GreenCompany), universities, colleges, and organizations (Climate ChangeGame, The BigPicture Leadership Game, Campus GreenGame). He delivers these programs to schools and corporations around the world. He is also author of six books on global energy, food, multinational corporations and planning.
Vicente Garcia, Program Director of the Global Peace and Security Program, Americans for Informed Democracy. Through summits and trainings, Mr. Garcia promotes and empowers young people to increase awareness, advocacy, and activism on issues ranging from cross-cultural dialogue in US-Muslim relations to nuclear nonproliferation across the United States, Middle East, and North Africa. He worked at the European Peace-building Liaison Office in Brussels, focusing on European Union-Muslim World relations. Vicente recently received his Master’s in International Conflict Analysis from the Brussels School of International Studies at the University of Kent.
Gillian Gilhool, President, United Nations Association of Greater Philadelphia, was previously president of Philadelphia WILPF. Gillian is a long-term activist in nuclear policy issues, and is on the
National Board of the Project for Nuclear Awareness.
Emily Gleason, Temple University, and PNA Research Intern, is enrolled in the Environmental Studies program at Temple University, and is a freelance reporter for Temple News. She participates in Project SHINE, a tutoring program in English for immigrant seniors. Emily is working on research for a book project, Seven Keys to World Peace, with PNA Executive Director Edward A. Aguilar, and Chairman Craig Eisendrath.
Ambassador Tom Graham, Chairman & Cofounder, Cypress Fund. Internationally known as a leading authority in the field of arms control agreements to combat the spread of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, Ambassador Graham was a senior U.S. diplomat involved in the negotiation of every major international arms control and non-proliferation agreement for the past 30 years. He received an L.L.B. from Harvard University, an A.B. from Princeton, is a member of the Kentucky, District of Columbia, and New York bars, as well as the Council on Foreign Relations. He chaired the Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament of the American Bar Association, 1986-1994.
Jonathan Granoff, President, Global Security Institute, is a Co-Chair of the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Senior Advisor to the National Security Committee, International Law Section, American Bar Association. He serves the boards of the Global Dialogue Institute, Middle Powers Initiative, Jane Goodall Institute, and Bipartisan Security Group. A Member of the World Wisdom Council, he has represented the International Peace Bureau at the Nobel Peace Laureate Summits in Rome every year since 2002.
Linda Gunter- Ms. Gunter has specialized in energy issues – and specifically the detriments of nuclear power – since 1998, and currently focuses on the connection between nuclear power and nuclear weapons; the moral imperative to simultaneously abolish both of these destructive forces; and the urgent obligation to address climate change effectively and in time. Prior to her environmental advocacy work she was for 20 years a journalist and public relations professional. She has also served as press secretary at the Union of Concerned Scientists and the Safe Energy Communication Council.
Jofi Joseph, Principal Advisor, office of Senator Robert P. Casey Jr. (D-PA). Since 2007, Jofi has advised Senator Casey on foreign policy, national security, and homeland defense issues. From 2004 through 2007, he worked for a small public sector consulting firm in Alexandria, VA, where he engaged in strategic planning in support of the Department of Homeland Security’s efforts on critical infrastructure protection. From 2001- 2004, he served as a Professional Staff Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, advising Senator Joe Biden on arms control, nonproliferation, and U.S. military assistance issues. He has published commentaries on national security for Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, Foreign Policy, Arms Control Today, The Nonproliferation Review, and Defense News.
Mark Lichty attorney & former President of Bustin Industrial Products. Mark has served on various boards within the peace and justice community. He currently serves on the Project for Nuclear Awareness National Advisory Board.
Christina Madden, Media Global, George Washington University ‘06
Ms. Madden handles business development for MediaGlobal, a non-profit-partner organization of the UN Development Programme. She writes for Global Policy Innovations, a program of the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, and is a member of Americans for Informed Democracy. Christina studied at the Sorbonne, and interned with a number of organizations, including the Nixon Center’s Immigration and National Security Program and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. She received her B.A. in International Affairs and Political Science from the George Washington University in May 2006.
Meghan McCallister, Undergraduate Student, Haverford College, is student body Co-President at Haverford College. She has attended several conferences about social justice issues with Philadelphia Yearly Meeting for the Religious Society of Friends (Quaker) Working Group to the United Nations. She is involved with Friends Committee on National Legislation and has participated in several days of training and lobbying Congress about peace issues. At their on-campus café, Meghan helps with many initiatives run by Haverford’s Center for Peace and Global Citizenship. Interested in using design to solve social issues, Meghan is studying Growth and Structure of Cities, and will major in architecture.
Dr. Michael McCally, National Director, Physicians for Social Responsibility, is a public health physician; Professor and Vice Chairman of the Department of Community and Preventative Medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, serving as Co-Director of the Center for Children’s’ Health and the Environment. He has held positions in academic medicine and hospital administration including Professorships of Public Health and Medicine at George Washington University, the University of Oregon Health Sciences Center, and the University of Chicago. From 1991 to 1995 Dr. McCally was a member of the Board of Health of the City of Chicago. He holds a medical degree from Western Reserve University and a Ph.D. in Physiology from Ohio State University, is the editor of four books, and author of more than 80 publications on environmental health and medical topics. Dr. McCally has been a consultant to the United Nations Environment Programme and has been active in efforts to reach a binding international agreement to prevent release of persistent organic pollutants (POPs). He designed and directed a series of regional conferences on human health and the environment and has participated in congressional staff briefings on environmental topics. He co-authored a 1990 essay entitled “Medical Responsibility and Global Environmental Change" in Annals of Internal Medicine and the book Critical Condition: Human Health and the Environment (MIT Press, 1993).
Rev. Robert Moore, Executive Director, Coalition for Peace Action
Rev. Moore has served since 1981 as full-time Executive Director of the Princeton, NJ-based Coalition for Peace Action (CFPA), a regional organization dedicated to abolition of nuclear weapons, a peace economy, and a halt to weapons trafficking at home and abroad. Since 1989, he has also served as part-time Pastor of East Brunswick Congregational Church. Prior to his current professional positions, Rev. Moore was for 3½ years the National Secretary of Mobilization for Survival, a nationwide coalition of some 250 organizations working for disarmament and the conversion of resources from military purposes to urgent human needs. Previously, he served as assistant pastor to an inner city Washington, D.C. church for 1½ years.Rev. Moore is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ. He earned a Master of Divinity degree from Wittenberg University in 1976, and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Purdue University in 1972. In addition to his other roles, Rev. Moore serves on the Public Policy Working Group of the N.J. Council of Churches; and on the Boards of Ceasefire New Jersey and Princeton Boro Affordable Housing Board. He is on the advisory boards of Justice and Witness Ministries, United Church of Christ (national); the N.J. Office of Church World Service (CROP); and of the League of Women Voters (Princeton Area Chapter).
Jodi Netzer, Performing Artist and Assistant to the Director, Project for Nuclear Awareness
Ms. Netzer is a multi-faceted freelance Graphic Designer, Performing Artist, Video Artist and Editor, Sound Collagist, Poet, and Visual Artist. As part of her many endeavors, she was the Founder, Artistic Director and Programmer for The Bumpin' Big Top, a circus that ran for 2 years during the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Graphic design credits include Art Director of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Book Designer for Whirlwind Press, and Graphic Designer for many other artists and non-profits. Jodi has worked with Spiral Q Puppet Theatre and Bread & Puppet in addition to touring nationwide with puppet shows. She also was the lead organizer of the famous puppet-making warehouse that was preemptively shut down during the 2000 Republican National Convention demonstrations. Jodi has an eclectic improvisational dance theater movement style that closely resembles Butoh with Modern and African dance influences. Her work is often community based and participatory with themes of interconnectivity, holistic health and well-being, environmental issues, socio-political awareness and arts advocacy - utilizing the arts as creative communication and expression for cultural unification and intellectual enhancement.
Jonathan Schell, Senior Fellow, The Nation Institute
Mr. Schell is the author of The Fate of the Earth, The Time of Illusion, and the Unconquerable World: Power Nonviolence and the Will of the People, and the recent The Seventh Decade: The New Shape of Nuclear Danger, among other books. He was a reporter in Vietnam for the New Yorker magazine, where he remained as a staff writer from 1967 to 1987. From 1990 to 1996, he was a columnist at New York Newsday. He has taught at many universities, including Wesleyan, Emory, Princeton, The New School, and the Yale Law School. He is currently a Fellow at the Nation Institute, Peace and Disarmament Editor for The Nation magazine, and a Lecturer at Yale University.
J. Peter Scoblic, Executive Editor, The New Republic
Mr. Scoblic is the author of the just-published U.S. vs. Them: How a Half Century of Conservatism Has Undermined America’s Security. Before joining The New Republic, he was the editor of Arms Control Today, a professional journal covering efforts to prevent the spread and use of weapons of mass destruction. A former fellow at the New America Foundation and a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Scoblic has published widely on security issues, including pieces in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Christian Science Monitor, The Guardian, The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, and Reader’s Digest. He graduated from Brown University, where he was editor-in-chief of The Brown Journal of World Affairs.
Steven Starr, Physicians for Global Survival
Steven Starr is a member of the International Network of Engineers and Scientists Against Proliferation (INESAP), as well as Physicians for Global Survival (Canada), and author of "Nuclear Winter: the Forgotten Danger."
Joseph Trapani, Graduate Student, Arcadia University
Enrolled in Arcadia’s International Peace and Conflict Resolution program, Mr. Trapani is a scholarship intern at the Project for Nuclear Awareness.
Marceline White, President, Americans for Informed Democracy, served as Deputy Director of the Greater Access to Trade Expansion (GATE) Project funded by USAID. She developed and led trainings to integrate gender into USAID’s Bangladesh and Peru Economic Growth programs. She was the lead author of “Pro-Poor Growth, Gender, and Markets,” and worked at the Women’s EDGE, where she served as Director of the Global Trade Program. Her advocacy efforts led to the first amendment on gender and trade introduced in the Senate as part of the Fast-Track debate in 2002. She was also instrumental in ensuring that Department of Labor trade analyses included a gender-specific review and in securing the appointment of a gender and development expert to the ACTPN.
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