Project for Nuclear Awareness

PNA Co-Conveners

John C. Haas, of Rohm and Haas (ret.), and the Haas Charitable Trusts

Frederick Heldring, of the Global Interdependence Center

PNA Staff

Dr. Craig Eisendrath is a former U.S. Foreign Service Officer and Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Humanities Council. An award winning playwright, Dr. Eisendrath is the author of a number of books on foreign affairs, including War in Heaven: Stopping The Arms Race in Outer Space (New Press, March, 2007); Bush League Diplomacy (Prometheus, 2004), The Phantom Defense: America's Pursuit of the Star Wars Illusion (Praeger, 2001) ; and National Insecurity: U.S. Intelligence after the Cold War (Temple University Press, 2000). Craig is also the author of The Khan Game, which was performed as part of the PNA Tour in the fall.

Executive Director, Edward A. Aguilar, Esquire

Edward A. Aguilar is PNA’s founding Executive Director. A graduate of Temple University Law School, now James E. Beasley Law Center, he was a recipient of the Bancroft-Whitney Award. Ed served as an attorney and Court Special Master in Philadelphia, 1979 to June, 2000. In the latter capacity, he was charged with assisting in the disposition of complex civil cases, including class actions, and for some years served as Prison Master in a class-action lawsuit with a consent decree under the Master’s supervision to reform the complete operations of a 3000-employee, 7,000-inmate prison system. From July, 2000 to January, 2006, Ed was executive director of the PA-DE Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities. Ed has taught criminal and civil rights law on the graduate level, and was president of the Pennsylvania chapter of the Lawyers Alliance for World Security, 1988-2000. As a Board of Directors member of Physicians for Social Responsibility, Ed was instrumental in developing the PSR Global Health and Global Security National Conference, held at the University of Pennsylvania. Ed participated in drafting the Model Nuclear Weapons Convention with many international lawyers and NGO’s, which will serve as a guidepost when the world’s nations are ready for a comprehensive treaty on the nuclear weapons abolition process and its verification.

Assistant Director for Programs, Kim-Thao NguyenKim-Thao Nguyen graduated with several honors from The University of the Arts, where she obtained a degree in Advertising and Professional Writing, while intensively pursuing independent studies in illustration, graphic design, and social marketing. Before joining the PNA team, she was the Creative Communications consultant and designer for FAIR Fund (DC), where she worked on campaign-development, branding, and copywriting in the areas of anti-human trafficking and sexual exploitation. Her award-winning creative work has been published and performed for numerous national corporate businesses and nonprofit organizations. In addition to frequent freelance assignments in art and writing, she also engages in multiple innovative entrepreneurial pursuits. A natural-born student, Kim understands the empowering opportunity of education, and is committed to equalizing this opportunity to all people through her creative efforts.

Assistant Director for Development, Funding, and Youth Outreach, Ian Ramsey-North

Ian Ramsey-North has been engaged in issues of social justice for many years. While a student at Haverford College, he studied political science with a particular focus on matters of peace and conflict resolution. Following a summer spent conducting research in Guatemala, he spent nine months living and working in a rural Guatemalan town helping in relief and reconstruction efforts following a devastating hurricane. Upon completing his coursework at Haverford, he spent the latter half of 2008 in Mexico, working with migrants’ families in community and educational development projects. His work and educational experiences have impressed upon him the grave consequences of violence in all its forms and the urgent need to make the world safe for all people.

Research Associate, Emily Gleason Emily Gleason, undergraduate student at Temple University, serves as a research associate at PNA headquarters. She is a leader in our youth outreach, and assists with research, educational presentations, and office duties.

Katherine Locke, a recent graduate of Allegheny College, is an intern at PNA. Her travels in Eastern Europe and Southeastern Europe have made her keenly aware of international security concerns, and the role of youth in seizing opportunities and creating change. She assists with writing, event organization and office duties.

Brent Thomas is our Web Consultant, and has been instrumental in the launching and maintenance of the PNA website.

PNA National Advisory Board

Mary Boardman

Edward S. Brinton (DuPont Company, retired)

Helen Caldicott, M.D. (President, Nuclear Policy Research Institute)

Susan Campbell (Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Abolish Nuclear Weapons Working Group)

Bob Edgar (President, Common Cause)

Stuart Feldman (Philadelphia Lawyer)

Gary Ferdman (Director of Major Gifts, Common Cause)

Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr. (Eisenhower Institute, Cypress Fund)

Jonathan Granoff, Esquire (President, Global Security Institute)

Patricia Harner (Executive Director, Philadelphia Physicians for Social Responsibility)

Mark Lichty, Esquire (PA businessman, activist, former Common Cause PA Director)

Margaret Lippincott (Global Education Motivators)

Roy MacLeod, PhD

Michael McCally, M.D. (former Executive Director, National Physicians for Social Responsibility)

Matthew Schwartz, M.D. (National Advisory Board, Union of Concerned Scientists)

Christiaan Morssink

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