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Corazon Valdez Fabros – Co-President

Corazon Valdez Fabros, is currently the Co-President of International Peace Bureau (ipb.org) and a core member of thematic circle on Peace and Security at Asia-Europe Peoples Forum (aepf.info). She is a member of the Steering Committee of Dismantle Military Industrial Complex Network (www.dismantlethemic.org/). Continue reading “Corazon Valdez Fabros – Co-President”

Lucas Wirl – Treasurer

Lucas Wirl, council member of IPB since 2013 and Treasurer of IPB since 2019, studied Sociology, Peace and Conflict Studies and Anglistics at Philipps University of Marburg and Marquette University. After interning with Peace Action Wisconsin he became an organizer of the NATO Protest Actions around the NATO Summit in Strasbourg and Kehl in 2009 and all following NATO Summits. Lucas is co-Chair of the international Network No to War – No to NATO and executive director of international and German IALANA.

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Steven Staples – Treasurer

Steven Staples is  IPB’s Treasurer and former Vice-President.

He is currently the National Director of Policy and Advocacy of the Canadian Health Coalition, an accomplished policy and research strategist, published author, and award-winning peace and social justice advocate with over 25 years of experience in community organisations and the labour movement.
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Yayoi Tsuchida – Board Member

Yayoi Tsuchida was elected a board member in 2022 and has been re-elected for a second term in 2025.

She has worked at the Japan Council against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs (Gensuikyo) for more than 30 years in different positions. Since 2006, she has served as the Assistant General Secretary of Gensuikyo. Before that, she had been working at the League of Arab States Tokyo Office, the South Yemen Embassy, as well as the Japan Press Service.

Sooyoung Hwang – Board Member

Sooyoung Hwang was elected as board member of IPB in October 2022.

Sooyoung has worked in the field of peace and disarmament for many years. She is currently the Secretary General of the Korea Peace Appeal, a peace campaign to end the Korean war. Furthermore she is the Manager of the Center for Peace and Disarmament and Center for International Solidarity of the People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD). She has previously worked as Coordinator for Imagination for International Solidarity (IFIS).

Kitwe Mulunda Guy – Board Member

Kitwe Mulunda Guy has been elected as IPB board member in October 2022.

He holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Social Work and has worked on many scientific publications on social, psychological and historical aspects of human rights violations. He is a Senior Lecturer (Professor) in Humanities and Social Sciences at the CPU, South Africa and DRC since 2013 and has served as EXCOM/Council member of IRCT from 2008 to 2012. Since 2015 he is the Executive Director of SAVE CONGO.

Raza Shah Khan – Board Member

Raza Shah Khan was elected a board member in 2022 and has been re-elected for a second term in 2025.

He has more than 25 years of experience in the field of peace and disarmament. Raza has a master’s degree in Peacebuilding from Coventry University in the UK and has worked on several humanitarian disarmament campaigns, e.g. the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, the Cluster Munition Coalition, the International Action Network on Small Arms, and the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots since then. Furthermore, he is currently the Chief Executive of the Sustainable Peace and Development Organization (SPADO), which aims to promote a peaceful environment for all people.