Philip Jennings was re-elected Co-President of the IPB in October 2022 and currently serves his second term.
He spent over 40 years first in the UK and then the global trade union movement where he occupied key leadership positions for 30 years. Continue reading “Philipp Jennings – Co-President”
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.
Continue reading “Lucas Wirl – Treasurer”Arielle Denis was elected Vice President of IPB in October 2022.
With a University background of International and Strategic Affairs, Arielle Denis was first a journalist and an activist on peace and disarmament issues. She published books, articles as well as several movies especially on conflicts issues. Continue reading “Arielle Denis – Vice President”
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.
Continue reading “Steven Staples – Treasurer”
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 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 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 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.
Oleg V. Bodrov was elected a board member in 2022 and has been re-elected for a second term in 2025. Prior to that, he was a member of the IPB Council.
He is an engineer-physicist, environmentalist and chairman of the Public Council of the South Coast of the Gulf of Finland, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Dr. Lisa Linda Natividad has been elected as IPB board member in October 2022.
She is a Professor of Social Work at the University of Guam. Lisa is also the primary convener of the Guahan Coalition for Peace and Justice and a founding member of I Hagan Famalao’an Guahan. She is an indigenous CHamoru who has championed the exposure of the human rights violations against her people and homeland Guahan, which is a military colony of the United States. She has spoken globally on the topics of demilitarization, decolonization, and the critical role women play in the creation of safe and thriving communities. Dr. Natividad has presented interventions on the halting of the massive military build-up on Guahan before the United Nations Fourth Committee, Decolonization Committee, and the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. She is a former member of the Guam Decolonization Commission and has spoken on these issues in Japan, the Philippines, the Untied States, Norway, Ecuador, Fiji, and other countries. Dr. Natividad joined the IPB Council in March 2021.
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