Peace Education

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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Alain Rouy – Vice President

Alain Rouy has been re-elected Vice President of IPB in 2025 after is first term (2022-2025) and formerly being a board member (2019-2022).

Peace activist, representative of French Appel des Cent against nuclear weapons and currently National Secretary of Mouvement de la Paix, Executive Secretary of International Association of Educators for Peace and IAEP-delegate at UNESCO, co-chair French Teachers for Peace (Enseignants pour la Paix).

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Steven Staples – Treasurer

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

Steven Staples is an accomplished policy advocate, strategist, communicator, and author, with 30 years of experience in non-profit, labour, and research organizations.

As a communications and policy advocate, he has worked with a wide range of leaders including Nobel Laureate Jody Williams, former U.S. Senator Tom Hayden, Senator Roméo Dallaire, Council of Canadians Chairperson Maude Barlow, Unifor President Jerry Dias, and Ontario Federation of Labour President Sid Ryan.

He is the founder of the Rideau Institute, a non-profit, independent research, advocacy and consulting group based in Ottawa. It specializes in defence and foreign affairs policy. It’s public engagement and advocacy arm is Ceasefire.ca.

Steven Staples is a Board Member of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning International Peace Bureau, the world’s oldest and largest peace network. In 2018, he was elected to the Board of Directors of the Council of Canadians, the country’s largest social justice organization.

Selected Publications

Missile Defence: Round One:  https://lorimer.ca/adults/product/missile-defence-round-one/

PeaceQuest Substack: www.peacequest.ca

Canadian centre for Policy Alternatives: https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/author/steven-staples/

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.

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