Structure – IPB – International Peace Bureau

At the Triennial Assembly held in Ghent on October 15 2022, a new group of IPB officials was elected.

BOARD MEMBERS OF IPB

Monaeka Flores – Board Member

Monaeka Flores has been elected as a board member in 2025. Monaeka is the Executive Director and a founding member of PrutehiGuåhan (formerly Prutehi Litekyan: Save Ritidian) and afounding member and core organizer of the collective Mariånas for Palestine. Prutehi Guåhan is a community-based direct-action group in Guam, an “unincorporated territory” and military colony of … Continue reading "Monaeka Flores – Board Member"...

Youngah Lee – Board Member

Youngah Lee has been elected as a board member of IPB in 2025. Youngah Lee works at People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD) as Manager of the Center for Peace and Disarmament and is also working at the secretariat of the Korea Peace Action Campaign. She has worked on peace, disarmament, international conflict and human … Continue reading "Youngah Lee – Board Member"...

Quique Sánchez Ochoa – Board Member

Quique Sánchez Ochoa was elected as an IPB board member in 2025. Quique holds a bachelor in Political Science and a master’s degree in International Peace, Conflict and Development Studies. His career, activism and research are dedicated to peacebuilding and social and environmental justice. He works as a project manager at Centre Delàs of Peace … Continue reading "Quique Sánchez Ochoa – Board Member"...

Reiner Braun – Board Member

Reiner Braun was a board member of IPB from 2006 to 2013, then Co-President until 2019 and subsequently Executive Director from 2019 to 2022. Following a break from 2022 to 2025, he was elected a board member in 2025 for the upcoming term (2025-2028). Reiner studied German literature, history and journalism. He was actively involved … Continue reading "Reiner Braun – Board Member"...

Francis Daehon Lee – Board Member

Francis Daehon Lee has been elected as a board member of IPB in 2025. Francis Daehoon Lee has been a professor for peace studies at SungKongHoe University, Ritsumeikan University and the International University of Japan. He served as legal advisor to the Special Rapporteur of the UN Human Rights Sub-commission in 2005 and worked with the Center for … Continue reading "Francis Daehon Lee – Board Member"...

Francesco Vignarca – Board Member

Francesco Vignarca has been elected as a board member in 2025. Francesco has been working in the field of peace and disarmament for over twenty years and has been the Coordinator of the Italian Peace and Disarmament Network Campaigns since 2020. He was previously the National Coordinator of the Italian Disarmament Network (2004-2020). He works … Continue reading "Francesco Vignarca – Board Member"...

Anuradha Chenoy – Board Member

Anuradha Chenoy is a former collaborator of IPB and has been elected as a board member in 2025. Anuradha is an academic committed to peace. She is a writer who seeks to unravel geopolitics and show peace-related alternatives. Anuradha is currently an Adjunct Professor at the Jindal School of International Affairs, Jindal Global University in … Continue reading "Anuradha Chenoy – Board Member"...

Binalakshmi Nepram – Vice President

Binalakshmi Nepram is the current Vice President of IPB and a former Board member. She is a Harvard University Fellow at the Asia Centre as well as a writer, humanitarian and civil rights activist spearheading work on making women-led peace, security and disarmament a movement and an issue that is meaningful to people’s lives...

Dragana Zivancevic- Vice President

Dragana Zivancevic is currently Vice-President of IPB and a member of the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network Inc. (IPAN). IPAN represents over 50 organisational and 200 individual members. It is a national body comprised of peace organisations, faith organisations, trade unions and environmental and anti-nuclear groups...

Owen Tudor – Vice President

Owen Tudor is IPB’s current Vice-President. He is also the Secretary of the Commonwealth Trade Union Group, which brings together 70 million workers in 46 Commonwealth countries and a member of the Executive Board of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative UK and the international board of CHRI. He was Deputy General Secretary of the International … Continue reading "Owen Tudor – Vice President"...

Joseph Gerson- Co-President

Joseph Gerson is the co-president of International Peace Bureau and President of the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security. His books include With Hiroshima Eyes: Atomic War, Nuclear Extortion and Moral Imagination and Empire and the Bomb: How the U.S. Uses Nuclear Weapons to Dominate the World...

Sharon Dolev – Board Member

Sharon Dolev was elected as a board member in 2025 and is a former IPB council member (2022-2025). She is a peace and human rights activist with a focus on eradicating nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction from the Middle East through innovative policy, education, advocacy and activism. She is the founder and director … Continue reading "Sharon Dolev – Board Member"...

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/)...

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 … Continue reading "Alain Rouy – Vice President"...

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...

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 … Continue reading "Yayoi Tsuchida – Board Member"...

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 … Continue reading "Raza Shah Khan – Board Member"...

Oleg Bodrov – Board Member

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. ...

Kate Hudson – Board Member

Kate Hudson was elected a board member in 2022 and has been re-elected for a second term in 2025. Kate is currently General Secretary of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND). She have held that post since 2010 and prior to that she was Chair of CND from 2003 to 2010. Before employment with CND, … Continue reading "Kate Hudson – Board Member"...

Emily Rubino – Board Member

Emily Rubino was elected a board member in 2022 and has been re-elected for a second term in 2025. She has been involved with Peace Action New York State in various capacities for the past few years and is currently the Executive Director...

Cyrille Rolande Bechon – Board Member

Cyrille Rolande Bechon has been elected as an IPB board member in 2025 and is a former IPB council member (2022-2025). She holds a master’s degree in Human Rights and the Rule of Law and is a PhD student in the field of law. She has been working at NDH-Cameroon since 2003, and thus has … Continue reading "Cyrille Rolande Bechon – Board Member"...

Binalakshmi Nepram – Board Member

Binalakshmi “Bina” Nepram born in Manipur Nation currently located in India’s Northeast region next to Myanmar is an indigenous scholar, published author and civil rights activist spearheading work on making women-led peace, and disarmament meaningful to our lives. She is an author of five books, her two most recent being “Where are our Women in … Continue reading "Binalakshmi Nepram – Board Member"...

Aslak Storaker- Board Member

Aslak Storaker was elected a board member in 2022 and has been re-elected for a second term in 2025. He works as a librarian in Tvedestrand, Norway and has been involved in the Norwegian peace movement since 2001...

Ernest Gibson Kpordotsi – Board Member

Ernest Gibson Kpordotsi was elected a board member in 2022 and has been re-elected for a second term in 2025. He is currently the co-founder and Director of Programs and Projects at the Bureau of African Peace in Ghana. Before that, he was the Yes Abroad Programs Coordinator at the Intercultural Exchange Program as well … Continue reading "Ernest Gibson Kpordotsi – Board Member"...

Angelo Cardona – Board Member

Angelo Cardona was elected a board member in 2022 and has been re-elected for a second term in 2025. Formerly, he was a council member from 2019 to 2022.. He is a peace and disarmament activist. He is considered one of the leading figures of pacifism in Colombia for his fight for the implementation of … Continue reading "Angelo Cardona – Board Member"...

COUNCIL MEMBERS OF IPB

Amela Skiljan – Council Member

Amela Skiljan has been re-elected as IPB council member in October 2022. She is currently pursuing her phD on EU Arms Export Controls at the University of Bremen, Germany. She holds an L.L.M. in European and International Law and is working as Financial Coordinator at the European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility … Continue reading "Amela Skiljan – Council Member"...

Marc Batac – Council Member

Marc Batac was re-elected as IPB council member in October 2022. He is an activist, peacebuilder and organizer based in the Philippines. He focuses on the practice and study of contentious politics, asymmetric conflict, violence and peace processes, authoritarianism and militarism, and non-violent direct action and social movements in Southeast Asia...

Amani Aruri – Council Member

Amani Aruri has been elected as IPB council member in October 2022. Amani has developed skills and capacities in the fields of social transformation, community activism, human rights, peace and security, advocacy, national dialogue and peace mediation to advance gender equality, economic wellbeing, social justice and human rights agendas at the national, regional and global … Continue reading "Amani Aruri – Council Member"...

Eskil M. Grav – Council Member

Eskil Grav has been re-elected as IPB council member in October 2022. He is a member of the IPB family, and active in the fields of peacebuilding and disarmament. He has past experience working in community and peacebuilding activities in both Tanzania and Lebanon, and a has a background in Human Security Theory. Eskil is … Continue reading "Eskil M. Grav – Council Member"...

Asya Maruket- Council Member

Asya Maruket has been elected as IPB council member in October 2022. She is an experienced psychologist and activist from Russia, who since 2011 has been active in the fields of human rights, democratic values, peace and non-violent communication aiming at a more peaceful country through cooperation and cultural exchange. She holds a Bachelor degree … Continue reading "Asya Maruket- Council Member"...

Baroness Dayon Ako-Adounvo – Council Member

Baroness Dayon Ako-Adounvo has been elected as IPB council member in October 2022. She has a background in biology and sales & business organization, airport operations and marketing. She is the founder and leader of the International Education Connect Agency which supports capacity building for the socio-economic development in Ghana and Sub-Saharan regions and promotes … Continue reading "Baroness Dayon Ako-Adounvo – Council Member"...

Tord Björk – Council Member

Tord Björk was elected as IPB council member in October 2022. He is currently Coordinator of the FoE Sweden EU committee and member of the peace committee and the farmer and indigenous committee...

Surender Singh Rajpurohit – Council Member

Surender Singh Rajpurohit has been re-elected as IPB council member in October 2022. Surender Singh has a background in commerce and focuses onemployment opportunities, empowering women, and social responsibility towards non-violence to bring peace among nations...

Stephan Möhrle – Council Member

Stephan Möhrle has been re-elected as IPB council member in October 2022. e is currently an Assistant Council at the International Criminal Court and the Executive Director of the ArmsInformationCenter since 2015. He has been working in several criminal cases as legal advisor as well as as advisor for the Ministry of Education Baden-Württemberg. He … Continue reading "Stephan Möhrle – Council Member"...

Tyson Smith Berry Jr. – Council Member

Tyson Smith Berry Jr. has been elected as IPB council member in October 2022. Tyson is currently the Executive Director of 4Kids International. He has over 15 years of work experience in humanitarian and social work including education, child protection, peace-building, governance, health, youth and community development. Furthermore, he has expertise in monitoring and evaluation, demography, … Continue reading "Tyson Smith Berry Jr. – Council Member"...

A-Young Moon – Council Member

A-Young Moon has been re-elected as IPB council member in October 2022. She is the founder and representative of PEACEMOMO, a non-profit, education specialist organization since 2012. PEACEMOMO translates the language of peace activism into the public education curriculum in order to flatten peace activism to be the default for all. PEACMOMO highlights creating non-teaching, … Continue reading "A-Young Moon – Council Member"...

Sara Medi Jones – Council Member

Sara Medi Jones has been re-elected as IPB council member in October 2022. She has worked for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) for the past seven years as a campaigner.During this time she has organised numerous demonstrations, including the UK’s largest anti-nuclear protest in a generation in 2016. She has also been involved with … Continue reading "Sara Medi Jones – Council Member"...

Chloé Meulewaeter – Council Member

Chloé Meulewaeter has been re-elected as IPB council member in October 2022. She is a collaborator of the Centre Delàs of Peace Studies and a PhD student in Peace Culture (UGR, Spain)...

Yurii Sheliazhenko – Council Member

Yurii Sheliazhenko has been elected as IPB council member in October 2022. Yurii is the Executive Secretary of the Ukrainian Pacifist Movement, board member at the European Bureau for Conscientious Objection, and at the World BEYOND War. Furthermore, he was lecturer and research associate at the Faculty of Law, KROK University in Kyiv, Ukraine, where … Continue reading "Yurii Sheliazhenko – Council Member"...

Ann Wright – Council Member

Ann Wright has been elected as IPB council member in October 2022. Ann is a retired US Army Colonel and a US diplomat who resigned in 2003 in opposition to the US war on Iraq. As a US diplomat she had served in US Embassies in Nicaragua, Grenada, Somalia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Sierra Leone, Micronesia, Afghanistan and … Continue reading "Ann Wright – Council Member"...

Annette Brownlie- Council Member

Annette Brownlie was elected as a board member for the term 2022 to 2025 and has been elected a council member in 2025. She has been very actively involved in the peace movement for over 40 years. She participated in the People for Nuclear Disarmament (PND), a movement which developed during the last nuclear threat … Continue reading "Annette Brownlie- Council Member"...

STAFF MEMBERS OF IPB

Michelle Lagado Clemente – Peace and Conflict Management Officer

Michelle Clemente joined our team in May 2023. Michelle is a peace and development worker with a decade of experience. Her expertise encompasses peace education, community-driven development, and capacity building in both conflict and non-conflict zones, as well as indigenous communities...

Emily Molinari – Deputy Executive Director

Emily Molinari joined our team in May 2023 as Assistant Coordinator, and since 2024, she has been serving as IPB’s Deputy Executive Director. Among other campaigns and tasks, she focuses on the IPB Latin America Network and the Common Security Working Group. Emily Molinari, from Italy, holds a Bachelor’s double degree in International Studies from … Continue reading "Emily Molinari – Deputy Executive Director"...

Sean Conner – Executive Director

Sean Conner was appointed Executive Director of IPB in October 2022. He holds a Bachelors in Intercultural and Critical Communication Studies from the State University of New York at Geneseo and a Masters in Intercultural Conflict Management from the Alice Salomon Hochschule...