NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT
ANGHEL TCHIVIDJIAN
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Anghel Tchividjian began her career as an executive in her family's business of real estate and finance. She then became the public relations manager of an international movement that promoted reconciliation between different ethnic groups through conferences, workshops, musical programs, and writing. Her experiences in this movement made her realize that in the process of sharing knowledge, grounds of understanding appear.
SECRETARY/CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
DOROTHY GAY VELA
Delray Beach, Florida
Dr. Dorothy Gay Vela, PhD holds a Ph.D. and Master of Science degree from the University of Nebraska and an MA and MS from Michigan State University. She is a credential teacher in Florida and California where she has taught at many different levels.
"Peace, a universal desire of the soul, worth working for collectively."
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MALIK N. AHMAD
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Dr Ahmad has had a distinguished career in public service in the field of rehabilitative medicine as a practitioner and, administrator. He is now a review auditor and specialist of quality of care in several other medical facilities. Mr. Ahmad was born and educated in Pakistan, received a Masters degree in Social Service in New Jersey and his M.D. from the Dominican Republic, and holds a Ph.D. in Complementary Medicine.
"Peace within, peace without, the struggle of the individual for inner peace ushers triumph for humanity."
BILL
BERENSON
Miami, Florida USA
Mr. Berenson, an executive with more than 20 years of international marketing experience, now serves as Exe VP at Starmark International, a privately held marketing communications firm based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He previously served as Managing Director and Principal at Landor Associates in San Francisco, the world's premier corporate identity and brand management consultancy. During his 14 years at Landor, Mr. Berenson not only counseled CEOs from many of the world's largest companies on brand strategy initiatives, he also established and managed the company's Latin American operation. In addition to his contributions at Landor, Mr. Berenson has held various senior management positions at such companies as New York-based Interbrand Corporation and served as partner to various venture capital firms.
"…historically, man has excelled at conflict. Whether on an individual basis, clan against clan or nation against nation, no animal has been brighter -- or more dangerous. It is visibly apparent, as we enter the 21st Century, that the world has become too intertwined politically, economically and electronically to sustain conflict. Now is the time for us to make every effort to move to the right of the "conflict/resolution spectrum."
HEATHER COLTMAN
Boca Raton, Florida
Dr Heather Coltman is an internationally renowned pianist who has performed in all over the United States and Europe. Among her many awards are First Prize in the 1985 Joanna Hidges International Piano Competition, and International Piano Competition, Joliette, Canada. Dr Coltman is the Director of Keyboard Studies and Assistant Professor of Piano at Florida Atlantic University. Ms. Coltman holds a Master of Music from Mannes College of Music in New York and a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Texas at Austin.
BRIGITTE DE SENARCLENS
Geneva, Switzerland
Brigitte de Senarclens is the managing director of BDS Financiere SA, a major financial company in Geneva, Switzerland. BDS is an asset management company, which administers portfolios and real estate.
KAY FRANCIS
Hollywood, Florida
Kay Francis, President of Steps Beyond Enterprises, Inc., is a licensed psychotherapist and business consultant with extensive experience in human resources. She founded and directed The Center for Family Learning Inc., of Ft. Lauderdale, a non-profit training. She is past Vice-President of the Florida State Regulatory Board for Clinical Social Work, Marriage, and Family Therapy. Ms. Francis holds a Master's degree in Counseling and guidance from the University of North Carolina.
"In an ideal world peace would be present. In reality, consciousness, sensitivity and education contribute to the ideal."
DR. BASHA HICKS
Key Biscayne, Florida
Dr Hick holds a Bachelor of Science degree, with distinction, from the University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources, a Doctorate in Education, and the Environment from the University of Massachusetts/Amherst, and a Jurist Doctorate from
Harvard.
"Interreligious, interracial, and international mutual respect is the keel which will secure for us a balanced, secure, steady, peaceful state of being."
MARTIN LEVIN
Phoenix, Arizona
Dr Martin Levin was born in Canada and was educated at the University of Manitoba and received his Ph.D. from Cornell University in the U.S. He taught Political Science at the University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria. Professor Levin has been elected to various offices in Victoria, BC, and lived for in Canada, Israel, France, England, and the United States. As an author and journalist Dr Levin has contributed to scholarly journals and written for newspapers and magazines in England, Israel Canada and the U.S.
HANS-PETER-RUTZ
Basel, Switzerland
Oncology Radiologist and Researcher at the University of Basel, Switzerland.
NOSRAT SCOTT
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida USA
Mrs. Scott was raised as a Baha'i in Iran where she completed her education, and served as a teacher and principal. Since immigrating to the United States, she taught at the university level and worked for financial organizations. However, community service has always been her central focus. Mrs. Scott has made significant contributions in California, Alabama, and Florida by organizing and promoting programs addressing culture and race unity. Currently, she serves on the Broward County Multi-ethnic Advisory Board and is a volunteer chaplain. The American Dream, by author and newscaster Dan Rather, incorporates Mrs. Scott's compelling story of persecution of the Baha'is in Iran, and her personal pursuit of religious freedom in America.
"A major factor in establishing World Peace is the promotion of the consciousness of the oneness of mankind. This consciousness would, however, be the fruit of raising children worldwide with a broad vision to accept and respect humanity as a whole. It is possible to have a sane patriotism while simultaneously having a sense of family with all the peoples of the world."
OUR ADVISORY BOARD
ROBERT R. TYLER, Advisory Board Chairman
Carmel, California
rrtyler@peaceresearchfoundation.org
ABOUT THE FOUNDER
Robert R. Tyler is the founder of the Peace
Research Foundation. Mr. Tyler initially conceived of the
idea of a peace research organization at the height of the Gulf
War. In 1995, he founded the Peace Research Foundation,
recognizing the lack of concrete and detailed research into how
peace is achieved and sustained.
Mr. Tyler was born in Fort Scott, Kansas and adds 30 years of
expertise in business management, marketing and the development
of corporate ventures to the Foundation. Early in his career, he
helped develop one of the world's largest reference book
publishing companies, Gale Group.
Mr. Tyler's past & present activities include:
- Board member: Public Library Foundation (Carmel, CA)
- President: Direct Marketing Association (Detroit, MI)
- Founder & President: Greenfield/Jefferson Business
District Association (Detroit, MI)
- Commissioner of Economic Development (Westland, MI)
Memberships include the World Futurist Society; International
Society for General Semantics and the American Library
Association.
MAGEN BROSHI
Jerusalem, Israel
Magen Broshi is a world-renowned Israeli archeologist, author, historian, and lecturer. He was the Curator of the Shrine of the Book, The Dead Sea Scrolls wing of the Israeli Museum from 1964-1994. He is the past Chairman of the Museum Association of Israel and has been a guest lecturer at Bar llan University in Israel. He has directed many important archaeological expeditions including the ongoing Holy Sepulchre, expedition Mount Zion, at the Old City of Jerusalem and Qumran-habitational Caves. Mr. Broshi was educated at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the University of Chicago.
SERGIU SCHWARTZ
Delray Beach, Florida
Professor Sergiu Schwartz is considered one of the best violinists of his generation. He has appeared with orchestras and in recitals in major music centers in twenty countries and over forty U.S. States. He has appeared as both conductor and violin soloist with the European Community Orchestra in the U.S., Concertos Hungaricus in Budapest, the London Soloist Chamber Orchestra. with the Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra in Sarajevo, Bosnia and France. He studied at the Rubin Academy of Music in Tel Aviv, the Guildhall School in London and Juilliard School in New York. He is also on the faculty of Harid Conservatory at Lynn University, in Boca Raton, Florida.
"The harmonious structure and purity of spirit expressed through classical music touches all of us - people of planet TERRA - delivers a divine, blissful message: Peace and Harmony, within and amongst ourselves, is indeed attainable”.
ARMAND ABECASSIS
Strasbourg, France
Professor Abecassis is a Professor of Psychology and Philosophy at the Universities of Strasbourg and Bordeaux, France. He is an author and lecturer, having published extensively in psychology, philosophy, religion, social sciences, history, ethics, and justice. He is fluent in Arabic, Semitic languages, Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.
MITSUHEI MURATA
Nagoya, Japan
Professor of Comparative Civilization, at Tokai Gakuen University, Nagoya, Japan and former Japanese Ambassador to Switzerland, The honorary Mitsuhei Murata as been an advocate of peace for many years.
JEREMY MENUHIN
London, England
He gives around 40 concerts a year, mostly outside Britain, which translates into dozens of interviews -- and they all revolve, inevitably, around two main subjects: his music (he's a world-renowned pianist) and his famous father Yehudi (1916-99), probably the 20th century's greatest violin virtuoso. Jeremy is ”one of the greatest Schubert pianists of our time.”