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Board and Staff

The American Friends of Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam was founded in the mid-1980s through the efforts of founding Directors Iva Kaufman and Sharon Byrd and Board co-Presidents J. Zel Lurie and Dr. Harriet Arnone.

Honorary Council

Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski
Sara Ehrman
David Hitchcock
Khalil Jahshan
Hon. Samuel W. Lewis
Hani Masri
Hon. Richard Murphy
Naomi Shihab Nye
Shibley Telhami
Elie Wiesel

Board of Directors & Affiliations

Officers

Rev. Gordon Webster, President
Presbyterian Minister
Rochester, New York

Jeanine Shama, Vice President
Non-profit consultant
New York, NY

Judith Tuller, Secretary
Financial Advisor
New York City, New York

David Matz, Treasurer
Professor, U-Mass
Boston, Massachusetts

Dr. Deborah First, Strategic Planning & Development Committee Chair
Professor (emeritus), Nazareth College
Chautauqua, New York

Directors of the Board

Judy Dubin
Child Development Specialist
Beverly Hills, California

George Ewing
Business Development Officer
Greensboro, North Carolina

Adeeb Fadil
Attorney
New York City, New York

Gordon Fellman
Professor
Boston, Massachusetts

Richard Goodwin
CEO, Goodwin Enterprises
Aspen, Colorado

Roberta Gordon
Attorney
New York City, New York

Rola Karam
Los Angeles, California

Dr. Kayed Sobhi Khalil
Doctor of Chiropractic Medicine
Framingham, Massachusetts

Jesse Zel Lurie
Journalist, former editor-in-chief of Hasassah Magazine
Delray Beach, Florida

Frank Rubenfeld
Clinical psychologist
Berkeley, California

Steve Olweean
Director, Common Bond Institute
Climax, Michigan

 
National Staff

Perrine Vaillant, Executive Director - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Deanna Armbruster, Honorary President, US Director NSWAS Peace College & Other Special Initiatives - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Abir Elzowidi, Bookkeeper and Administrative Director - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it