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The Peace Development Fund Board of Directors is composed of dedicated people from across the country that reflects the communities that we serve. Many are activists within their own communities and all understand the importance of peace and social justice and supporting oppressed communities. This is important to the foundation, as it is a way to ground and tie our work directly to those who we support.
Kimo Campbell, Kentfield, CA
Raised in Ewa, O'ahu, Hawai'i, Kimo Campbell is active with many boards and environmental groups. He is currently a board member of Seacology, the California League of Conservation Voters and the Hawai'i Trust for PublicLand. Kimo operates the Pohaku Fund, a donor advised fund of the Tides Foundation, which focuses on political work and the environment in Hawai'i.
Ali El-Issa, Brooklyn, NY
Ali El-Issa is the President of the Flying Eagle Woman Fund, named in honor of his wife, Ingrid Washinawatok El-Issa. Ali works on guaranteeing the rights of Indigenous peoples across the globe. He is on the Board of the Rigoberta Menchu Túm Foundation and is a principal representative of Ms. Menchu Túm to the United Nations.
Lori Goodman, Durango, CO - Board Treasurer
Lori Goodman is a full-time volunteer and Board member of Diné CARE, an all-Navajo environmental organization. Lori has been involved in Environmental Justice work since 1988.
Teresa Juarez, Chimayo, NM - Board President
Teresa is a long time social activist. She runs the Teh-Luh-Lah Learning and HealingCenter and is the lead organizer of the New Mexico Alliance.
Tina Reynolds, New York, NY - Board Secretary
Tina Reynolds is Co-Founder and Chair of Women on the Rise Telling HerStory (WORTH). She is an adjunct professor at York -CUNY, and is a board member of JusticeWorks Community and the Coalition for Parole Restoration. In her work over the past 15 years, Tina has partnered with formerly and imprisoned women to challenge and offer solutions to policies and other barriers women and families face during and after incarceration. She has published pieces on the abolition of prisons, the impact of incarceration on women and children and is an editor of an anthology Interrupted Life.
Note – Organizations are listed for identification purposes only.
Directors Emeriti
Gracie Close, Seattle, WA
Ka Flewellen, Washington, DC
Bob Mazer, Amherst, MA
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