Witness for Peace

Witness for Peace (WFP) was founded in 1983 and "is a politically independent, nationwide grassroots organization of people committed to nonviolence and led by faith and conscience. WFP’s mission is to support peace, justice and sustainable economies in the Americas by changing U.S. policies and corporate practices which contribute to poverty and oppression in Latin America and the Caribbean." 


 * R. Scott Kennedy - cofounder
 * Sharon Hostetler - Executive Director
 * Melinda St. Louis - Former Executive Director Other staff
 * Steven Bennett - Former Executive Director (1996-2003)

Board
Accessed April 2010:


 * Mavis Anderson - Latin America Working Group
 * Shonnie Ball - Safe Horizon Anti-Trafficking Program
 * Jennifer DeLury Ciplet - Consultant
 * Marino Cordoba - AFRODES-USA
 * Eunice M. Escobar - Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America and AFRODES-USA
 * Edward Fillenwarth, Jr. - Fillenwarth Dennerline Groth & Towe
 * Julia Graff - Change to Win
 * Judy Greenberg - Psychologist
 * Graylan Hagler - Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ
 * Aleita Hass-Holcombe - WFP, Northwest
 * Ann Haubrich - Interfaith Legal Services for Immigrants
 * Megan Kennedy-Farrell - Peacebuilders Initiative
 * Paul Lewin - WFP, Southwest
 * Gail Phares - Carolina Interfaith Taskforce on Central America, WFP Southeast
 * Dannette Sharpley - Black Family Land Trust
 * Amy Shelton - Kentucky Interfaith Taskforce on Latin America and the Caribbean (KITLAC)
 * Sanho Tree - Institute for Policy Studies
 * John M. Walsh - Washington Office on Latin America

Board of Directors (accessed 2007)
Source
 * Mavis Anderson - Class of 2007, Latin America Working Group
 * Cristina Espinel - Class of 2006, Colombia Human Rights Committee
 * Edward Fillenwarth, Jr. - Class of 2007, Fillenwarth Dennerline Groth & Towe
 * Graylan Hagler - Class of 2007, Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ
 * Aleita Hass-Holcombe - Class of 2008, WFP Northwest
 * Michael Joseph - Class of 2006, Peace Brigades International
 * Megan Kennedy-Farrell - Class of 2008, Peacebuilders Initiative
 * Ross Meyer - Class of 2006, Cincinnati, OH
 * Zachary Norris - Class of 2007, Labor Community Strategy Center, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Books Not Bars
 * John Pegg - Class of 2006, WFP, Upper Midwest
 * Gail Phares - Class of 2008, CITCA, WFP Southeast
 * Georgene Schumacher - Class of 2008, Sisters of the Living Word
 * Michelle Tooley - Class of 2006, Berea College
 * Sanho Tree - Class of 2008, Institute for Policy Studies
 * Jeff Winder - Class of 2006, The People United

Related SourceWatch

 * Kathy Ogle
 * Sally Jones - former business manager
 * Thomas J. Gumbleton
 * Gilbert M. Joseph
 * Louis A. Chase - former chair
 * Ed Griffin-Nolan, from 1985 to 1988, served on the staff of Witness for Peace in Nicaragu
 * Carol Schachet

Contact

 * Web: http://www.witnessforpeace.org