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Ervin Laszlo, Ph.D.
Ervin Laszlo is Founder and President of The Club of Budapest, Founder and Director of the General Evolution Research Group, Chancellor of the World Macroshift University (currently in development), Fellow of the World Academy of Arts and Sciences, Member of the International Academy of Philosophy of Science, Senator of the International Medici Academy, and Editor of the international periodical World Futures: The Journal of General Evolution. He is the author or co-author of forty-nine books, and editor of another thirty books, translated into as many as twenty-one languages.
Dr. Laszlo has a Ph.D. from the Sorbonne and is the recipient of four honorary Ph.D.'s (from the United States, Canada, Finland, and Hungary). His numerous awards include the Goi Peace Prize in Tokyo in 2002, and the International Mandir of Peace Prize in Assisi in 2005. He is a Universal Peace Ambassador and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 and 2005.
Carl Calleman, Ph.D.
Carl Johan Calleman, Ph.D. is a Swedish biomedical scientist who received his doctorate in Physical Biology from the University of Stockholm in 1984 based on studies on cancer causing properties of industrial chemicals. Dr. Calleman has published approximately forty articles in peer reviewed journals and has had an international career in Toxicology, where he was a Senior Researcher at the Department of Environmental Health at the University of Washington in Seattle during the years 1986-93. He has been an invited lecturer at the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine in Beijing, L’Institute Pasteur in Paris, Karolinska Institute in Stockholm and MIT and Cornell University in the US and has served as an expert on cancer causing chemicals for the IARC/WHO in Lyon, France.
In recent years Dr. Calleman has focused on consciousness studies and holistic science, aiming to unify different branches of science into a common evolutionary context. This work includes the study of resonance phenomena between the expressions of consciousness on different levels such as cellular, human and planetary. He is a leading authority on Mayan Cosmology, and author of Solving the Greatest Mystery of Our Time: The Mayan Calendar (Garev 2001) and The Mayan Calendar and the Transformation of Consciousness (Bear and Co, 2004).
Barbara Fields, Ph.D.
Dr. Barbara Fields Executive Director, The Association for Global New Thought, Co-founder and Project Director – The Gandhi King Season for Nonviolence 1998-2006; Program Director - 1993 Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago; Co-founder and Project Director of the Synthesis Dialogues with His Holiness, the Dalai Lama of Tibet, Dharamsala, India, 1999, Trent, Italy, 2001, and Rome, 2004; Co-director, with Dr. William Ury, Harvard Global Negotiation Network’s Abraham Walk Initiative in the Middle East; Conference and Program Director for the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies 1996 (Chicago) and 2000 (Tacoma, WA); Program Director - International Buddhist-Christian Theological Encounter, Purdue University and the Lilly Foundation 1998-2004; Participant - UNESCO Seminar on Religion and Peace, Granada, Spain, 1998. Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, United Church of Religious Science, 2005, and Religious Science International’s first Peace Award in 2003; Recipient of The Peace Museum's 1998 Community Peacemaker Award, in the area of Diplomacy. Serves on the Boards of EarthAction, the Foundation for Conscious Evolution, and La Casa de Maria in Santa Barbara, CA. Co-founder of The Earth Network, a non-profit alternative television organization dedicated to the environment, social action, and the human spirit for which she received the 1994 Visionary Award from the Center For New Television; Contributing author, The Community of Religions (Continuum Press, 1996).
Donald J. Simon, CFP, ChFC, CLU
Donald J. Simon, CFP, ChFC, CLU is the founder and owner of Simon Financial Company located in Vero Beach, Fl. He has a B.A, in Business Administration from Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Simon is past President and a current Board member of the Indian River Chapter of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors. He is also a member of the Planned Giving Council of Indian River County, Florida. He has 20 years of experience advising non-profits how to implement and administer major gift programs.
Don Alejandro Cirilo Perez Oxlaj  Don Alejandro Cirilo Perez Oxlaj is head of the National Mayan Council of Elders of Guatemala, Day Keeper of the Mayan Calendar, a 13th generation Quiche Mayan High Priest and a Grand Elder of the Continental Council of Elders and Spiritual Guides of the Americas. He is also an international lecturer on Mayan Culture. Don Alejandro is charged as the primary keeper of the teachings, visions and prophecies of the Mayan people, which are very much alive today. He travels the world sharing the message and prophecies of the Mayans. One prophecy says: “Arise, all arise, not one nor two groups be left behind.” Another says: “Let the morning come, let the dawn come for the people to have peace and be happy. Together we are to see our children. Together we are to see our mountains. Together we are to see our cities. Together we are to see our waters.” His message of hope and empowerment resonates with people of all faiths and beliefs around the globe.
Avon Mattison  Avon Mattison is a Peacebuilding and Inter-Organisational Consultant, Advisor and Mentor with over three decades’ experience. She works with innovative leaders, groups and organisations on the “frontline” building Cultures of Peace inter-generationally and inter-culturally for the children of this and future generations. She is Founder and President of Pathways To Peace (PTP), an international peacebuilding, educational and consulting organisation. PTP has Consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council and is an official Peace Messenger of the United Nations (UN). A U.S. Foreign Service diplomat for three years serving the European Community, Avon has served as special advisor to Presidential Conferences, renowned international leaders, and emerging youth leaders. A Summa Cum Laude graduate in political science and international communications. She serves on the Advisory Councils/Boards of several international organizations and has been quoted numerous times in publications worldwide. Through Pathways To Peace, she created the “WE THE PEOPLES” INITIATIVE, now “CULTURE OF PEACE INITIATIVE,” in 1983 with the approval of former UN Assistant Secretary-General Robert Muller. This local/global Peacebuilding initiative unites the strengths of over 300 international organizations and focuses co-operative activities annually on the UN International Day of Peace. Through PTP, Avon inaugurated an ongoing Rights of the Child Caucus within the UN system during the first preparatory conference for the World Summit on Social Development. Avon coordinates PACEM – Pathways Consulting, Educating and Mentoring.
Reavis Daniel Moore %20-%20crop.jpg "rdm1202(Kobi) - crop") Reavis Daniel Moore is a Board Member and Co-Founder, with Chris Deckker and Matthew Marshall, of Earthdance International, 501c3 - the global music and dance festival for peace. The festival has been held annually since 1997, in conjunction with the International Day of Peace on September 21. The Earthdance 2007 event included over 300 locations in 60 countries with an estimated 200,000 people participating. The highlight of Earthdance is the playing of the Prayer for Peace music track simultaneously at all event locations, creating a profound moment of global alignment. Reavis is currently based in Tel Aviv, Israel, where he is developing a Middle East peace festival under the auspices of Earthdance. In 2008, he led the co-creation and beta launch of 30 Days of Peace, a global peace event networking project of Earthdance and The Culture of Peace Initiative. Reavis was also the Executive Director and Co-Founder, with Jeffrey Bronfman and Eliza Gilkyson, of the Rainbow Warrior World Music Festivals & Fund, a pioneering pan-world music event held annually in Santa Fe, New Mexico from 1989 to 1992. Reavis has over 25 years experience in the music industry as an executive, entrepreneur, and consultant in Austin, Los Angeles, and New York. He is currently a partner in YouLicense, Inc., a web 2.0 music licensing marketplace representing 3,000 music artists from around the world.
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