Amanda is a Human Rights practitioner with a PhD in Education and founder of the Human Rights movement in Colombia and Latin America. She has served to Civil Society organizations for over 40 years doing trainings and networking on social, economic and cultural rights. Amanda served for six years with the AFSC from Colombia and during that time, she joined the CSOS committee advising the United Nations Development Program Global Administrator.

Gail has been an activist all her adult life. Gail has done peace building and communication work on the Arab-Israeli Palestinian conflict as a staff member and committee Clerk for AFSC.  She has served on numerous Boards including Grassroots International, JDRF, and FMEP.