Álvaro Alvarado is Presiding Clerk of the AFSC Corporation and Board of Directors and a member of Sacramento Friends Meeting. He holds a PhD in Environmental Toxicology from the University of California, Riverside, and works for the California Air Resources Board.
Member, Newtown Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Veronica is a native of El Salvador who came to the United States at age 9. Her native language is Spanish, though she is proficient in French and has some knowledge of Portuguese. Veronica is a graduate of Princeton University and the Georgetown University Law Center and holds both a J.D. and a Masters in the School of Foreign Service.
Joined the AFSC board in April 2018. Member, Wilmington (DE) Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Board service on two Friends affiliated educational institutions: Wilmington Friends School (past) and Swarthmore College (current). Professional resume includes service in management roles in city, county and state government as well as a career in investment banking; currently retired. Specific experience in finance, real estate, construction, international business and criminal justice. Has served on a variety of boards of non-profit organizations, including those dealing with leadership development, performing arts, community development and urban revitalization. Married with two children and four grandchildren.
Luis Paiz Bekker is a physician trained in Tropical Medicine, public health, social epidemiology, and systems-thinking. Luis has extensive experience working in the fields of Public Health and Human Rights in humanitarian aid and development in Latin America, Africa, and Eastern Europe, with Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), CARE International and Oxfam International.
Kennedy Akolo is the regional director for the AFSC’s work in Africa and a development practitioner with over 20 years’ experience in the sector.
Sonia Tuma is the regional director for the AFSC’s West region. In that role, she manages AFSC’s programming in the 13-state area covering the western third of the U.S. The work of the West region includes advocacy and organizing in support of an end to militarism, lasting and just immigration reform, an end to mass incarceration, and other social and economic justice programs.
Jacob Flowers is a native of Memphis where he served for 10 years as the executive director of the Mid-South Peace and Justice Center, a southern multi-issue organization dedicated to building power and furthering peace with justice through organizing and grassroots leadership development.
Robin Aura Kanegis serves as Director of Public Policy and Advocacy for the American Friends Service Committee. Prior to joining AFSC, she served as Director of Campaigns and the Iraq Peace Campaign Director for the Friends Committee on National Legislation.
Sandra Veloso is equipped with a double degree in Social Science and International Studies from the University of Technology - Sydney. Sandra has worked in program development and management since 1991 and in international development since 2000. She is passionately committed to people empowerment and gender equality. Sandra is highly experienced in training and facilitation; mentoring and team building; intercultural skills; partnership/network engagement; strategic leadership; grassroots civic organizing; and leading change within complex development contexts.
Sharon Goens-Bradley is the Regional Director for the Midwest. Prior to this position, Ms. Goens-Bradley worked for a community foundation doing anti-racism work. Sharon holds a master's degree in counseling psychology and a bachelor's degree in Russian language. She has traveled extensively and has volunteered as a mediator, circle keeper and restorative justice practitioner.