Member, Tempe Monthly Meeting (Arizona Half Yearly). Dave Wells is a convinced Quaker, discovering shared values while a visiting economic professor at Earlham College in 1996. Upon moving to a position at Arizona State University, where he's been on the faculty since 1998, he attended and joined Tempe Monthly Meeting.
Gloria Thompson is a member of AFSC's Board of Directors and of Manhattan Monthly Meeting, New York Yearly Meeting. She is a New York Yearly Meeting representative to the Friends World Council on Consultation and has travelled very widely to Yearly Meetings and conferred with Friends throughout the world.
Nick grew up within the formative walls of the Boulder Friends Meeting, which he still considers his primary Meeting. He also attends, when possible, the Estes Park Friends/Unitarian group where his parents reside, Intermountain Yearly Meeting, and whatever Meeting he can find in the cities he visits. Nick attended Westtown School and Earlham College, wanting in both to seek out a greater understanding of Quaker practices and values beyond his upbringing.
Mira Tanna is a Grants Manager with the City of Orlando. Previously, she worked with the Technology & Education Center at the Orange County Library System and as the Program Director for Fair Lending with Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida and Assistant Director of the Metro St. Louis Equal Housing Opportunity Council.
Member of Wellesley Monthly Meeting, New England Yearly Meeting. Kenneth Oye has longstanding ties to AFSC. He served as a member of the AFSC International Programs Executive Committee, with service on Asia, Middle East and Shared Security subcommittees.
Esther is a member of Nyanko Monthly Meeting of Highland’s Yearly Meeting in Kenya. Esther is an academic with many years of experience on teaching and research on religion and community issues. She has experience on chairing boards for ecumenical and interfaith organizations.
Member, Salt Lake City Friends Meeting, Intermountain Yearly Meeting. Darlene McDonald is a technology professional, author, social and keyboard activist. She has a B.S degree in Business Information Technology Management from Western Governors University. Darlene also maintains and runs The Black Library, an online repository dedicated to literature written by African American and Black writers.
Member, Matinecock Monthly Meeting. I have been married to my wife Colleen Ahern Fortuna for 24 years, we have three children and two grandchildren. I am the owner and president of S & C Services, a small business located on Long Island, NY.