Tori Bateman is the former policy advocacy coordinator for Just Peace in AFSC's Office of Public Policy and Advocacy. She advocated for policies that align with AFSC's vision of peace and healing justice. She served as co-chair of the Peace & Security Working Group for the Washington Interreligious Staff Community.

Peniel Ibe served as the policy engagement coordinator for Just Economies & Climate Justice in AFSC's Office of Public Policy and Advocacy. She advocated for policies that align with AFSC's vision for an equitable and ecologically sustainable economy that works for people and the earth.

Pauline Muchina is AFSC public education and advocacy coordinator (PEAC) for the Africa region.

Lewis previously led AFSC’s New York-based healing justice work for over 12 years and since 2017 has been the coordinator of the organization’s national healing justice network. As the new U.S. Peacebuilding Director, Lewis leads AFSC’s work towards a future free of militarism and violence.

Mary Zerkel is the Associate Regional Director of the Midwest Region and Coordinator of Communities Against Islamophobia, which works in partnership with the Muslim community to train allies to recognize and counter anti-Muslim policies and practices — with the long term goal of reducing profiling and surveillance of the Muslim community.

Pedro Rios serves as director of the American Friends Service Committee’s U.S./Mexico Border Program and has been on staff with AFSC since 2003. He oversees a program that documents abuses by law enforcement agencies, collaborates with community groups, advocates for policy change, and works with migrant communities to build collective leadership locally and throughout the border region.

Mike Merryman-Lotze serves as AFSC's Just Peace Global Policy Director. As a member of the Global Policy, Strategy, and Advocacy Department, Mike leads AFSC’s global peace building policy work, supporting both US and International staff and programs.

John has been a writer, researcher and organizer focused on demilitarization and human rights, especially in the United States and Latin America, for more than 35 years. He co-authored the "Care First, Jails Last” policy adopted by Alameda County, as well as local legislation on militarized equipment used by police in Oakland and Berkeley, California. He represented AFSC in the Stop Urban Shield Coalition to end a militarized SWAT team competition, including representing the coalition in two county committees that helped reformulate emergency response policies in Alameda County and ended Urban Shield.