Member, Adelphi Friends Meeting, Baltimore Yearly Meeting.
Naveed is a British-born Pakistani and Muslim-Quaker. Member, Chapel Hill Friends Meeting (North Carolina), Piedmont Friends Yearly Meeting and remains affiliated with Mid-Thames Area Meeting (formerly Reading Monthly Meeting) in the UK.
Actress holds a Masters in Social Work from the University of Chicago and a Masters in Sociology from DePaul University. Actress has volunteered with the Midwest Region since interning in 2006 as a graduate student. She previously worked on capital defense teams as a mitigation specialist on state and federal cases in Illinois and Michigan.
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.
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.