Member, Portland Friends Meeting (Maine). Mostly retired consultant with continuing involvements regarding improved practice in anti-corruption, strengthening democracy, and international peacebuilding. Mediator, facilitator and trainer. Board Recording Clerk. Past member of Governance Committee, Board Program Committee, and International Programs Executive Committee. Previous Board terms in 1990s and 2000s. Past member of various New England Regional national and international committees.

Although I was born and raised in western South Dakota, I’ve lived, worked, and studied in Colorado, Panama, Germany, and Washington D.C., among other locations, which has contributed greatly to my understanding of differences and helped develop my worldview.  I now live with my husband in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where I am a member of Yardley Friends Meeting.

Miranda is the Research Analyst at AFSC’s Action Center for Corporate Accountability. She researches corporate complicity in Israel’s military occupation, apartheid regime, and genocide of Palestinians and advises activists on corporate accountability campaigns.

Ammar AbuZayyad is AFSC's Middle East Regional Director.

It’s been six months since a ceasefire agreement in Gaza was announced. But today, Israel—with full support from the U.S.—continues to bomb civilians in Gaza and obstruct humanitarian aid from entering. Palestinians, including children, continue to die from bombs, starvation, and disease.