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Our Team

We are women peacemakers from around the world walking for peace in Korea. We are Nobel Peace Laureates, feminist authors, peace activists, human rights lawyers, professors, former parliamentarians, faith leaders, humanitarian aid workers, filmmakers, artists, a retired Army Colonel, and a recipient of the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom.


Our Team

Cathi Choi

Cathi Choi

Executive Director
Communications Consultant

Communications Consultant

Communications Consultant
Echo (Hyunsook Elizabeth Cho)

Echo (Hyunsook Elizabeth Cho)

Director/Coordinator of Activism and Special Campaigns
Solby Lim

Solby Lim

Communications Coordinator
Susan Yohn

Susan Yohn

Administrative and Financial Director

Emerita

Christine Ahn

Christine Ahn

Founder

In Memoriam

Hyun Lee

Hyun Lee

National Campaign and Advocacy Strategist

Board Members

Aiyoung Choi

Aiyoung Choi

Board President
Marie Berry

Marie Berry

Committee Member
Wendi Deetz

Wendi Deetz

Board Treasurer
Ann Wright

Ann Wright

Secretary
Amelia Wu

Amelia Wu

Committee Member
Ji-Yeon Yuh

Ji-Yeon Yuh

Committee Member
Leah Hong

Leah Hong

Committee Member
Eunice Kwon

Eunice Kwon

Committee Member

Advisory Council Members

Kozue Akibayashi, Professor, Doshisha University, Women’s Int’l League for Peace & Freedom, Japan 

Medea Benjamin, Co-founder, Code Pink, USA

Donmee Choi, Poet, Author, Interpreter, USA

Gay Dillingham, Filmmaker, USA

Abigail Disney, Filmmaker, and Philanthropist, USA 

Cynthia Enloe, Professor, Clark University 

Ewa Eriksson Fortier, Retired Humanitarian Aid Worker, Sweden 

Natrina Gandana, Salesforce Foundation, Senior Manager, Philanthropy, USA

Meri Joyce, Peace Boat, Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict, Northeast Asia Regional Coordinator, Australia/Japan 

Nan Kim, Associate Professor of History, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, USA

Suzy Kim, Professor of History, Rutgers University, USA 

Namhee Lee, Professor of Modern Korean History, University of California, Los Angeles, USA 

Emma Leslie, President, Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, Cambodia

Mairead Maguire, 1976 Nobel Peace Laureate, Northern Ireland 

Liza Maza, Spokesperson, Council for People’s Development and Governance, Philippines 

Lisa Natividad, Professor, University of Guam & Pacific Indigenous Women’s Network, Guahan 

Hye-Jung Park, Media Activist, USA

Nadia Raynes, Labor & Employment Attorney, USA

Youngju Ryu, Associate Professor, Asian Languages & Cultures, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

Elizabeth Son, Associate Professor, Northwestern University, USA

Jay Song, Professor, University of Melbourne, Australia

Gloria Steinem, Activist, Author, Recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom, USA 

Yifat Susskind, Executive Director, MADRE, USA

Cindy Stella Wiesner, Executive Director, Grassroots Global Justice Alliance, USA

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