
Who we are
Peace Direct is an award-winning, international NGO supporting local people in some of the most challenging conflict environments worldwide.
We are based in London, UK, and have offices in Washington, DC and New York.
If you’d like to work for Peace Direct, visit our jobs page to see current vacancies for interns or staff.
Bridget Moix, US Executive Director
Contact: [email protected]
Christine Trillana, Development and Administrative Associate
John Guinan, US Director of Development
Vahe Mirikian, Assistant Director for US Policy
Larisa Epatko, Senior Communications Officer
Dica Adotevi, Senior Finance Officer
Gay Rosenblum-Kumar, UN Representative
Shannon Paige, Scoville Fellow
Staff in the UK
Dylan Mathews, Chief Executive
Charlotte Melly, Head of International Programmes
Katarzyna Khider, Head of Finance and Operations
Gemma Britton, Head of Fundraising and Communications
Neil Jarman, Head of Policy and Research
Charlotte Divin, Programme Funding Manager
Jennifer Pobi-Browne, International Programmes Manager
Jennifer has an MA in Human Rights from UCL and a BA in Law (Jurisprudence) from Oxford University.
Contact: [email protected]
Alice Coulibaly, International Programmes Officer
Claire Payne, Senior Programmes Officer
Henry Costello, Senior International Programmes Finance Officer
Sam Crocker, Senior Trusts & Foundations Officer
Megan Renoir, Research Manager
Dimitri Kotsiras, Research Analyst
Joel Gabri, Senior Peace Technology Programme Officer
Aji Ceesay, Research Assistant
Ryan Boyce, Interim Fundraising and Communications Manager
Oscar Lester, Fundraising and Engagement Officer
Melanie Moran, Digital Fundraising and Marketing Officer
Sarah Phillips, Senior Communications Officer
Jo Dodd, Communications Officer
Holly Spencer, Executive Assistant to the CEO
Áine Donnelly, Finance Officer
Richard Andrew, Database Officer
US Board
Stacey Haefele, Chair
Keith Johnson, Treasurer
Quscondy-Mohamed Abdulshafi
Jackson Jeyanayagam
Anthony Smith
Evelyn Thornton
UK Trustees
Anthony Smith, Chair
Belinda Bell, Trustee
David Cutler, Trustee
David Loyn, Trustee
Jennifer Larbie, Trustee
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Niamh Neville, Trustee
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Nick Whitacker, Trustee
Stacey Haefele, Trustee
Patrons
Scilla Elworthy
Dr Scilla Elworthy is a distinguished activist for peace and has worked on peace related issues for over 30 years. In 1982 Dr Elworthy founded the Oxford Research Group, dedicated to researching defence-decision making and developing effective dialogue between nuclear weapons policy-makers and their critics. For this work she was nominated three times for the Nobel Peace Prize and awarded the Niwano Peace Prize in 2003. From 2005 to 2007 Dr Elworthy helped to set up The Elders Initiative and acted as an advisor to Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu and Richard Branson. In 2002 she co-founded Peace Direct alongside Carolyn Hayman OBE.
Sir Mark Rylance
Sir Mark Rylance, Oscar winner, actor and former Artistic Director of the Globe Theatre, is a supporter of Conscience, Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT), The Peace Pledge Union and World Development Movement (WDM). He was born in England in 1960 and raised in America until 1978. After training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), he was given his first job by the Citizens’ Theatre, Glasgow in 1981. Mark is also an Associate Artist of the RSC, a Friend of the Francis Bacon Research Trust and Chairman of the Shakespearean Authorship Trust. He is also a trustee of the Murray Cox Foundation, and an honorary bencher of the Middle Temple. He lives in London with his wife and two daughters.
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