Our Board

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CYRIL ADONIS
Johannesburg, South Africa

Cyril Adonis is registered as a Research Psychologist with the Health Professions Council of South Africa. His past professional experiences include teaching in the Psychology Department of the University of the Witwatersrand and conducting transitional justice research for the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR). Cyril has keen interests in the intersections between political forgiveness, transgenerational trauma, as well as issues of memory and memorialisation. From 2002-2004, Cyril was a Fulbright Fellow in the Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution at Nova Southeastern University in the United States, where he is currently registered as doctoral candidate. His doctoral dissertation focuses on transgenerational transmission of trauma and political forgiveness in post-apartheid South Africa. Cyril is currently employed as the Research Manager for the Proactive Research Unit of the Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD) in South Africa where he is leading research projects on criminal justice with specific reference to police misconduct and criminality.

MALIK N. AHMAD
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Dr. Ahmad has had a distinguished career in public service in the field of rehabilitative medicine as a practitioner and administrator. Currently he is a review auditor and specialist of quality of care in several medical facilities. Dr. Ahmad was born and educated in Pakistan, received a Masters degree in Social Service in New Jersey and M.D. from the Dominican Republic. Dr. Ahmad also holds a Ph.D. in Complementary Medicine.
"Peace within, peace without, the struggle of the individual for inner peace ushers triumph for humanity."

BILL BERENSON
Miami, Florida USA

Mr. Berenson, an executive with more than 20 years of international marketing experience, now serves as Executive Vice President at Starmark International, a privately held marketing communications firm based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He previously served as Managing Director and Principal at Landor Associates in San Francisco, the world's premier corporate identity and brand management consultancy. During his 14 years at Landor, Mr. Berenson not only counseled CEOs from many of the world's largest companies on brand strategy initiatives, he also established and managed the company's Latin American operation. In addition to his contributions at Landor, Mr. Berenson has held various senior management positions at such companies as New York-based Interbrand Corporation and served as partner to various venture capital firms.
"Historically, man has excelled at conflict. Whether on an individual basis, clan against clan or nation against nation, no animal has been brighter-- or more dangerous. It is visibly apparent, as we enter the 21st Century, that the world has become too intertwined politically, economically and electronically to sustain conflict. Now is the time for us to make every effort to move to the right of the "conflict/resolution spectrum."

LUCY DADAYAN
Albany, New York

Lucy Dadayan is a PhD candidate at College of Computing and Information, SUNY Albany. She is currently working as a policy analyst at the Rockefeller Institute of Government.

BRIGITTE DE SENARCLENS
Geneva, Switzerland

Brigitte de Senarclens is the managing director of BDS Financiere SA, a major financial company in Geneva, Switzerland. BDS is an asset management company, which administers portfolios and real estate.

KAY FRANCIS
Hollywood, Florida

Kay Francis, President of Steps Beyond Enterprises, Inc., is a licensed psychotherapist and business consultant with extensive experience in human resources. She founded and directed The Center for Family Learning Inc., of Ft. Lauderdale, a non-profit training organization. She is past Vice-President of the Florida State Regulatory Board for Clinical Social Work, Marriage, and Family Therapy. Ms. Francis holds a Master's degree in counseling and guidance from the University of North Carolina.
"In an ideal world peace would be present. In reality, consciousness, sensitivity and education contribute to the ideal."

Dr. BASHA HICKS
Key Biscayne, Florida

Dr. Hick holds a Bachelor of Science degree, with distinction, from the University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources, a Doctorate in Education and Environment from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and a J.D. from Harvard University.

"Interreligious, interracial, and international mutual respect is the keel which will secure for us a balanced, secure, steady, peaceful state of being."

MARTIN LEVIN
Phoenix, Arizona

Dr. Levin was born in Canada. He received his Ph.D. from Cornell University, NY. Dr. Levin taught Political Science at the University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria. He has been elected to various offices in Victoria, BC, and lived in various countries including Canada, Israel, France, England, and the United States. As an author and journalist Dr. Levin has contributed to scholarly journals and writtenf or newspapers and magazines in England, Israel, Canada and the U.S.

HANS-PETER-RUTZ
Basel, Switzerland

Mr. Rutz is an oncology radiologist and researcher at the University of Basel, Switzerland.

NOSRAT SCOTT
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida USA

Mrs. Scott was raised as a Baha'i in Iran where she completed her education, and served as a teacher and principal. Since immigrating to the United States, she taught at the university level and worked for financial organizations. However,community service has always been her central focus. Mrs. Scott has made significant contributions in California, Alabama, and Florida by organizing and promoting programs addressing culture and race unity. Currently, she serves on the Broward County Multi-ethnic Advisory Board and is a volunteer chaplain. The American Dream, by author and newscaster Dan Rather, incorporates Mrs. Scott's compelling story of persecution of the Baha'is in Iran, and her personal pursuit of religious freedom in America.
"A major factor in establishing World Peace is the promotion of the consciousness of the oneness of mankind. This consciousness would, however, be the fruit of raising children worldwide with a broad vision to accept and respect humanity as a whole. It is possible to have a sane patriotism while simultaneously having a sense of family with all the peoples of the world."

OUR ADVISORY BOARD

ROBERT R. TYLER, Advisory Board Chairman
Carmel, California
rrtyler@peaceresearchfoundation.org

ABOUT THE FOUNDER
Robert R. Tyler is the founder of the Peace Research Foundation. Mr. Tyler initially conceived of the idea of a peace research organization at the height of the Gulf War. In 1995, he founded the Peace Research Foundation, recognizing the lack of concrete and detailed research into how peace is achieved and sustained.

Mr. Tyler was born in Fort Scott, Kansas and adds 30 years of expertise in business management, marketing and the development of corporate ventures to the Foundation. Early in his career, he helped develop one of the world's largest reference book publishing companies, Gale Group.

Mr. Tyler's past and present activities include:

• Board member: Public Library Foundation (Carmel, CA)
• President: Direct Marketing Association (Detroit, MI)
• Founder and President: Greenfield/Jefferson Business District Association (Detroit, MI)
• Commissioner of Economic Development (Westland, MI)

Memberships include the World Futurist Society; International Society for General Semantics, and the American Library Association.

MAGEN BROSHI
Jerusalem, Israel

Mr. Broshi is a world-renowned Israeli archeologist, author, historian, and lecturer. He was the Curator of the Shrine of the Book, The Dead Sea Scrolls wing of the Israeli Museum from 1964-1994. He is the past Chairman of the Museum Association of Israel and has been a guest lecturer at Bar llan University in Israel. He has directed many important archaeological expeditions including the ongoing Holy Sepulchre, expedition Mount Zion, at the Old City of Jerusalem and Qumran-habitational Caves. Mr. Broshi was educated at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the University of Chicago.

SERGIU SCHWARTZ
Delray Beach, Florida

Professor Sergiu Schwartz is considered one of the best violinists of his generation. He has appeared with orchestras and in recitals in major music centers in twenty countries and over forty U.S. States. He has appeared as both conductor and violin soloist with the European Community Orchestra in the U.S.,Concertos Hungaricus in Budapest, the London Soloist Chamber Orchestra. with the Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra in Sarajevo, Bosnia and France. He studied at the Rubin Academy of Music in Tel Aviv, the Guildhall School in London and Juilliard School in New York. He is also on the faculty of Harid Conservatory at Lynn University, in Boca Raton, Florida.

"The harmonious structure and purity of spirit expressed through classical music touches all of us - people of planet TERRA - delivers a divine, blissful message: Peace and Harmony, within and amongst ourselves, is indeed attainable."

ARMAND ABECASSIS
Strasbourg, France

Professor Abecassis is a Professor of Psychology and Philosophy at the Universities of Strasbourg and Bordeaux, France. He is an author and lecturer, having published extensively in psychology, philosophy, religion, socialsciences, history, ethics, and justice. He is fluent in Arabic, Semitic languages, Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.

MITSUHEI MURATA
Nagoya, Japan

Professor of Comparative Civilization, at Tokai Gakuen University, Nagoya, Japan and former Japanese Ambassador to Switzerland. The honorary Mitsuhei Murata asbeen an advocate of peace for many years.

JEREMY MENUHIN
London, England

Mr. Menuhin gives around 40 concerts a year, mostly outside Britain, which translates into dozens of interviews -- and they all revolve, inevitably, around two main subjects: his music (he's a world-renowned pianist) and his famous father Yehudi (1916-99), probably the 20th century's greatest violin virtuoso. Jeremy is "one of the greatest Schubert pianists of our time."