ProfessionalProfile

Center for War/Peace Studies www.cwps.org

Executive Director and Board member as of May, 2006 following in the footsteps of the CWPS founder, Richard Hudson. Major focus is being given to introducing more equitable decision making in the UN General Assembly and more equitable representation in the UN Security Council and in the International Financial Institutions. CWPS is also interested in promoting currency transfer taxes that would make the world economy work better for everyone.

The Center is also working under the leadership of Dr. Juan Federer to enhance the ability of the UN to support democracy in fragile states where leaders have at times worked against the interests of their people and have allowed conflict to develop and continue when it enhanced their personal standing and wealth.

CWPS also supports a program that finds and promotes solutions to environmental problems. This work is led by Dr. E. S. Ryan who is a professor of criminology.

Economists for Peace and Security (EPS, formerly ECAAR) www.epsusa.org

Board of Directors Member and Secretary, and United Nations Representative

World Federalist Movement www.wfm.org

Vice Chair of the International Council of the World Federalist Movement

President, New York Tri-State Chapter of the WFM US member organization, Citizens for Global Solutions www.globalsolutions.org

Member, Steering Committee of the World Federalist Institute

Other Organizations

Trustee of the Center for UN Reform Education

US Steering Committee member for the Global Action to Prevent War coalition working for a UN Emergency Peace Service

United Nations Secretariat (1981 to 1995)

From 1988 to 1995 as a Political Affairs Officer in the United Nations Department of Political Affairs,

Editor of the quarterly publication of contributed articles, DISARMAMENT

Editor, writer, and publisher of the bi-monthly Disarmament Newsletter

Assistant Secretary of the First Committee of the General Assembly

Secretary of working groups of the UN Disarmament Commission

Press and NGO Relations Officer for the 1990 and 1995 NPT Review Conferences

Other UN secretariat work was in UNICEF, UNDP, UNEP and the UN Department of Public Information from 1981 to 1988 and also included a post as Special Assistant to the Secretary-General of the Second World Conference to Combat Racism and work on a range of other human rights issues.

Prior to 1981

Worked in media, opinion and marketing research based in London, England, planning and commissioning sample surveys worldwide and writing integrated reports on the survey results.

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Formal Education

BA in Political Science from Wellesley College

MSc in International Relations and UN Affairs from Long Island University

MA in Global Political Economy and Finace from the New School for Social Research, New York, New York