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Above: Archbishop Tutu and the Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation's Executive Director Dr. Donna Blackwell at the Clinton Global Initiative in 2006.
About Us
The mission of the Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation, in collaboration with the Desmond Tutu Peace Centre and Peace Trust, is to support and promote the creation of a culture of peace throughout the world. In the spirit of our founder, Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and the South African experience, we are dedicated to advancing reconciliation, peace-building, non-violence, conflict resolution and ethical leadership so that all may live in a more peaceable and sustainable world.
About our Executive Director
Dr. Donna Blackwell joined the Foundation in July 2006.
She was previously founder and CEO of Human Works management consulting. Corporate clients include American Express, Time Warner and First Data Corporation. Her consultancy has also raised more than $40-million for non-profits including the Arthur Ashe Institute.
From 2002 to 2004 she was Vice President of Marketing Communication at the US Fund for UNICEF. Related accomplishments include developing the marketing communication strategy for a $100-million HIV/Aids Campaign, ‘Hope Lives Here’.
Dr. Blackwell has a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Washington University.
Email her at: db@tutufoundation-usa.org
Our Board of Directors
Executive Members:
President - The Very Reverend George Regas, Executive Director of the Regas Institute, Pasadena, CA
Vice President Strategy - Patricia A. McLagan, CEO McLagan International, Inc., Washington DC and Cape Town, South Africa
Secretary - Gloria Hartley, Professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
Treasurer - Barry Smith, MD, Ph.D., Senior VP of the Rogosin Institute and Director of the Dreyfus Health Foundation, New York, NY
Nominations - Meredith Tilp, International Consultant, Santa Fe, NM
Members at large:
The Very Rev. Canon Michael Battle, Priest-In-Charge, Church of Our Saviour, San Gabriel, California
Joanne B.Ciulla, Ph.D., Professor at Coston Family Chair in Leadership and Ethics, Jepson School of Leadership Studies, Richmond, VA
Nadine B. Hack, President of beCause Global Consulting, Inc., New York, NY
Ingrid Saunders Jones, Senior Vice President, Corporate External Affairs, The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, GA
Martha Lee,
Executive Director of the Kellogg Fellows Leadership Alliance, Inc
Judith A. Mayotte, Ph.D., Visiting Professor from Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI, based in Cape Town, South Africa
David Pierce, Ph.D., Washington DC
The Very Reverend Robert Taylor, Seattle, WA
The Trustees of the Desmond Tutu Peace Trust (S.A.):
Adv. Dumisa Ntsebeza - Chairman
Mr. Nallie Bosman
Mrs. Pam Golding
Mr. Saki Macozoma
Prof. Njabulo S. Ndebele
The Most Revd. Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane
Prof. Wiseman Nkuhlu
Mr. Cyril Ramaposa
Mr. Tokyo Sexwale
Dr. Franklin Sonn
Ms. Yasmin Sooka
Ms. Nomfundo Walaza
Ms. Sindi Zilwa
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Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation
205 East 64th Street, Suite 503 New York, NY 10065 Tel: 212-750-5504 | Fax: 212-371-2776
info@tutufoundation-usa.org
The Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation (U.S.) and the Desmond Tutu Peace Trust (S.A.) work together to raise funds throughout the world for the Desmond Tutu Peace Centre in Cape Town, South Africa.
Website developed by Meral Eisenhut-Copur
Top: Oprah Winfrey is the Honorary Co-Chairperson of the Desmond Tutu Peace Centre.
Above: Nelson Mandela supports our Initiative.
