About 4 Global Nonviolence

 Rotary District 5100  Past District Governor

Mike joined the Rotary Club of Newberg Oregon (USA) in 2001. Mike is the founder of Rotary Peacebuilder Clubs, founded in 2011, in District 5100 and now established in over 550 Rotary Clubs around the world and growing. Mike served as District Governor in District 5100 during the 2011-12 Rotary year and served for 11 years as the District Rotary Peace Fellowships Sub-Committee Chair and is Co-Chair of District 5100 Peacebuilder Clubs committee. Mike is the recipient of the Rotary International Service Above Self award as well as the Citation for Meritorious Service. 

 Rotary Peace Fellow, Fields of Peace Executive Director

Reem Ghunaim is a leader in peace-building and social impact, serving as the Executive Director of Fields of Peace. With a commitment to global peace, Reem has been entrusted with evolving the organization's mission to inspire and drive a global peace-building movement, particularly focusing on children affected by conflict.

Reem spearheads the Generation Peace Program, emphasizing cultural exchange, citizen diplomacy, and positive peace principles to address peace inequality and promote global solidarity. By connecting children from conflict-affected and peaceful regions, it not only fosters cross-border friendships and mutual understanding but also educates American children about US foreign policy and its impact on their friends in conflict zones, fostering awareness and engagement.

 Past President, Rotary Club of Jaro-Centraline Rotary District 3850
Jec has grown up in the midst of a civil war between the world's governing philosophies. 

Equipped with international ecumenical leadership experience and American-Philippine Baptist influences, He has sought to seek and pursue peace while he grows in his discipleship to Jesus Christ. 

Jec is a member of the Ending War 101 core group.  Jec has been trained in conflict transformation and human rights. He is based in Iloilo. He volunteers his time with the THRIVE Project as a remote Team Assistant helping the planet with what matters most- to thrive beyond sustainability. 

 Phill Gittins, PhD is the Education Director for  World BEYOND War .

Phill Gittins is World BEYOND War’s Education Director. Phill has over 20 years of leadership, programming, and analysis experience in the areas of peace, education, psychology, youth, and community development. He has lived, worked, and travelled in over 60 countries across 6 continents; taught in schools, colleges, and universities around the world; and trained thousands on peace and social change-related issues. Other experience includes work in youth offending prisons; developing, launching, and overseeing a wide range of large and small-scale programmes and projects; as well as consultancy assignments for public, private, and non-profit organisations. Phill has received multiple awards for his work, including a Rotary Peace Fellowship, KAICIID Fellowship, and Kathryn Davis Fellow for Peace. He is also a Positive Peace Activator and Global Peace Index Ambassador for the Institute for Economics and Peace. d social change-related issues.   Phill can be reached at phill@worldbeyondwar.org..

 Peace Builder, Rotarian, Environmental Scientist

 Kathi Futornick is a member of the Rotary Club of Newberg and a member of its Peace Committee. She is a co-producer of webinars on climate change, renewable energy, and the electric power grid as well as a researcher on the contributions of the global military on climate and destruction to the environment.  She most recently has been a speaker at the 2025 Rotary Peace Conference in Istanbul and also at Rotary's 2025 International Convention in Calgary.  Kathi also has 12 years of experience in Search & Rescue and her training sessions bring a real-world practicality to surviving a cataclysmic event.