Executive Board:
LauraSa Pele Lafoia Ava: Chair, President, and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Michael P. Brinsley: Secretary and Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Roslyn Scheuerman: Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Board of Directors:
LauraSa Pele Lafoia Ava (Tesimale): (Click here for Bio)
~ Committee Chair for Peace Sundays. Committee Co-Chair for Finances. Committee Advisor for Governance, and Strategic Planning. Advisor for Interfaith Ministry. Founder of One Global Family Alliances, and International Councils, Circles & Congress of Women-Youth
Michael P. Brinsley: (Click here for Bio)
~ Committee Chair for Websites & Social Media. Committee Advisor for Governance, Finances, Strategic Planning, and Peace Sundays
Roslyn Scheuerman: (Click here for Bio)
~ Committee Co-Chair for Finances. Committee Advisor for Governance, Strategic Planning, and Peace Sundays
Rev. Dr. Tahdi Blackstone: (Click here for Bio)
~ Committee Co-Chair for Governance, and Strategic Planning
Rev. Cliff Ishigaki: (Click here for Bio)
~ Committee Co-Chair for Interfaith Ministry. Committee Advisor for Governance
Rev. Dr. Thomas Hedberg: (Click here for Bio)
~ Committee Advisor for Governance, and Strategic Planning
Clan Mother Alda Glover (Click here for Bio)
~ Committee Advisor for Governance, Strategic Planning, and Peace Sundays
Chief Daniel Ramos (Click here for Bio)
~ Committee Co-Chair for Governance. Committee Advisor for Strategic Planning, and Peace Sundays
Emeritus Board:
Late Rev. Leland Stewart: Founder, Past President, and Former Central Coordinator (Click here for Bio)
Late Rev. Elizabeth Stewart: Co-Founder and Past Secretary (Click here for Bio)
Rev. Dr. Mary Mann: Former Chair, Former Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer (Click here for Bio)
Rev. Andre Graham: Former Vice President (Click here for Bio)
Rev. Albert Duffy: Former Assistant Treasurer (Click here for Bio)
Late David Harris: Advisor and Supporter (Click here for Bio)
Jane Devine: Attorney and Accountant (Click here for Bio)
Advisory Board:
Rev. Stephen L. Fiske: Committee Co-Chair for Peace Sundays. Founder/Director for Jerusalem Prayer Project (Click here for Bio)
Rev. Dr. Linda Groff: Committee Co-Chair for Interfaith Celebration of Light, Committee Advisor for Interfaith Ministry (Click here for Bio)
Rev. Nathan Michon: Committee Co-Chair for Interfaith Ministry (Click here for Bio)
Ruth Broyde-Sharone: Committee Advisor for Strategic Planning, and Arts & Music Committee (Click here for Bio)
Uran Snyder: Committee Advisor for Strategic Planning, and Peace Sundays (Click here for Bio)
Robert Corsini: Committee Advisor for Peace Sundays. Co-Founder for Jerusalem Prayer Project. Owner of Videocratic Media (Click here for Bio)
Simran Kaur: Committee Advisor for Peace Sundays, and Marketing & Graphics (Click here for Bio)
Sande Hart: Committee Advisor for International Councils, Circles & Congress of Women-Youth (Click here for Bio)
Patrick Horn: Committee Co-Chair for OGFA’s Call to Sacred Activism, and Environmental Stewardship (Click here for Bio)
Honorary World Council:
Hector Aristizabal — Lecturer/activist, Hispanic community
Dr. Kenneth Beatty — Leader, United Religions Initiative Cooperation Circle
Dr. Robert Bonnell — former President, Theosophical Society of Long Beach
Hum and Rose Bui, M.D.’s — Leaders of Cao Dai Faith and interfaith work
Rev. Jan Chase — Minister, Unity Church of Pomona; Leader, Inland Valley Interfaith
Bhante Chao Chu — Head monk, Rosemead Buddhist Monastery
Dr. Laurel Clark — Leader, School of Metaphysics; Co-developer, Peace Dome
Rev. Prof. Theodore Clarke — Pasadena City College; Religious Science Minister
Rev. Albert Cohen, former Executive Director, Southern California Ecumenical Council
John Falchi — Educator; former member of UDC Executive Board
Rev. Tasnim Fernandez — Sufi Order; Teacher, Dances of Universal Peace
Dr. Jefferson Tasleem Ghauri — Founding President, International Association of Religious Freedom, Pakistan
Alanna Hartsok — Co-director, Earth Rights Institute
Kay Lindahl — Author, Sacred Art of Listening; Leader, North American Interfaith Network
Irving Sarnoff — Co-founder, Friends of the United Nations; peace activist
F. Richard Schneider, Ph.D. — Founder, Institute of Global Education
Alan Seaman — Teacher, meditator; former UDC Executive Board member
Jim Stewart — former Director, Earth Day Los Angeles
Rebecca Tobias — Member, Global Council, United Religions Initiative
Rev. Jeffrey Utter — So. Calif. contact, Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions
Rene Wadlow — Editor/Publisher, “Global Perspectives” Magazine
Sharif Abdullah — Founder, Commonway Institute; Author, Creating a World That Works for All
Mehnaz-Mona Afridi, Ph.D. — Muslim scholar; active in Muslim-Jewish dialogue
Andrew Beath — Founder, Earthways; Author, Consciousness in Action
Mobed Zarir Bhandara — Zoroastrian high priest; editor, Zoroastrian scriptures
Swami Brahmavidyananda — Monk, author, member of Vedanta Society
Sister Gita — Director, Brahma Kumaris Raja Yoga Center Los Angeles
Jonathan Granoff — Global Security Institute; active with United Nations
Mussie Hailu — Representative, Association of World Citizens, Ethiopia
Rabbi Benjamin Herson — Emeritus, Malibu Jewish Center and Synagogue
MSS Shakti Parwha Kaur Khalsa — Mother of 3HO Organization; Sikh Dharma
Huston Smith, Ph.D. — Author, World’s Religions and other books on religion
Ali Wassil, Ph.D., LL.D. — Co-founder for UDC: author, lecturer