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City at Peace-National Staff
Paul Griffin Founder & President
Having led the founding of City at Peace, Inc. in
Washington, D.C. in 1994, and served as its Artistic Director for five
years, Paul is currently leading the creation of City at Peace—National.
With over 15 years of experience working in the field of youth development
and the arts, Paul has presented workshops and performances for major organizations
and events such as the Children's Defense Fund's Annual Conference, Kaiser
Permanente's Building Hope Conference, District of Columbia Superior Court's
Task Force on Family Violence, National Multicultural Institute, The American
University School of International Studies, and George Mason Institute of
Conflict Resolution. In 1993 Paul was honored at The White House as a Tomorrow's
Leader Today sponsored by Public Allies; in 2005, Paul received the Changemaker
Award from Public Allies and the National Hamilton Fish
Institute for Award for Service.
Martha Hart Johns, MA Director
of Community Engagement
An author and college lecturer, Martha Hart
Johns has published in the fields of parenting, youth development,
and children with special needs and teaches Educational and
Developmental Psychology as well as the Psychology of Sexual
Behavior. She has addressed the National Governors Conference
and the US Conference of Mayors on community practices that
reduce youth violence. For the last four years she has served
on the National Advisory Board for HIV Prevention Education
and the Arts which advises the CDC on arts-based curriculum
for reducing risk behaviors in adolescents that lead to HIV
infection. She has developed a nationally replicated arts-based
curriculum called RAVES (Real Alternatives to Violence for
Every Student) to train elementary and middle school youth
in practical conflict reduction strategies using artist-educators. She served as Director of Educational Theatre Programs
for Kaiser Permanente for six years and served as originator
and chair of four regional conferences entitled “Building
Hope: Exploring Solutions to Youth Violence.”
City at Peace-National Board of Directors
Jennifer Benetato, Secretary
City at Peace-DC Alum
Victor Benson
CEO, Holstead Marketing, Inc.
Jeffrey N. Blair
Associate Counsel, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Alfred Blitzer
Vice President, Artech Information Systems
Philip Bowers, Treasurer
President, Linkwell Capital, LLC
Richard Hochhauser
Former CEO, Harte-Hanke, Inc.
James Kresberg, Chairperson
Vice President, Citigroup, Inc.
Agathe Lerolle
Principal,
Sterling International
Dorne Massiah
Director, Mastercard Worldwide
Gaylord Neely
President, The Gaea Foundation
Lillian Osei-Boateng
City at Peace-DC Alum, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Craig Park
CEO, Retailer Networks
Patricia T. Robinson
East Baton Rouge Housing Authority
Mina Samuels
Writer/Editor
Marc A. Soto
Senior Staff Consultant, Empire City Subway/Verizon
City at Peace-National Advisory Board
Mary Catherine Bateson, Ph.D.
Author, Visiting Professor, Boston College Center on Aging,
President, Institute for Intercultural Studies
Shirley Brice Heath, Ph.D.
Professor of English and Linguistics,
Stanford University
Senior Scholar, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Howard Gardner, Ph. D.
Professor, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University
Author and Adjunct Professor of Psychology, Harvard University
Chairman, Steering Committee of Harvard Project Zero
Paul Kivel
Violence Prevention Educator, Author and Co-founder
Oakland Men’s Project
Ruby Lerner
Chief Executive Officer/President
Creative Capital Foundation
Donn B. Murphy, Ph.D.
Professor of Theatre Emeritus, Georgetown University
President and Executive Director, The National Theatre
Hamisch Sinclair
Director, ManAlive
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