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.

City at Peace-National Board of Directors

Victor Benson
CEO, Holstead Marketing, Inc.

Philip Bowers, Treasurer
President, Linkwell Capital, LLC

Davenel C. Denis
Promotion Execution Partners

Richard Hochhauser
Former CEO, Harte-Hanks, Inc.

Jerry Jeremie
City at Peace-NY Alum

James Kresberg
Vice President, Citigroup, Inc.

Agathe Lerolle
Principal, Sterling International

John Mancia, Vice-Chair
Vice President/Director, Elsevier

Gaylord Neely
President, The Gaea Foundation

Craig Park
CEO, Retailer Networks

Lori Pennay
Associate Counsel, Cantor Fitzgerald

Dr. Cathy Raduns
Psychiatrist/Adult, Adolescent and Child

Patricia T. Robinson
East Baton Rouge Housing Authority

Mina Samuels, Chairperson
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