“Just as Rotary itself can never keep its place unless it is constantly growing, so each individual Rotary club cannot afford to stand still while the stream of life moves onward.” — Ever Forward!, THE ROTARIAN, February 1941
In addition to world-class keynote speakers, the Rotary World Peace Conference 2020 will feature multiple tracks and breakout sessions led by leaders of conflict prevention and resolution.
Please see below for the breakout tracks, sessions, and speakers.
MARK DANIEL MALONEY
President, Rotary International, 2019-20 Director, Rotary International, 1999-2001 Trustee, The Rotary Foundation, 2004-2008 Vice Chairman, The Rotary Foundation, 2006-2007, 2007-2008
Mark is a member of the law firm of Blackburn, Maloney, and Schuppert LLC in Decatur, Alabama, practicing in the areas of taxation, estate planning, and agricultural law. A Rotarian since 1980, Mark is a Past President of the Rotary Club of Decatur and served as Governor of District 6860 in
1989-90. more…
Mark Daniel Maloney 2019-20 Rotary International President
Marilyn Tam
Marilyn Tam is a global speaker, author, and humanitarian. She was formerly the CEO of Aveda, president of Reebok Apparel and Retail Group, vice president of Nike, and a successful entrepreneur who built four companies. more…
Steve Killelea is an accomplished entrepreneur in high technology business development and at the forefront of philanthropic activities focused on sustainable development and peace. After successfully building two international software companies, Steve decided to dedicate most of his time and fortune to sustainable development and peace. more…
Steve Killelea
Kenneth Cloke
Kenneth Cloke is Director of the Center for Dispute Resolution and a mediator, arbitrator, facilitator, coach, consultant and trainer, specializing in communication, negotiation, and resolving complex multi-party disputes, including marital, divorce, family, community, grievance and workplace disputes, collective bargaining negotiations, organizational and school conflicts, sexual harassment, discrimination, and public policy disputes; and designing preventative conflict resolution systems. more …
Derran Moss was a member of the inaugural Rotary World Peace Fellowship class in 2002, completing a MA in Political Science at UNC in 2004. He worked as a teacher, lawyer and political advisor in Australia before joining the UN peacekeeping mission in Timor Leste in 2011 as a legal advisor. More…
Derran Moss
Azim Khamisa
Following the murder of his son in 1995, Azim Khamisa founded the Tariq Khamisa Foundation (TKF.org), which started a subsequent forgiveness movement that has reached millions globally.
He has received numerous local, national and international awards. He is an emissary of peace and an international inspirational speaker with over 600 keynotes and over 1,000 student presentations. More…
Christine Ahn is the founder and Executive Director of Women Cross DMZ, a global movement of women mobilizing to end the Korean War and ensure women’s leadership in peace building. In 2015, she led 30 international women peacemakers across the De-Militarized Zone (DMZ) from North Korea to South Korea. More…
Christine Ahn
Mary Ann Peters
Ambassador (ret.) Mary Ann Peters, Chief Executive Officer, The Carter Center
Ambassador (ret.) Mary Ann Peters joined The Carter Center as its chief executive officer Sept. 2, 2014. As CEO, Ambassador Peters provides vision and leadership for The Carter Center and oversees all program implementation and operations.
Ambassador Peters was provost of the U.S. Naval War College from September 2008 to July 2014. Previously, she was dean of academics at the College of International and Security Studies at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Prior to becoming dean of the college, she served as associate director for international liaison at the Marshall Center. More…
Lecturer Stanford School of Medicine
Director Stanford Forgiveness Projects
Senior Consultant Vaden Health Center
Dr Luskin founded and currently serves as Director of the Stanford University Forgiveness Projects. He is also Senior Consultant in Health Promotion/Wellness at the Stanford University Health Center and Department Chair in Clinical Psychology at Sofia University. At Stanford Dr. Luskin teaches classes on Positive Psychology, The Art and Science of Meditation, Forgiveness, Wellness, Flourishing and The Psychology of Storytelling to undergraduate and graduate students. More…
Dr. Frederic Luskin
Ira Helfand
Ira Helfand, MD is a member of the International Steering Group of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapon, ICAN, the recipient of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize, and co-President of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, the founding partner of ICAN and itself the recipient of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize. He is also co-Founder and Past President of Physicians for Social Responsibility, IPPNW’s US affiliate. More…
Michelle K. Brooks, Chief of Staff, Peace Corps
Prior to joining the Peace Corps in August 2018 as the chief of staff, Michelle worked for eight years in the field of Global Health and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). She served as the head of U.S. policy and advocacy for Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases Support Centre, a UK-based NGO, and as the policy director for the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases at the Sabin Vaccine Institute (Sabin). More…
Michelle K. Brooks
Kym Hilinski
The Hilinski’s Hope Foundation was founded in 2018 by the Hilinski Family to honor the life of their son, Tyler, who died by suicide on January 16, 2018. Tyler was a Division 1 Quarterback at Washington State University and his death was a shock to those around him, including his teammates, family and friends as he showed no signs of depression or mental illness. He must have been suffering in silence. More…
Since July 2015, Michelle Nunn has been president and CEO of CARE USA, a leading humanitarian organization that fights global poverty and provides lifesaving assistance in emergencies. Last year, CARE worked in 93 countries and directly reached 63 million people in FY2017.
Nunn took the helm of CARE in 2015 and has spearheaded an ambitious strategy to reach 200 million of the world’s most vulnerable people by 2020. Under Nunn’s leadership, CARE has invested in innovative new programs and partnerships with private corporations and other nonprofits to increase its impact. Since assuming leadership of CARE, Nunn has set a goal of increasing CARE’s micro-savings program from 7 million participants to 60 million participants by 2028. More…
Michelle Nunn
Dr. Fozia Alvi
Dr. Fozia Alvi grew up in Pakistan. She is an American trained physician who’s working in Calgary, Alberta, for the past 13 years. Her and her husband Tahir Alvi were always passionate humanitarians and had organized several health and education-related projects in developing nations, including opening a charity-based maternity hospital in rural Pakistan. More…
Greg Baird is a National Lecturer on LGBTQ Civil Rights and Equality. He is also a storyteller, writer and filmmaker. Greg has a dedicated following on social media that follows his life, LGBTQ activism and LGBTQ history facts. He is a native of Northern Michigan and currently calls Chicago his home. More…
Greg Baird
Jude Currivan,Ph.D., is a cosmologist, planetary healer, futurist, author and previously one of the most senior business women in the UK. She has a Master’s degree in Physics from Oxford University specializing in quantum physics and cosmology, and a Doctorate in Archaeology from the University of Reading researching ancient cosmologies. More…
Jude Currivan
Eva Haller
Hungarian-Born Eva Haller has been a fierce advocate for social justice since the age of thirteen, when she would sneak out with her brother, John, to assist distributing anti-Hitler pamphlets throughout Budapest. John’s death propelled Eva to be the activist she is today. More…
Patricia Heaton is an Emmy-winning actress who has played not one, but two beloved TV moms. She currently stars in the highly praised CBS comedy, “Carol’s Second Act,” starring as Carol, a mom who after raising her two children and retiring from teaching, embarks on a unique second act: pursuing her dream of becoming a doctor.
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Patricia Heaton
Kat Graham
Kat Graham is an actress, singer, dancer and producer. Working across a variety of genres in film, television and music, she is one of most accomplished and versatile young talents working today.
Graham was recently seen in Netflix’s “How It Ends” as Samantha. The film, follows a man (Theo James) and his estranged father-in-law’s (Forest Whitaker) desperate race to save his pregnant wife, Samantha, after a mysterious apocalypse. More…
Track A – Creating Peace and Eliminating Conflict in Your Life and Home
Track B: Education and Literacy
Track C – Protecting and Rehabilitating Your Community
Track D: Workplace
Track E: International
Track F: Peace Graduates and Rotarians Building Peace
Track G: Human and Civil Rights
Track H – Diplomacy and War
Track I – Creating Personal Peace with a Healthy Mind and Body, Connecting Science – Spirituality - Religion
Track J – Film, Television, Print and Social Media: Their Role in Reporting and Eliminating Conflict
Track K: Sustainability
Track L – Communicating with Empathy and Understanding/Overcoming Trauma and Violence
Track M: Empowering Women – Women Peacebuilders
