Peacebuilding Global Consulting

PeaceBuilding Global: Peacebuilding Mentor and Nonviolent Social Change Strategist (2007-Present)

• Clients include; CDA Collaborative Learning Projects, Catholic Relief Service, Eastern Mennonite Seminary, Interfaith Center for the Culture of Nonviolence, Ka-ili-Yan Peacebuilding Institute, Lingana Foundation, Mennonite Central Committee, Mennonite Disaster Service, Mindanao Peacebuilding Institute, On Earth Peace, Oxfam GB, Oxfam Novib, United States Institute of Peace, VS Networks
• African experience in the following countries: Botswana, Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
• Central and Southeast Asia experience in the following countries: Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, East Timor, Indonesia, Iran, Philippines, South Korea, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam

Asia Regional Peace Resource (2001-2007)

Mennonite Central Committee (Davao City, Mindanao, Philippines)

• Resourcing MCC volunteers, programs and partners in peacebuilding
• Trainer for Mindanao Peacebuilding Institute
• Interfaith dialog and discussions
• Thematic lenses of interfaith bridge building, nonviolence and theological reflection
• Planning committee for Asian Historic Peace Church conference
• Active nonviolence consultant and strategist
• Studied Theravada Buddhism in Myanmar and Shi’a Islam in Iran
• Studies Do-No-Harm framework of development

Country Co-Representative (1993-1999)

Mennonite Central Committee/Eastern Mennonite Missions (Mbabane, Swaziland)

• Program Planning, Budgeting, Personnel and Government Liaison
• UNHCR/Government/NGO forum on refugee concerns
• Trauma Healing programming and training
• Relationship Maintenance with African Indigenous Churches
• MCC Southern Africa history writing project

Electronics Technician (1989-1993)

Digitcom Electronics (La Junta, Colorado, USA)

• Electronics installation and repair
• Tower climbing
• Communications systems setup

Primary Field Worker (1987-1989)

Mennonite Central Committee (Mogadishu/Hargeisa/Kismayo, Somalia)

• Refugee relief and development
• Logistics and procurement of relief supplies
• Skills training among displaced population

Master of Arts in Religion (1999-2001)

Eastern Mennonite Seminary (Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA)

• Thesis: Anabaptists and AICs-A Unique Paradigm for Mission
• Combined MBA, M. of Education, and Conflict Transformation Courses
• Scholarly Achievement Award for Excellence in Theological Studies

Graduate Certificate (1999-2001)

Eastern Mennonite University (Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA)

• Conflict Transformation

Summer Peacebuilding Institute (2001, 2004)

Eastern Mennonite University (Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA)

• From the Ground Up; Mennonites Approaches to Peacebuilding
• Capacity-Building for Peace Organizations

Bachelor of Arts (1985-1986)

Bethel Colleges (North Newton, Kansas, USA)

• International Development
• Minor in Communications
• Bethel Thresher Award
• Cum laude

Associate of Arts (1985-1986)

Bethel Colleges (North Newton, Kansas, USA)

• Industrial Arts
• Cum laude

Electronics Technician Diploma (1980-1981)

DeVry Institute of Technology (Phoenix, Arizona, USA)

• Certificate of Outstanding Scholastic Achievement

Supplemental Education

• Interfaith Conflict Resolution Course, United States Institute of Peace, Certificate, April, 2009
• National Incident Management System (NIMS) IS-700a, Federal Emergency Management Agency, US Department of Homeland Security, On- Line Course of Study,  April, 2009
• National Incident Management System (NIMS) IS-100a, Federal Emergency Management Agency, US Department of Homeland Security, On- Line Course of Study, April, 2009
• Family Group Decision Making (FGDM), Introduction Part 1 & 2, University of Pittsburgh, School of Social Work, Pennsylvania Child Welfare Training, Mechanicsburg, PA,  April, 2009
• You Can Be A Winner – Conflict-resolution and anger management facilitator training for youth referred by the Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Juvenile Justice System, 2008
• Assets Business Design and Management Course, Lancaster Pennsylvania, 2008
• Lancaster Area Victim Offender Reconciliation Program (LAVORP) training, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 2007
• Capacity Building for Peace Organizations, Eastern Mennonite University Summer Peacebuilding Program, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 2004
• Do No Harm – Framework, Deutscher Enttwicklungsdienst (DED-German Development Service), Davao, Philippines, 2003
• Emergency Medical Technician training, Goshen, Indiana, 1984