Alumni Peacebuilders

Tona Boyd is chief counsel to Senator Cory A. Booker on the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Irene Perureña is the Executive Vice President of Ciudad del Saber (City of Knowledge) Foundation in Panama City. 

Denis Okello’s work and research focuses on ending hunger and malnutrition in developing countries and has intersected with humanitarian efforts in his native country, Uganda. 

In the wake of unprecedented post-election violence in Kenya, George Wachira helped found a group that served as an important forerunner to international mediation. 

Tahir Aziz is Director of the South Asia Program at Conciliation Resources, a London-based peacebuilding organization.

Jill Sternberg works with the people of Timor-Leste to build and support the country’s young democracy.

Xabier Agirre Aranburu works at the heart of the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

Ellis Jones is the author of The Better World Handbook, a guide for people who want to make a positive difference in the world and assistant professor of sociology at College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts. 

Oana-Cristina Popa has been ambassador of Romania to the Republic of Serbia since 2016. 

Noah Salameh is the director and co-founder of the Center for Conflict Resolution in Bethlehem, Palestine.

Monica Hurtado is Assistant Professor at the Universidad de La Sabana, Bogota, Colombia. She researches human trafficking and the exploitation of children.

S.P. Udayakumar founded and directs the South Asian Community Centre for Education and Research (SACCER) in Tamil Nadu, India.

Peter Quaranto traveled to northern Uganda when he was a Notre Dame junior majoring in political science and peace studies.