Mikhail Gorbachev played a prominent role in ending the Cold War, stopping the arms race and unifying Germany. In recognition of his outstanding services as a great reformer and world political leader, who greatly contributed in changing for the better the very nature of world development, Mikhail Gorbachev was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (on October 15, 1990).
Mirabai Bush is a Senior Fellow, formerly Director, of the Center on Contemplative Mind in Society, which works to integrate contemplative practice into contemporary society in order to create a more just, compassionate, and reflective society.
Nancy Roof, Ph.D. is the founder of the award-winning Kosmos Journal: The Journal for World Citizens and Planetary Civilization, which is based on evolving interior development and cultural values as they impact globalization and world community. Kosmos Associates, Inc. is also actively involved in the founding of the Global Commons movement with James Quilligan of the Global Commons Trust.
Extensive travel on a personal quest for meaning engendered in Nancy a deep desire to serve humanity and a new vision for the travel industry. She lived with the Hopi Indians, adopted a girl in Sri Lanka, spent a month in the high Andes, and searched for spiritual teachers in Thailand, Africa, India, the Philippines and the former USSR
Nicanor Perlas was awarded the 2003 Right Livelihood Award in Stockholm, Sweden, for his outstanding efforts in educating civil society about implementing alternatives to corporate globalization. Founder of the Centre for Alternative Development Initiatives, he won the Global 500 Award from UNEP
Nila Tadic de Ossio was born in Bolivia and grew up and studied in Chile. She is a wife, mother of four children, and grandmother of ten, and lives in Bolivia. She is a bilingual secretary, but never has had the time to…
Nipun Mehta is the founder of CharityFocus.org, a fully volunteer-run organization that has delivered millions of dollars of web-related services to the nonprofit world for free. The recipient of the Jefferson Award for Public Service and the President's Volunteer Service Award
Oran Cohen is the founder and director of Living Peace Foundation, South Africa. Encouraged by the power of dreams and determination in the life of Nelson Mandela, Oran spent a year and a half in his birthplace, Israel, creating positive perceptions between Israeli and Palestinian youth.
Patricia M. Mische, Ph.D. is the Lloyd Professor of Peace Studies and World Law at Antioch College and formerly taught in the Peace Education Program at Teachers College Columbia University. She is also the co-founder and President of Global Education Associates
Pat Szczerba began teaching at the School for New Learning in the Winter Quarter of 1996. She teaches courses on website design, Microsoft Office Suite and the United Nations, including a study travel course where students attend the UN's annual three-day conference for affiliated nonprofit organizations that is held each September.