EXECUTIVE TEAM
We are always looking for passionate people with big ideas for building peace.
Scotty Bruer • Founder & Executive Director
Scotty Bruer graduated from Ben Davis High School in 1972 and immediately joined the United States Marine Corps. He served honorably for four years and then attended and graduated from Purdue University with a degree in forest management. After working for the US Forest Service, he built a start-up into a multi-million dollar technology company and sold it. Today, he is a public speaker on the topic of peacebuilding and has spoken around the world for a wide variety of organizations and occasions. In support of this work, he attended the River Phoenix Center for Peace Building and completed ten classes at the United States Institute of Peace. Scotty also led the efforts for Los Angeles and Indianapolis to become Cities of Peace. Currently, he is working with a local elementary school on erecting a Peace Pole and a co-creating a school-wide celebration of the Indianapolis Day of Peace. Scotty is also the author of “The Best 10 Years of Your Life” and a proud father and grandfather.
Susan Daya Hamwi • Secretary & Legal Advisor, Fiduciary for CA Registrations
Susan has served as a holistic family lawyer/mediator for over 20 years. She has dedicated her legal practice to creating and supporting peaceful solutions for couples, parents and children going through challenging family transitions.
Kent Land • Brand & Marketing Advisor
Kent brings 20+ years of branding and marketing communications leadership, having led national agency creative and global nonprofit communications. He’s also co-founder of Funddeed, a crowdfunding platform that partners artists with great nonprofits for content-driven fundraising.
John Viscount • Co-Founder
John Viscount is the writer & producer of the award-winning film for peace, “Admissions”, starring Academy Award nominee, James Cromwell. The film has won 26 International Awards and has been translated into Spanish, Italian, Hebrew, Arabic, Farsi, and German and broadcast to 80 million homes worldwide. He will be directing his next film on cyberbullying in 2021 and has a slate of other social impact projects in development. He is also the writer of the “Muscles of Peace 60 Second Workout” and co-creator of the inspiring forgiveness workshop, “The Story of Forgiveness” which he collaborated on with The Stanford University Forgiveness Project. John is also the Founder and CEO of The Peace Entertainment Project (PEPSTAR.org), a non-profit which offers fiscal sponsorship and support to filmmakers who address societal challenges, inspire hearts and minds, and “promote the kind in humankind.” Additionally, he is author of the “Mind What Matters. A Pep Talk for Humanity” and “The Mind Supplement.”
Terri P. Williams • Software
Terri is an Infusionsoft® Certified Consultant, a successful entrepreneur, and founder of Customizing Workflow a consulting company working one-on-one with business owners in their Keap/Infusionsoft Applications.
Matts Ingemanson • United Nations Representative, New York
Chair, Founding Member Rotary Grassroots Peacemaking, Past District Governor rotary International District 7230, New York and Bermuda
Board of Directors
Scotty Bruer • Chairman
Cecilia St. King
International recording artist Cecilia St. King – Inner Peace Troubadour has dedicated her life to healing our planet through the power of music. Over her 25-year career, she has performed worldwide. After running from the falling towers of the World Trade Center and discovering cancer in her throat 6 months later, her focus turned to peace. Her work has been endorsed by the United Nations, the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence and the National Peace Academy.
John Viscount • Vice-Chairman
Dr. Vicki Radel
Vicki has received many honors for her service and contributions to peace and her community. She was chosen Switzer Center South Bay “Woman of the Year” and was given the “Humanitarian” award by the County of Los Angeles, 2014. She organized & convened an “Anti-Gang Violence Summit” at CSU-Dominguez Hills and also serves on the Board of Directors for several non-profits.
Board of Advisors
Joanne Tawfilis
Joanne is a retired United Nations Diplomatic Executive who has held several distinguished posts in her award-winning career. She is the Founding Executive Director of “The Art Miles Mural Project” and is a Commissioner with the US National Commission to UNESCO. In addition, Ms. Tawfilis has been honored with the “Bob Marley Peace Award” and at UCLA by the “My Hero Project” with a film tribute as “Peacemaker of the Year.”
Ambassador John W. McDonald
U.S. Ambassador (ret.) John W. McDonald is a lawyer, diplomat, former international civil servant, development expert and peace builder, concerned about world social, economic and ethnic problems. He spent twenty years of his career in Western Europe and the Middle East and worked for sixteen years on United Nations economic and social affairs. He is currently Chairman and co-founder (1992) of the Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy, which focuses on national and international ethnic conflicts, including the Millennium goals of clean drinking water and sanitation. He also is UNEP’s North American Representative to the International Environmental Governance Advisory Group.