Business Council for Peace (Bpeace) Governing Board

Toni Maloney More >>
President
The Maloney Group

"Common wisdom is that when employment is high and people can sustain their families and have hope for the future, peace is real, and not a dream. Bpeace builds on that wisdom and believes that when women are stronger economically, they have a stronger voice for peace in their local communities and societies."

Kate Buggeln More >>
Board Director and Retail Industry Consultant

"As managers, our most important work is to create an environment which inspires personal and professional dreams and gives our teams the confidence to achieve them. It is a concept incredibly applicable to areas of world conflict and crisis where the fearful are often women. To turn their hopelessness into aspiration is the finest use of management skills."

Laurie Chock More >>
Filmmaker and Communications Consultant

"Bpeace is about results. It is not about writing a check and feeling better, but rather volunteering intellectual capital, reaching across universes and discovering the universality of humankind—businessperson to businessperson, friend to friend. The concept behind Bpeace is brilliant: Take a group of people from diverse business and professional backgrounds, and give them the platform to brainstorm ideas and constructively, efficiently and personally deliver solutions to businesswomen thousands of miles away and light years behind us economically. As a member of the Afghan Team, I find it tremendously rewarding that I now have a small group of Afghan women whom I consider my friends. I know their husbands, children and parents. I have been to their homes. I have laughed with them. I know their concerns and their hopes for the future. Through Bpeace, I am truly a member of the global community."

Mary Azzarto Ciampa More >>

"I believe that we can help women build sustainable businesses that help them to build sustainable lives. With this economic strength, they will have a stronger voice in their country and a stronger impact on building peace in society."

Athena Katsaros More >>
Founder
IdeaTribe

"I believe that people achieve their dreams when they have the right allies and are empowered to use their gifts and talents. Bpeace provides these key success ingredients to our associates. I joined Bpeace because I wanted to be a part of an organization that is actively?contributing to creating?peace in the world. We are at a time in history that we must all do what we can to make a difference. The Bpeace membership is a talented, powerful, and inspirational group of people who think strategically and take action. It is an honor and privilege to be part of this group. My life has changed for the better as a result of the opportunity I have had to use my skills and the personal relationships I am building with women in other parts of the world."

Susan McPherson More >>
Vice-President, Global Trade Show Services
PR Newswire

"To think that the years we've spent at our desks, running around within our insular corporate worlds, can actually enrich and help improve the lives of women who have witnessed war's darkness and destruction, is truly inspirational."

Wendy Miller More >>
Attorney
Cooper & Dunham LLP

"My hope is to help level the playing field for women everywhere, and to create a global community so that strides made by the businesswomen of Afghanistan will reflect outwardly and inspire people in the United States and all over the world."

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