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Claudia Peterson
St. George, UT
Councilor
Downwinder of nuclear testing having been
born and raised in Cedar City, UT. Lost many family members
and friends to cancer and illness caused by the testing.
Involved in the work for removal of anything nuclear since
1987.
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Mark Kelso
Las Vegas, NV
(Finance/Fund-Raising Convener for the Council)
Father of three, and a grandfather. Catholic
Worker and peacemaker. Longtime NDE participant. Mediator
with the Clark County Neighborhood Justice Center.
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Dr. Bonnie Bobb
Austin, NV
Councilor (Shares Seat with Johnnie)
Cross-cultural psychologist who studies
the effects of environmental change on native lifeways.
Conducted a study of residual radiation products from the
nuclear era on soil samples of Shoshone lands.
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Johnnie L. Bobb
Austin, NV
Councilor (Shares Seat with Bonnie)
Chief of the Western Shoshone National Council. Leads the Western
Shoshone Walk/Run to give prayerful
witness that the Nuclear Test Site and Yucca Mountain are
on Ruby Valley Treaty land.
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Jon Dennis
Portland, OR
Councilor
Longtime activist and organizer, former NDE coordinator, musician,
Quaker, nature lover, and lawyer
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Marcus Collonge
Avery, CA
(Outreach/Strategy/Planning Convener for Council)
Catholic Worker and herder of goats. Following in the footsteps of Ammon Hennacy, this Councilor pickets and fasts for peace at nuclear weapons sites.
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Laura-Marie Taylor
Las Vegas, NV
Councilor
Writer and independent publisher living
in Sacramento, California. In addition to doing peace work,
she is a mental health activist and involved with the Icarus
Project.
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Ming San Lai
Las Vegas, NV
(Council Convener)
Permaculturist, registered nurse, and father.
Invested in a nuclear weapon free world.
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Anne Symens-Bucher
Oakland, CA
Advisory Group
Co-founder of Nevada Desert Experience,
an activist for more than 35 years, currently executive
assistant to Joanna Macy and residing at Canticle Farm in East Oakland.
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Fr. Louis Vitale, OFM
Mercy, CA
Advisory Group
Franciscan Brother and NDE Co-Founder. Responsible for planting the spiritual seeds of revolution in America
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JoAnn Yoon Fukumoto
Pearl City, HI
Advisory Group
Served 8 years on the United Methodist Church
(UMC) General Board of Church and Society, a national board
for the church. Currently serves on the UMC Commission on
Religion and Race.
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Iris Wolfe
Prescott, AZ
Advisory Group
Master practitioner of neuro-linguistic
programming with a masters degree in counseling. Practicing
Buddhist and artist. Founding member of GMO-Free Prescott.
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Chelsea Page
Tuolomne, CA
Advisory Group
A Sisters of Loretto co-member, supports
HIV+ folks at the Catherine's House retreat center on the
Catholic Worker Farm in Calaveras County, CA. A former coordinator of NDE, Chelsea recently received her Masters in Theology at Episcopal Divinity School.
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