MANAGEMENT TEAM

Board of Directors and Executive/ Administrative Officer: The president of MMP-MC, Claudine, Ph.D., is a former professor at the American University in Washington DC. She is also a parishioner at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes in Bethesda and a stress management educator. The new elected vice-president (since April 2007), Frank, is a businessman and CPA from Oregon ‘giving back to the community’, who is also organizing pilgrimages during his spare time. Heidi, Ed. D., (former VP) is a doctor in psychology from Pennsylvania specialized in post-traumatic stress syndrome and healing. The treasurer/secretary, Bernard, a financial management expert and a World Bank official (ret.), is also parishioner at Our Lady of Lourdes. Among others, Board member Gina who ran the US Marine Marathon in 2000 for the charity, and Mary who is MMP-MC part-time administrative officer are attorneys at law in the Washington Capital Area. Martha (MD) is also Director of Crossroads, which organizes the pro-life walk and pilgrimage across America from the US West Coast to Washington DC each year. A seventh Board member, Bruno, who was a co-founder of the organization retired from the Board on August 1, 2005. He has been replaced by Suzanne Bowler at the April 2006 annual meeting. Suzanne is a public health research and evaluation projects specialist with 20 years of experience with Federal and State Government agencies in the US. A Franciscan priest from Herzegovina is one of the spiritual Advisors of the charity.

Advisory Board. The Advisory Board is at development stage. We are currently fortunate to count as members Harry, former US Ambassador (VA); Gay: she is President of Strategies for Success (MD); Angelo, Corporate Executive in the music world (NY); Gregg, President of the CPA firm Dyer & Associates (MD); Wayne, Journalist, renowned author and international pilgrimage tour guide (FL); Bill, Captain international (ret.), Delta Airlines (GA) who is also a member of Mary Our Mother Foundation a non-profit dedicated to God’s peace in the world and to prayer. In March 2006, Dr. Edward, one of the initiators and animators of the worldwide Jesus Youth Movement born in India during the 1980s and present in the US, Canada, Europe and Australia in particular, joined the Advisory Board. We need a few more good people, and hopefully one or two faithful celebrities will also be keen and generous to join soon. Ideas, suggestions and volunteers are welcome. Please feel free to contact the president at cdussert@att.net with a brief note. Your prayers are also needed. One of the members of the Advisory Board, Harry, has also given time, talents and money in 2003 to develop a farm equipment project that helps Catholic minority refugees who have returned to their destroyed villages near Modrica in North Eastern Bosnia. Project was implementetd with help of a few field volunteers, especially the local priest and peacekeeper Joe. With advice and support, another key role of the Advisory Board is to help open doors to supportive networks and potential donors.

Network of Volunteers. Matthew, Elvira, Marilyn, Gregory, Charles, Olivier, Sabina, Benoît, Typhaine, Bruno, Vedran, Christine, Jean-Marc, Jerome, Denis, Joe, James, Marla, John-Batista, Carl, Danijela, Shaska, Valérie, Joanne, Pier-Lo, Kim, Dermot, Patrick, Paulina, Estefania, Francesca, Toni, Marylou plus Franciscan brothers and sisters, and many other dedicated local volunteers of all ages and walks of life, including in India, have helped or are helping the Charity and its beneficiaries, especially young men and women who are the “salt and light of the earth”. Many volunteers have experienced a major positive change in their life after coming to the holy place and oasis of peace of Medjugorje (see Links). Through the beauty of prayer, most have discovered with deep joy who they truly are. One project is to hopefully bring young people to the Board in the few years ahead to help prepare the future of Mary Mother of Peace-Medjugorje Charity.

“PRAY, PRAY, PRAY!”