PSI is a charitable organization run by volunteers. We support schools around the world that have made a commitment to creating and maintaining a culture of peace.
Working with school communities – educators, students and parents – Peaceful Schools International provides resources, promotes peer mediation, and encourages schools to develop their own peace plans and activities.
PSI relies on a network of volunteer Regional Coordinators who provide support to schools in their local geographic areas. PSI is governed by a Board of Directors and an Advisory Council.
PSI’s Board of Directors
Michaela Peters – President
Dr. David Bourgeois – Vice-President
Associate Professor, Psychology Department, Saint Mary’s University
Matthew Salah – Treasurer
Digital Technology Assistant, Saint Mary’s University
Kayla Dunphy – Secretary
Northern Ireland Program and SMU Alumni, Saint Mary’s University
Bridget Brownlow – Board Director
Colin Gray – Board Director
Rick Lewis
Training Coordinator, Department of Safe Schools
International Advisory Council
The Honourable Myra A. Freeman (Founding Patron)
General (ret) John de Chastelain, OC, CMM, CD, CH
Chairman of the Independent Commission on Decommissioning
The Irish Peace Process
Dr. Bonnie Weir
Professor, Political Science, Yale University.
Ms. Marie McIntyre
Vice Principal, John Paul II Primary School, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Ms. Ashleigh Galway
Principal, Currie Primary School, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Pilib Misteil
Principal, Bunscoil An tSléibhe Dhuibh, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Jane Gray
Vice Principal, Cliftonville Integrated Primary School, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Ms. Margaret Dunne
Executive Field Representative
Mr. Trevor Greer
Executive Field Representative