Friday April 25th 4:25 - 5:15 PM
Workshop Presenter: Jonathon Ward
Jon will first introduce you to the concept of Positive Peace and its eight pillars. He then will guide you through an interactive session to facilitate the learning of how your club and district can more directly build peace, using examples from Rotary Clubs in Wisconsin and abroad! You will leave with practical tools and tips to use in your communities and the world.
Jon is a Rotary Positive Peace Activator and a member of the Rotary Club of Milwaukee. He is a retired U.S. diplomat, having served at U.S. embassies and consulates in Saudi Arabia, Papua New Guinea, Iraq, Pakistan, India, and Brazil. He was previously a member of the Rotary Clubs of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, and Calcutta, India. In Washington, DC Jon served as Director for South and Central Asia at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and as a Middle East Foreign Policy Advisor in the Directorate of Strategic Plans and Policy with the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He later worked as the Executive Director of the Miami-Dade County International Trade Consortium, and Director of International Trade and Investment for the New Jersey Economic Development Authority. Jon holds J.D., MBA, and BS degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is an Army veteran of Operation Desert Storm.