Dayton Peace Museum, Inc was incorporated as a non-profit corporation in the State of Ohio on May 27, 2004, and subsequently received its nonprofit, 501(c)(3) status from the Internal Revenue Service.
Current Organizational Members as of December 2012
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Wm. P. Shaw, CHAIR, President, Crosscurrents International Institute
Robt. Walker, VICE CHAIR, Member, Dayton School Board; Retired Executive Director, Wesley Center
Bob Hadley, TREASURER, Retired Attorney, Rotary Honoree
Christine Dull, MEMBER-AT-LARGE, Author, Museum Founder, Retired Teacher
Khurshid Ahmad, Professor Emeritus, WSU Raj Soin Business School
Bashir G. Ahmed, President, Islamic Council of Ohio
Ralph Dull, Author, Farmer, Museum and Green Energy Center Founder
Derrick L. Foward, M.C.E., President, Dayton Unit NAACP
Thomas Girvin, Producer, Film Professor
Gary Mitchner, Sinclair Community College Poet Laureate, Professor Emeritus in English, Sinclair Community College
Mary Walker, Interventional Specialist, Jefferson Schools
Yufeng Wang, Professor of American History, Sinclair Community College
HONORARY TRUSTEES
Rev. John Dear S.J., Peace Activist, Organizer, Lecturer, Retreat leader, and author/editor of 20 books on peace and nonviolence.
Mary Eisenhower, President and Chief Executive Officer People to People International
Dick Gregory, comedian and civil rights activist
Harville Hendrix, relationship counselor, Imago, author of many books, such as Getting the Love You Want
Willie Nelson, musician and song writer
Paul Rusesabagina, Rwandan hero depicted in “Hotel Rwanda”
Martin Sheen, actor and activist
Rev. C.T. Vivian, close friend of Martin Luther King, Jr., active in Katrina clean-up
PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY BOARD
Mark Meister, President, Boonshoft Museum of Discovery
Professor Suheil Bushrui, Baha’i World Peace Chair, University of Maryland
John Fleming, former Vice President of Cincinnati Museums
Peter van den Dungen, Coordinator, International Network of Peace Museums, England