Advisors
RealistRevolt is fortunate to have the wise counsel of some of the most experienced and respected experts, political leaders, scientists, and campaigners involved with nuclear weapons issues.
Oscar Arias is a two-time president of Costa Rica and a Nobel Peace Prize winner. He has extensive experience with national politics and international relations. It was his leadership that led to the signing of the Esquipulas II Accords, which eventually fostered the resolution of three wars in Central America. He is also the recipient of the Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism.
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George Lee Butler was commander in chief, United States Strategic Command, and the last commander of Strategic Air Command. Following his retirement from the military he became active in the nuclear disarmament movement, calling for the outright abolition of nuclear weapons.
Dr. Barry M. Blechman is the co-founder of the Henry L. Stimson Center and a Stimson Distinguished Fellow focused on nuclear disarmament. He was also the founder and president of DFI International Inc., a research and consulting company in Washington, DC, from 1984 until its sale in 2007.
Grethe Østern is a member of Norwegian Peoples Aid and sits on the Steering Committee of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). She is currently heading up the Ban Monitor Project, a de factor monitoring regime for the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
Bernard Norlain is a retired French Air Force general. From 1986 to 1989, he was chief of the military cabinet of Prime Minister Jacques Chirac. During the Gulf War, he was commander of FATac — responsible for all non-nuclear forces in the French Air Force. From 1994-96, Norlain was director of the Institute of Advanced National Defense Studies.
Dr. Andrew S. Kanter is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Biomedical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology at Columbia University. Dr. Kanter directs the Columbia International eHealth Lab (CIEL), which brings together resources from the medical school, public health school and the Earth Institute for eHealth work around the world. His work focuses on bringing real-world solutions to resource-poor settings to help them achieve the Millennium Development Goals.
Mary Popeo is an entrepreneur, government relations consultant and youth organizer based in Tokyo, Japan. In 2016 (at age 24), she cofounded PCV, a peace education nonprofit incorporated in Hiroshima, Japan. Today, PCV’s community of 180 youth leaders works with Hiroshima’s atomic bomb survivors to offer peace education programs to over 10,000 people a year spanning 45 countries.
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David Holly is an advisor to successful bio-tech start-ups who specializes in managing the earliest phases of breakthrough industrial and medical technology.
IN MEMORIUM
Martin J. Sherwin (1937-2021) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian focusing on the history of the development of atomic energy and nuclear proliferation. He was the long-time Walter S. Dickson Professor of English and American History at Tufts University until his retirement in May 2007. He was professor emeritus of Tufts and a University Professor at George Mason University until his death in October 2021. Marty was a superb writer, an ardent foe of nuclear weapons, and a good friend.
Freeman Dyson (1923-2020) was an English-born American theoretical physicist and mathematician. He was known for his work in quantum electrodynamics, solid-state physics, astronomy, and nuclear engineering. He was a fellow of the Royal Society. He wrote widely and beautifully on many subjects, including nuclear weapons. A brilliant thinker and a kind friend, Dyson was one of Ward’s earliest interloculors on nuclear weapons issues and his advice and guidance were essential in the early years of work.
