James O’Dea

James is the former Washington D.C. Director of Amnesty International, past President of the Institute of Noetic Sciences and former Director of the Seva Foundation. He is the Co-Director of the International Social Healing Project with Dr. Judith Thompson, taking them to N. Ireland, Rwanda, Israel/Palestine and other locales to facilitate dialogues and look at the deeper facets of peacework. He is co-author of the Social Healing Report with Dr. Thompson which is a summary of their findings (access that report at jamesodea.com)

James also is the author of Cultivating Peace: Becoming a 21st Century Peace Ambassador (2012) and Creative Stress (2010). He is lead faculty for the Peace Ambassador Training, a global certification telecourse with participants from 30 countries. James has shared his skill and wisdom with thousands of global peacebuilders as well as advised heads of state and worked with hundreds of dedicated professionals in the field of peacebuilding on a local and global level.