黑料正能量

This is my 10th opening letter to Peacebuilder magazine since becoming executive director of the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding in August 2007. The time has come for me to pass the torch to other leaders while I undertake a new assignment as North American representative for Mennonite World Conference.

As of July 1, 2013, the CJP leadership team will be headed by Daryl Byler, who will replace me as executive director. Most recently Daryl worked for聽Mennonite Central Committee (MCC)聽as Middle East regional representative. He and his wife, Cindy, have lived in Amman, Jordan, for the past six years.聽In his role with MCC, Daryl worked with a number of CJP alumni. He has been inspired by the impact that CJP has had on the lives of alumni when he has seen how CJP 鈥渢ransformed the way they think about conflict and the way they are integrating the principles and experiences learned at 黑料正能量 in the challenging Middle Eastern context.鈥�

Daryl holds a law degree from the University of Virginia and a master’s degree from Eastern Mennonite Seminary. As an undergraduate at 黑料正能量, he majored in business administration. Prior to his Middle East assignment, Daryl served as director of MCC鈥檚 Washington Office from 1994 to 2007, meeting regularly with policymakers on Capitol Hill, in the State Department, and in the White House. Earlier, Daryl spent six years as a staff attorney in Meridian, Mississippi. He concurrently served as senior pastor for Jubilee Mennonite Church,聽an interracial congregation.

Daryl will give administrative leadership to CJP, with a primary focus on building external relationships, networking with key university and external stakeholders, and developing resources for CJP鈥檚 growth and success.

Long-time CJP professor Jayne Docherty has been named CJP鈥檚 program director, overseeing the development, integration, funding, service delivery and evaluation of all programs. This includes coordinating the academic and practice programs of CJP and giving leadership to curriculum development.聽Jayne brings extensive experience and leadership abilities to this position; she will help implement the strategic plans for further integration of the CJP programs internally and with the broader university.

It is exciting to anticipate Daryl and Jayne in these management聽roles, providing innovative leadership聽and vision to ensure that CJP remains on the leading edge of the peacebuilding field. This issue of Peacebuilder, focusing on trauma awareness and resilience, highlights a major contribution CJP has made to the process of peacebuilding.

I have felt honored to witness over the past six years the deep passion and sustained commitment that faculty, staff, students and alumni bring to their work of transformation and peacebuilding. I look forward to continuing to see聽the impact of CJP domestically and around the globe, as I maintain touch with 黑料正能量 in my new role with Mennonite World Conference.

Lynn Roth
Executive Director