The Oregon Peace Trail is an initiative founded and led by Al Jubitz, Larry Strober and David Wick of Rotary and David Gershon of Empowerment Institute.
It leverages the network and resources of the Oregon Rotary Clubs in Districts 5100 and 5110, and combines them with Empowerment Institute’s Peace Game and Peace on Earth (POE) Zone empowerment tools and project management expertise.
Collectively this leadership team is responsible for steering this initiative.
Empowerment Institute is responsible for day-to-day management responsibilities.
Al Jubitz is Co-founder of the Rotary Action Group for Peace and President of Jubitz Family Foundation.
Larry Strober is Director of the Rotary Peace Pole Project and Co-chair of D5100 Peace Committee.
David Wick is Past President of Rotary E-Club of World Peace and Executive Director of Ashland Culture of Peace Commission.
David Gershon is CEO of Empowerment Institute and architect of the Peace Game and Peace on Earth Zones which are core to the Oregon Peace Trail experience.
Miranda Clendening is Director of Community Development for Empowerment Institute and manages the day-to-day operations of the Oregon Peace Trail.
Rotary is a 1.4 million person service organization with 46,000 clubs spread across 200 countries. It creates environments where peace can be built and maintained through sustainable and measurable activities in communities worldwide. Peacebuilding is a cornerstone of its global mission.
Empowerment Institute is the world’s leading authority on empowerment and second order change solutions. It has applied this expertise over the past four decades to designing and implementing transformative change at the individual, organizational, city, country and global levels.
