James O’Dea has conducted frontline social healing dialogues around the world for many years and is lead faculty for The Shift Network’s acclaimed global Peace Ambassador Training. The award-winning author of Cultivating Peace, he is former president of the Institute of Noetic Sciences; Washington office director of Amnesty International; and CEO of the Seva Foundation. He is a member of the Evolutionary Leaders group and serves on several advisory boards, including the Peace Alliance and Kosmos Journal.