Our Team

We’re Jesus-followers working around the globe to equip and mobilize Christians to be peacebuilders. Be part of the movement by supporting our team to help Christians be better peacemakers and to partner with our neighbors across lines of difference!

Give to a team member below or donate directly to Peace Catalyst’s main operating fund.

CORE TEAM

PEACEBUILDING TEAM

NEW TEAM MEMBERS

Tim McDonell

Southern California Regional Director

Tim McDonell retired as a captain of the Los Angeles Fire Department after 32 years of service. When not putting out fires, he served as head of international ministry at the local church level. He and his wife Maria led short-term outreaches to Mexico and Indonesia, and more recently, he served as the Administrative Assistant to the Consultant for Christian-Muslim relations for Vineyard, USA. He and his wife now enjoy an excellent relationship with their local Islamic Center and many of its members.

Email Tim at tim.mcdonell@peacecatalyst.org.

OUR BOARD

Jenni Edwards

Jenni Edwards has had various roles in both Accounting and Finance. She has worked in manufacturing, education, service, and nonprofit organizations. She searches for peace work in her local community and has been a supporter of Peace Catalyst’s work internationally for several years.
David Katibah

As an American of Syrian descent, David is passionate about conflict transformation in the Middle East and the transformative potential of Christians participating in peacebuilding around the globe. He has spent time living and working in East Asia, North Africa, and the Middle East, and writes about peace, poetry, and compassion on his substack, “Awakenings.” He has degrees in Economics, Political Science, and Philosophy, graduating with highest distinction from the Honors College of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He spent 6 years working with The Telos Group, a DC-based international peacemaking nonprofit, and is now pursuing an Mdiv at Yale Divinity School.
Anna Stamborski

Anna Stamborski is a national organizer and trainer for CrossRoads Antiracism, former Director for Faith and Prejudice, and former public educator. She is a certified Restorative Justice educator, licensed mediator, Qualified Administrator of the Intercultural Inventory Development, and trained in ethnography and qualitative research. Anna holds a Master of Divinity and certificate in Black Church Studies from Princeton Theological Seminary and degrees in Education and Spanish (BS) from the University of Wisconsin.
Drew Strait

Drew J. Strait is a dad, pastor theologian, speaker, and professor. His writing and teaching focuses on political idolatry and peacemaking in early Christianity. Strait is a popular speaker on how faith communities can challenge Christian nationalism, violent extremism, and Christian supremacy with strategic nonviolence.