Rev. Dr. Bill Shaw, born and raised in Belfast, Northern Ireland during the Troubles, 

amidst the daily violence of the conflict and division from the "other side." A Protestant minister, Bill has spent over 30 years working in under-resourced Catholic communities and has helped establish one of the leading arts and community spaces in Belfast through his work as Director and Chief Executive Officer of the 174 Trust. Rev. Shaw is a recognized leader in peace and justice work, extending beyond Ireland to places like Palestine. 

Dong Jin is Kim Dae Jung Chair Professor of Peace Studies at Hanshin University, and Adjunct Professor at School of Religion, Theology, and Peace Studies, Trinity College Dublin. He conducts engaged research, collaborating with various humanitarian, development, and peace organisations, including Okedongmu Children in Korea, Korean Sharing Movement, Understanding Conflict Trust, and Corrymeela. He was a Goodwill Ambassador for Peace on the Korean Peninsula at the South Korean Ministry of Unification (2020-22).

In partnership with the Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea (PROK), Hyeyoung serves as the Young Adult Volunteer (YAV) site coordinator. As YAVs, U.S. young adults live in various Korean cities for a year at a time while they work with agencies such as peace schools, migrant shelters and multicultural ministries. Hyeyoung helps them immerse themselves in the Korean community and reflect on who God calls us to be. She challenges YAVs to engage the world around them alongside our Korean partners in peacemaking, justice-seeking and ministries that aim to dismantle poverty.

Paul Kyumin Lee (peace studies and sociology) is interested in bridging research and peacebuilding practice around facilitating healing and reconciliation from the intergenerational trauma of conflict through collective remembering and dialogue. Since 2016, Paul has led Divided Families USA, an organization dedicated to facilitating closure for elderly Korean Americans who have been separated from their family members in North Korea as a result of the Korean War, and is the co-founder and co-host of the Divided Families Podcast, a platform for connecting stories of family separation. Paul most recently served as the Understanding Conflict Trust Fellow-in-Residence at the Corrymeela Community, the oldest peace and reconciliation organization in Northern Ireland.