POSITION WITH ICAN: Program Director for International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW)

BACKGROUND:

John's career working on behalf of peace, disarmament, and environment organizations spans more than two decades. As IPPNW's Program Director he is responsible for shaping and coordinating the federation's nuclear weapons abolition campaigns, providing issue analysis, policy guidance, and advocacy support to affiliate groups and activists. He is the Executive Editor of IPPNW's journal, Medicine & Global Survival.  A graduate of Boston College with an MA from the University of Virginia, John was Communications Director for Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament (WAND) in the early 1980s and at IPPNW's US affiliate, Physicians for Social Responsibility, in Washington, DC, from 1986-1990.

CONTACT:

telephone: +1 617 440 1733

email:jloretz(at)ippnw.org