The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (NAPF), has announced that David Krieger, its co-founder and president, will retire at the end of 2019. Rick Wayman, current deputy director, will succeed Krieger as leader of the foundation.
NAPF, headquartered in Santa Barbara, opened its doors in 1982, It has been led by Krieger for 37 years. NAPF is nonprofit dedicated to achieving a just and peaceful world, free of nuclear weapons,
Krieger has lectured throughout the world on issues of peace, security, international law and nuclear abolition. He has served as an advisor to a number of peace organizations and received numerous awards for his writing and his work to create a more peaceful and nuclear weapons-free world.
Krieger has been a leader in the global movement to abolish nuclear weapons. He and the NAPF have been nominated numerous times for the Nobel Peace Prize.
“It has been a pleasure and an honor to guide the foundation through its first 37 years of existence,” Krieger said. “It is a much-needed organization in today’s world, one that educates and advocates for peace and a world free of nuclear weapons.
“I have worked closely with Rick for more than a decade and I’m very pleased that someone so knowledgeable and committed to this cause has been chosen to lead the foundation going forward.”
Wayman has been with NAPF since 2007, serving first as director of programs and operations and more recently, as deputy director. Before his work at the foundation, he was in the U.K., serving as the press and communications officer at the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
In April 2016, Wayman received the Activist of the Year award from the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability (ANA) for his “dynamic leadership in bringing the Marshall Islanders’ Nuclear Zero litigation to world attention, activating the next generation of peace leaders, and guiding ANA as board member and tech guru.”
Recently, Wayman played a key role at the U.N. in negotiations to adopt the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), the first legally binding international agreement to comprehensively prohibit nuclear weapons.
He also testified in Sacramento at the request of Santa Barbara’s state Assemblymember Monique Limón, in support of Assembly Joint Resolution 33, urging U.S. federal leaders to embrace the TPNW.
Wayman has been published in top-tier media including The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, and most recently, Newsweek.
He has lectured at colleges and universities across the country including Columbia University, University of Utah, University of San Diego, and Marquette University.
The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation has consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council and is recognized by the U.N. as a Peace Messenger Organization.
NAPF has initiated and supported worldwide efforts to enhance global and human security and is a voice for millions of people concerned about the fate of our planet.
The foundation is actively involved in the Santa Barbara community, holding events and lectures to raise awareness, educate and advocate for a world free from the threat of nuclear war.
The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization with consultative status to the United Nations. For more information, visit wagingpeace.org.
— Sandy Jones for Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.