Board of Directors
Rick Downes
President / Executive Director Lt. Hal Downes, Jr. (Father) USAF / MIA 1952 Memorial - Hal Downes Rick is a writer, environmentalist, and educator. |
John Zimmerlee
Vice President / Research Capt. John Zimmerlee (Father) USAF / MIA 1952 John researches missing men from the Korean War as executive director of the Korean War POW/MIA Network. |
Donna Knox
Secretary/Legislative and Policy Liaison Lt. Hal Downes, Jr. (Father) USAF / MIA 1952 Memorial - Hal Downes Donna is a lawyer and founding member/past president of the Coalition. |
Paul Fees
Capt. Rodger A. Fees (Father) USAF / MIA 1956 (Cold War) Paul is an independent historian, formerly senior curator at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming. |
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Advisory Board Members
Mr. Keith Luse
(Executive Director, National Committee on North Korea)
Previously, Mr. Luse was the Senior East Asia Policy Advisor for Chairman and later Ranking Member Senator Richard Lugar at the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Mr. Luse had numerous meetings and interactions with North Korean officials. Topics of focus included American P.O.W.s from the Korean War.
Mr. Daniel Jasper
(Policy Advisor, Project Drawdown)
Mr. Jasper works on multidisciplinary solutions for climate change and poverty alleviation, particularly in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Previously, he worked for the American Friends Service Committee, where he advocated for peace, humanitarian cooperation, and international development in Asia with an emphasis on US–North Korea and US–China relations.
Mr. Mickey Bergman
(Vice President and Executive Director, Richardson Center for Global Engagement)
Mr. Bergman manages private diplomacy efforts in N. Korea, Cuba, Myanmar, Middle East, Africa, and negotiates release of political prisoners.
US/North Korea Summit: Interview with Mickey Bergman
June 2018
Mr. Keith Luse
(Executive Director, National Committee on North Korea)
Previously, Mr. Luse was the Senior East Asia Policy Advisor for Chairman and later Ranking Member Senator Richard Lugar at the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Mr. Luse had numerous meetings and interactions with North Korean officials. Topics of focus included American P.O.W.s from the Korean War.
Mr. Daniel Jasper
(Policy Advisor, Project Drawdown)
Mr. Jasper works on multidisciplinary solutions for climate change and poverty alleviation, particularly in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Previously, he worked for the American Friends Service Committee, where he advocated for peace, humanitarian cooperation, and international development in Asia with an emphasis on US–North Korea and US–China relations.
Mr. Mickey Bergman
(Vice President and Executive Director, Richardson Center for Global Engagement)
Mr. Bergman manages private diplomacy efforts in N. Korea, Cuba, Myanmar, Middle East, Africa, and negotiates release of political prisoners.
US/North Korea Summit: Interview with Mickey Bergman
June 2018
Consultant
Mr. Norm Kass
(Independent International Trade and Development Professional; Founder and President Drywit LLC)
Previously, Executive Secretary and Staff Director, U.S.-Russia Joint Commission on POW/MIAs (1992-2010)
Mr. Norm Kass
(Independent International Trade and Development Professional; Founder and President Drywit LLC)
Previously, Executive Secretary and Staff Director, U.S.-Russia Joint Commission on POW/MIAs (1992-2010)
Volunteer Support
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Dorothy Antonelli, Social Media
Sgt. Peter Patete (Uncle) U.S. Army / MIA/KIA 1950 |
Mike Badzioch, Technology
SSG. Joseph Dougherty (father-in-law) USAF / MIA 1951 Mike provides computer programming and database support for the Coalition. In 2015, he developed an interactive website to display (on larger monitors) U.S. Military Casualties from 1950 to 2000 according to user-specified criteria and he is currently the principal coordinator of Heroes Remembered, LLC, which works with the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans’ Affairs, Republic of Korea, to organize an annual Revisit Korea trip to the Korean Peninsula for families of Korean War MIA/KIA servicemen. |
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