The Boulder-Nablus Sister City Project is a member-based organization. We have 50 current members and over 130 who have participated over the years. The membership elects the Board of Directors to two year terms every spring at our Annual Members’ Meeting. The current board of directors are as follows:
Essrea Cherin, President and Co-Founder, Executive Director of Pilgrims of Ibillin. As a Conflict Management professional for two decades, she has worked with organizations, groups, couples and individuals to transform conflicts.
Joy Barrett, Vice President
Andrea Stanton, Secretary, faculty member at the University of Denver and director of its Middle East Studies minor. She loves traveling, volunteering, and spending time with her family.
Liviana Lewin, Treasurer, is the Vision Zero (Transportation Safety) Program Manager for Boulder County. She also dedicated to helping others through craniosacral/energy work.
Burke Enssle, carpenter and home builder in Boulder, CO.
Rich Forer, A former member of AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) and the author of Breakthrough: Transforming Fear into Compassion—A New Perspective on the Israel-Palestine Conflict and the award winning Wake Up and Reclaim Your Humanity: Essays on the Tragedy of Israel-Palestine.
Karim Mattar, Associate Professor of English at the University of Colorado at Boulder. A descendant of survivors of the Palestinian Nakba of 1948, he works at the intersection of Palestine studies, the humanities, and higher education.
Martha McPherson, massage therapist.
Brenda Mehos, is a Boulder native and alumni of Fairview High School, the University of Colorado, and the University of Colorado Health Science Center. She recently retired as a pharmacist for Boulder Community Health (BCH). Past volunteer jobs have included seven years as a victim advocate for the Boulder Police Department, four years as a volunteer chaplain at BCH, and 3 years as an Ethics consultant for BCH. Brenda is currently on the board of Pilgrims of Ibillin.
Brenda and her husband Mark have two adult daughters and they like to back country ski, travel, and garden.
Mekhala Natavar, recently retired faculty member at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies and the Anthropology department with a focus on South Asian language, culture and literature.
George Newell, paramedic and EMT, retired airline pilot.
Julio Sepulveda, Professor of Geological Science, CU Boulder.
Laura Lighty, Graphic Designer
