Libby Hoffman, Founder and President
Libby Hoffman’s work transforms funder/recipient and outsider/insider relationships in the international peacebuilding arena to create durable, productive and mutually affirming platforms for practice, learning and aid. As a committed funder, a seasoned, hands-on practitioner, and an award-winning film producer, she continues to help the world engage with the lessons she has drawn from co-founding Fambul Tok: the importance of promoting the dignity, knowledge and capacity of local communities, and of strategically supporting those communities as they self-mobilize to surmount the challenges they face.
John Caulker, Senior Fellow
An extraordinary leader of communities and thought, John continues to forge a sustained and locally owned peace in Sierra Leone as the leader of Fambul Tok while contributing eloquently and powerfully to the global conversation about the transformational potential of that work. At Catalyst for Peace, he helps to consolidate our learning and articulation of what it takes to design, develop and lead a fully community-owned and led peacebuilding process on a large scale and sustained over time, and to illuminate the most helpful ways for outsiders to support that process, as well as healthy ways for local leaders and outside supporters to work together.
The Rev. Canon Charles P. Gibbs – Senior Partner
The Rev. Canon Charles P. Gibbs has served Catalyst since 2015. An Episcopal priest, a visionary, and a poet, Charles has dedicated his life to serving the sacred in the world by working for peace, justice and healing. He provides leadership and support for CFP’s work cultivating the practice of peace and development from the inside out — focused on community-based peacebuilding, whole-system healthy partnerships and leadership development.
Jina Moore, Vice-President for Strategic Development
Jina Moore spent 15 years as a foreign correspondent, mostly working in Africa, covering human rights, women’s rights, and post-conflict reconciliation for the Christian Science Monitor, BuzzFeed News, and the New York Times. Her work has appeared in many other outlets, including Best American Travel Writing and Best American Science Writing. She is a global expert in trauma-informed reporting and has contributed to best practices and standards guides for reporting on gender-based violence, sexual violence in conflict zones, interviewing survivors of violence, and more, in initiatives organized by the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, the British Foreign Office, and the Center for Global Women’s Leadership at Rutgers University, among others. She focuses now on narrative and community structures for reparative storytelling. She is also the editor-in-chief of Guernica magazine.
Julia C. Gardner, Director of the Office of the President
For more than 15 years, Julia has worked in small organizations across industries transforming teams and helping leaders efficiently pursue their objectives. As a high-level administrator, leadership coach, and partnership professional, Julia has brought her multitasking portfolio to Directing the President’s office at Catalyst for Peace.
Jennifer Turnage, Finance Manager
Jennifer joined CFP in May 2023 and manages our finances and day-to-day accounting operations. Jennifer is a versatile accounting and finance career professional, and entrepreneur, who has over 20 years of experience in non-profit, philanthropic, academic, private, and local government sectors. She has overseen all aspects of accounting and bookkeeping, internal controls and compliance, budgeting and forecasting, financial reporting and audits, operations and business management, grants management, and impact investment accounting.
