Susana Pimiento Chamorro, Task Force co-director, began coordination of the FOR Colombia program in June of 2005. Susana is an attorney (Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá) and holds a Masters in Public Policy (Institute for Social Studies, The Hague). She formerly co-directed US office of The Sunshine Project, where she conducted research and advocacy on arms control and co-organized a campaign to halt the use of biological weapons in the Drug War. She has worked on the fields of environmental policy, indigenous peoples rights, international and constitutional law. Her previous experience also includes managing the World Wildlife

John Lindsay-Poland is the co-director of the FOR Task Force on Latin America and the Caribbean, a position in which he has served since 1989. Previously he served with Peace Brigades International as a peace team member in Guatemala and El Salvador, US staff, and co-founder of PBI’s Colombia Project. He is editor of FOR’s Puerto Rico/Colombia Update; founded the FOR’s Colombia Peace Presence team; and is author of numerous articles on U.S. militarism in Latin America, as well as books, including: Emperors in the Jungle: The Hidden History of the U.S. in Panama (Duke University Press, 2003) and Inside Panama (with Tom Barry, 1995, Interhemispheric Resource Center).

Liza is the national organizer for the FOR Colombia Program and coordinates the campaign to end US Militarism in Colombia. She first went to Colombia in 1997 and it has had a hold on her heart and mind ever since. She started out organizing a grassroots solidarity group in New Orleans, later participated in and lead delegations to Colombia through various organizations and most recently worked for Peace Brigades International in Bogota as a volunteer accompanying threatened human rights defenders in Colombia.

Janice hails from the not-so-windy suburbs of Albany, NY. Before joining the Bogotá office, she taught Spanish for three years at the FW Parker Charter school outside of Boston, where she was able to teach high school students about things like the history US involvement in Latin America in the 1970s and 80s, the drug war, and the coffee crisis. After leading a service trip to Nicaragua last year, Janice decided she wanted to combine her passions for social justice activism, education & Latin America by working with FOR in Colombia. Janice has a Masters in Teaching from Brown University, and worked in micro-enterprise development and union organizing prior to teaching. Janice is inspired to do social change work by her family and friends who model how to be good people and give back to the world,

AJ, a proud native of Western Pennsylvania, has been fortunate to have many adventures in her 26 years, the most recent of which has just begun as part of the San José team of the Colombia Peace Presence. Before joining the team in November of 2006, AJ worked in the TFLAC office as the ’05-’06 Freeman Intern, giving her irreplaceable insight into the Colombia Program and FOR. She came to FOR after having been involved with the Austin Andean Solidarity Project and the Austin SOAWatch Committee, both of which challenged her to deepen her understanding of US involvement in Colombia and strengthened her resolve to support non-violent change in Colombia.

Mayra Sofia Moreno is not a fan of writing bios; she prefers taking pictures, dancing and playing with dirty little people. Therefore, she has decided that it be better to describe herself using a variety of photos from her time in the Peace Community where she is the newest member of the FOR accompanying team.