The World Peace Parents Board of Directors includes:

Vibert L. Kesler, Jr. -- Chairman of the Board, Executive Director

Mr. Kesler started his career with the Internal Revenue Service in Washington D.C. in 1960.  He practiced law from 1965 to 1992 and in 1980 co-founded the law firm of Kesler & Rust.  He has published numerous articles on tax and international law and is author of the book, "The Estate Planning Explosion (1976)."  After retiring from the practice of law, Mr. Kesler organized International Family Business Council providing succession consulting services to family-owned businesses.  He remains an active member of the Utah Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the International Bar Association.  He served in various leadership positions for all three Bar Associations.  Mr. Kesler has an undergraduate degree in accounting and received his juris doctorate from George Washington University School of Law.  Mr. Kesler and his wife now reside in Cottonwood, Utah.  They are the parents of 8 children and grandparents of 22.

SueEllen Cummings -- Secretary

Mrs. Cummings is a full-time mother to four children. She resides with her husband Matthew in Salt Lake City, Utah. Prior to rearing a family, Mrs. Cummings worked for AT&T Wireless as a marketing representative. She is a graduate of the University of Utah in Sociology.

Merril T. Dayton -- Director

Merril T. Dayton, M.D., is Professor of Surgery & Chairman of the Department of Surgery, SUNY at Buffalo and Chief of Surgery for Kaleida Health Systems, which includes Buffalo General Hospital, Millard Fillmore-Gates Hospital, Millard Fillmore-Suburban Hospital, DeGraff Hospital, and Women’s & Children’s Hospital. He is a general surgeon who specializes in gastrointestinal surgery. In addition, because of the high volume of surgery he has done in colorectal disease, he also treats an increasing number of patients with colorectal cancers when sphincter-sparing surgery is required. He also performs complex gastric and pancreaticobiliary surgery.

As an academic surgeon, he is committed to teaching medical students, interns and residents the art of surgery. As a result, he recently was awarded the 2000 Master Educator Award by the Association for Surgical Education.  In the past, he has been awarded Teacher of the Year and Outstanding Professor and Teacher multiple times by both the University of Iowa College of Medicine and the University of Utah School of Medicine. His research interests include circadian rhythms of gastric mucosal defense systems, the use of agents to prevent post-operative adhesions, and functional results and clinical outcomes after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis procedures.

Dr. Dayton’s research interests include Circadian Rhythms of Gastric Mucosal Defense Systems, the use of agents to prevent post-operative adhesions, and functional results and clinical outcomes after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis procedures.  Dr. Dayton is a member of the American Surgical Association, Society of University Surgeons, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, The Longmire Society, and the American College of Surgeons.

Dr. Dayton and his wife, Susan, reside in the Buffalo, New York area.  They are the parents of five sons and two grandchildren.

A. John (Jack) Gabig -- Director

Mr. Gabig attended Gettysburg College at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and received his jurist doctorate degree from Dickinson Law School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association, and the Virginia Bar Association. He is admitted to practice law in Virginia and the District of Columbia and before the United States Supreme Court and the United States Tax Court.

From 1997 - 2002 Mr. Gabig served on the Board of Directors of the Hershey Trust Company with assets of $7 billion including controlling interest in Hershey Foods Company. Mr. Gabig served as Chairman of the Hershey Trust Company and The Board of Managers of the Hershey Schools in 2001 - 2002. In 1995 Mr. Gabig was honored as Alumnus of the Year at the Milton Hershey Schools.  Since retirement, Mr. Gabig has been very involved in a number of charitable organizations and is proud to be an honorary alumnus of the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Mr. Gabig and his wife, Dorothy, reside in Williamsburg and they are the parents of two daughters and grandparents of six.

Bryan K. Searing -- Director

Mr. Searing is currently Marketing Manager for Skyline Products, Inc., Colorado Springs, Colorado. Skyline Products develops, manufactures and markets electronic signage and control software for information and directional signage used by private industry, such as truck stops, and by State and Federal Departments of Transportation for such applications as Amber Alert signs, Interstate Caution signs, etc. Mr. Searing manages the in-house marketing team.

Prior professional/business experience in Colorado Springs includes positions of Senior Product Marketing Manager for TellSoft, Inc., an Internet company specializing in streaming media services for businesses and consumers, Director of Product Marketing for USA.NET, Inc., an Internet company specializing in Web-based email products, and Strategic Marketing Manager for PaperDirect, Inc., a direct marketer of premium pre-designed business communications papers. Before moving to Colorado Springs, Bryan was the Advertising Manager for PC Connection, Inc. in Keene, New Hampshire, Sales and Marketing Manager for Microspot USA, Inc. in Saratoga, California, and International Sales Representative of ComputerWare, Inc. in Palo Alto, California. Mr. Searing and his wife Lorraine reside in Colorado Springs with their three children.