Who We Are
We come from varied backgrounds of knowledge, experience and wisdom. Our collective effort brings healing to our Ancestors, our Community and to Ourselves.

Noliwe Alexander
Executive Director Co-Founder DTL Lead Facilitator
Noliwe Alexander has been a student of Vipassana meditation for over 20 years.

Devin Berry
Co-Founder DTL Lead Facilitator
Meditation teacher Devin Berry began practicing in 1999.

Rosetta Saunders
DTL Lead Facilitator
Rosetta Saunders is and educator and historian with degrees in Ethnic and American Studies.

Ramona Lisa Ortiz-Smith
DTL Lead Facilitator
Ramona Lisa Ortiz-Smith brings over 25 years of cumulative mediation practice.

DaRa Williams
DTL Lead Facilitator
DaRa Williams has practiced Insight Meditation for more than 25 years.

Diane Yaski
Program Manager Retreat Manager
Diane Yaski was introduced to meditation practice in her early 20s.

Alicia Hillier
Social Media Administrative Assistant
Alicia Hillier has been the Administrative Assistant at Peace At Any Pace since 2021.

Isabel Adon
Board President
Isabel Adon is and Afro-Latinx born in the Dominican Republic and raised in the Bronx in NYC.

Miko Brown
Board Secretary
Miko Brown has worked in non-profit and governmental organizations over the past 15 years.

Sharon Shelton
Board Treasurer
Sharon Shelton discovered meditation and mindfulness when in early recovery from alcoholism in 1997.

Devin Berry
Board Member
Meditation teacher Devin Berry began practicing in 1999.

Dr. Rima Veseley-Flad
Board Member
Dr. Rima Veseley-Flad is and Associate Professor of Philosophy and Social Justice at Warren College.

Kabir Hypolite
Board Member
Kabir Hypolite is an African American single father, spiritualist, historian and artist.

DaRa Williams
Board Member
DaRa Williams is a trainer and wellness coach and has been a clinician in the mental health field.

Diane Yaski
Board Member
Diane Yaski has been a long supporter of the arts. She honored to be Program Manager at Peace At Any Pace.

Jacque Alexander-Sykes
Advisory
"Creating is my centering and my focus. I utilize color, shape and perspective to create striking forms and landscapes.

