Barry Ladendorf
President, Board of Directors
Member:VFP CA Hugh Thompson Memorial Chapter 091 in San Diego CA
EDUCATION: Illinois State University, B.S. Social Studies, (1965) University of San Diego, School of Law., J.D. (1972)
MILITARY SERVICE: Commissioned Ensign US Navy, May 1965 Main Engines Officer and Signals Officer, USS. Valley Forge (LPH 8) (1965-1968) Staff Officer Commander Training Command, Pacific Fleet Strike Warfare, Intelligence and Foreign Training Officer (1968-69) PROFESSIONAL: Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Calif. Department of Justice (1975-2005) Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Section for Health Quality Enforcement (1990-2005) Received Attorney General's Award for Excellence (2004) Adjunct Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law (1990s) Member, University of San Diego School of Law Alumni Association Board. (1975-1976)
ACTIVITIES: Co-founder, San Diego Chapter of the Lawyer's Alliance for Nuclear Arms Control (1981) Peace and Justice Commission, Catholic Diocese San Diego (1982-1986) Member, Veterans for Peace (2005-to present) President of Hugh Thompson Chapter 91, San Diego (2011-2012) Current Executive Committee Member VFP National Membership Committee (2011-present), Receipent of 2013 Leadership in Peace Award
Married: Rhonda Ladendorf, three children and four grandchildren.
Monique Salhab
Secretary, Board of Directors
MILITARY SERVICE: 1997-2002 Air Force Security Force 2002-2007 Military Police, Sergeant
PROFESSIONAL: Works on food justice in Albuquerque, New Mexico running a small farm that hires veterans. Prior to that was a case manager for an agency which provides wrap-around services – housing, vocational guidance, therapy and more - for women exiting from incarceration to civilian life.
Gerry Condon
Gerry Condon is a Vietnam era veteran and war resister who spent six years in Sweden and Canada after refusing orders to Vietnam. Gerry has a long history in the veterans peace movement. In 1983-84, he organized the first two veterans delegations to revolutionary Nicaragua, and in 1987, he was a co-coordinator of the Veterans Peace Convoy to Nicaragua. From 1993-96, Gerry worked for IFCO/Pastors For Peace, organizing humanitarian aid and political solidarity caravans to Cuba.
Since 2004, Gerry has been on the front lines of supporting Iraq and Afghanistan war resisters in Canada, Germany and elsewhere. For the last two years, Gerry has served as National Board Vice President of Veterans For Peace.
Josh Shurley
MILITARY SERVICE: Served as an infantryman and Ranger in the United States Army during the 1990s and early 2000s.
PROFESSIONAL: Joshua holds a PhD in International Relations, and is a conflict researcher specializing in US military activities in Africa. His current research examines how the techniques of foreign interventions abroad are reproduced by domestic law enforcement agencies at home. In addition to heading up Veterans For Peace Chapter 180 in Fresno, Joshua is active in several local activist organizations and currently teaches political science with the State Center Community College District in Central California.