Richard C. Goodwin
Chairman
Middle East Peace Dialogue Network (MEPDN)
Richard C. Goodwin, Chairman, Middle East Peace Dialogue Network, Inc. (MEPDN) is a philanthropist who has focused for more than 25 years on making Middle East peace a reality. Supporting more than 75 Jewish and Palestinian groups in Israel that promote dialogue, cooperation and tolerance, MEPDN also underwrites the annual Children’s March and Children’s Festival for Peace in Israel. More than 25,000 Arab and Jewish children have participated in the events during the last six (6) years. Most significantly, MEPDN has spearheaded and supported the completion and presentation of a Middle East Regional Peace Plan (www.geneva-accord.org), which presents a detailed roadmap to peace that addresses the fundamental issues of concerns to both sides.
Richard is a member of the Million Dollar Roundtable at the United Way of Burlington County, New Jersey. He is the founder of the Goodwin Holocaust Museum of Delaware Valley, the Goodwin Holocaust Education Center in Cherry Hill, NJ, and a founder of the National Liberty Museum in Philadelphia. He is the benefactor of the Richard C. Goodwin College of Professional Studies at Drexel University. Richard also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the American Friends of Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam.
As chairman of the Goodwin Foundation, Richard has supported more than 100 different organizations throughout the United States. He lives in Snowmass Village, CO.