Staff
Brian Bond cfc is currently the Director of Edmund Rice International.
Brian was born and raised in Geelong, Australia where he received his primary and secondary education before joining the Christian Brothers in 1967. He completed his teacher training and obtained a Science degree from the University of Melbourne. He also holds a Diploma in Social Justice Studies from YTU, and has over 25 years experience as a teacher, Deputy Principal and Principal in Catholic High Schools in Australia.
More recently, before moving to Geneva, Brian had the responsibility of promoting social justice awareness across the Edmund Rice Network in his home Province and the co-ordination of the Edmund Rice International Volunteer Scheme for Australia and New Zealand.
Kevin Cawley cfc was born in Manchester , Connecticut, USA in 1947.
He attended Catholic schools in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and completed his formal education with the Doctor of Philosophy in Literacy Education from Fordham University in New York.
He lived for a time in Cochabamba, Bolivia to study Spanish. He is a GreenFaith Fellow 09, a North American interfaith education and training program to prepare clergy and laity for religious-environmental leadership. He has completed the certificate program in Earth Literacy from Genesis Farm USA.
Kevin has taught in high schools in New York and New Jersey. He was President of Bishop Hendricken High School in Warwick, Rhode Island, served on Christian Brother Province Leadership Teams and for ten years as member of the faculty and administration at Iona College (University) in New York. He now serves as Coordinator of Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation for Edmund Rice Christian Brothers North America (ERCBNA) and represents Edmund Rice International at the United Nations in New York and Geneva.
Denis Claivaz fpm was born in Montreal, Quebec.
He completed all of his initial education there attending High School at a Presentation Brother Institution. He did his Novitiate training in Cork,Ireland and completed his degrees in the USA.
Br. Denis spent most of his career on the Missions. He started working with members of the 1st Nation in British Columbia, Canada. He then spent 20 years in the northern part of Ghana in charge of a Diocesan Minor Seminary. Here he was also actively involved in the health, education and social needs of many villages.
After a year’s sabbatical Br. Denis was assigned to the Caribbean. For 15 years he was actively involved in the “street kids” programmes. He started at New Life Organization [Newlo] on the island of Grenada and then moved to the Centre for Adolescent Renewal and Education [CARE] in St. Lucia.
In 2007, the Leadership of the Presentation Brothers persuaded Br. Denis to take some of his experience to the United Nations in Geneva. Here he helped set up Edmund Rice International [ERI] and remains there to this day.
Moy Hitchen cfc is an Australian Christian Brother. He was born in Eora country, on the Sydney sandstone forming the south headland of Sydney Harbour.
He was educated by the Sisters of Mercy and the Christian Brothers, in Sydney. After joining the Christian Brothers, he studied ecology at Macquarie University and taught in secondary schools in Manly and Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. For eight years he was a member, then coordinator, of a team running retreats for senior students. Moy then worked for eight years with Aboriginal people in Moree, NSW, in education, welfare and community development. This was followed by nine years serving on the Province Leadership Team of St Mary’s Province Australia (covering New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory).
Moy has an academic background in ecology, linguistics, theology, social policy, education, and community education. Before joining the Edmund Rice International Team in Geneva, he worked for three years world-wide, as Congregation Promoter of Eco-Justice.
