Stephen HechtAs co-author of Nonflict: The Art of Everyday Peacemaking, Stephen brings over 30 years of personal and business experience to the field of conflict resolution and peacemaking. Along with Dr. Amir Kfir (co-author) and Frederic Latreille, they co-founed Million Peacemakers; a non-profit organization which empowers people to transform conflict to Nonflict. Over 139,000 people around the world were trained in the first two years. Much of Stephen's experience is in family businesses-private and public-across four industries. Winner of the Canada Award for Business Excellence, Stephen served YPO leadership at Chapter, Regional and International levels with a focus on education; his events have won numerous Best of Best awards. Stephen leads the YPO Faculty to Global Leaders partnership with Columbia University in the field of behavioral science and decision making and co-chaired two full day events at Columbia. He also chairs the Advisory Board of the McGill International Community Action Network that brings together students from across the Middle East whom he teaches the Nonflict way to apply in North America and then back home when they return. Stephen has an MBA from Ivey Business School, Western University, Canada and a B. Comm. from McGill. Married to Naomi, Stephen has 4 adult children, 3 step-children and a daughter-in-law. Read More Read Less