our thanks

The event has attracted an honorary committee of outstanding individuals in fields important to the values and spirit of Daniel Pearl. The group includes:

• Michelle and Tamara Pearl, Danny Pearl's sisters
• Ruth and Judea Pearl, Danny Pearl's parents
• Jennifer Almquist, Arts Administrator, Hotchkiss School
• Tom Ashbrook, host of NPR's On Point; former foreign correspondent
• Bob Childs, violinmaker and Director of Childsplay
• Dean Cycon, international activist; founder, Dean's Beans Organic/Fair Trade Coffee Co.
• Mason Daring, film composer
• Alan M. Dershowitz, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Harvard University Law School
• Westy Egmont, Executive Director, International Institute of Boston
• Jeffrey Harris, professor of economics, MIT; physician, Massachusetts General Hospital
• Johanna Harris, labor and employment attorney
• Cemal Kafadar, Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University
• Gerry Katz, President, Boston Bluegrass Union
• Edward Kennedy, Senator, Massachusetts
• John Kerry, Senator, Massachusetts
• Jerry Lanson, Chair, Emerson School of Journalism
• Gary Putka, Boston Bureau Chief, Wall Street Journal
• Larry Towell, international photojournalist
• Amy Roth Turnley, Network Director, Women Waging Peace; former foreign correspondent
• Sara Underwood, journalist and evening news anchor, WBZ 4 News
• Liz Walker, journalist and daytime news anchor, WBZ 4 News
• Susan Wilson, photographer and historian
• Bob Zelnick, Chair, Department of Journalism, Boston University College of Communications