The Rotary of Santa Fe Centro Passport Club and The Rotary Club of Los Alamos Present

A Journey Through History, Healing and Hope

Friday, October 3, 2025
8:00 am to 4:00 PM
La Fonda Hotel 100 E San Francisco St. Santa Fe, NM 87501

Speakers

Manuel Montoya, PhD

Associate Professor, Economics
UNM Presidential Teaching Fellow
University of New Mexico
“Economic Diplomacy and Nuclear Nonproliferation”

Manuel (MJR) Montoya, Ph.D. (he/him) is an Associate professor in UNM’s Department of Economics. His work focuses on global political economy and how we make the planet a meaningful part of our social and economic realities and has published work on issues ranging from international trade to creative economy. He tended UNM where he became UNM’s first Latinx Rhodes Scholar. He then attended Oxford University where he received a master’s degree in philosophy, NYU where he studied politics and literature, and received his PhD from Emory University in International Relations and Comparative Literature as a CRS Fellow and George Woodruff Fellow. He has delivered over 150 lectures across the world and has advised world leaders on emerging markets and global conflict. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He recently received UNM’s Presidential Teaching Fellowship, UNM’s highest teaching honor. Dr. Montoya was born and raised in Mora, New Mexico.

Eria Matsumae

Hiroshima Peace Guide
“Sharing Hiroshima’s stories and global lessons of peace and reconciliation”

Being a trilingual in Japanese, English and Chinese, Eria Matsumae currently works as an officially licensed guide of Hiroshima Prefecture, as well as a member the Hiroshima Peace Messenger program promoting the city’s friendship with Chongqing as an “Hiroshima Messenger”. She conducts guided tours in English at sites in Hiroshima such as the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Dome and the Peace Memorial Museum, providing insights from both Japanese and international perspectives to tourists with a broad and deep understanding of Hiroshima’s history.

Having visited 44 countries, along with 35 years of living in seven countries across Southeast Asia to the Middle East, Eria has an extensive global experience. After returning to Japan from overseas at the age of 15. Eria worked in the Overseas Business Strategy ss Strategy Department at Sony Headquarters, engaging in various roles such as establishing new companies, facilitating joint ventures, and promoting exchanges with top executives from different firms. After 13 years of living in Japan, she moved to Singapore, in which she was responsible for component sales across Southeast Asia in a Japanese company.

Denise Moore

Clinical Director
Tierra Nueva Counseling
Southwestern College
“How to build peace in a time of war: it starts with us”

Denise Moore is the Clinical Director at the Tierra Nueva Counseling Center at Southwestern College in Santa Fe. She is a Professional Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LPCC) in the state of New Mexico and a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional through the International Association of Trauma Professionals (CCTP). She additionally holds a credential for Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS) through the National Board of Certified Counselors.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Latin American Studies from Oberlin College and a Master of Arts in Counseling from Southwestern College. She is currently a doctoral student at Southwestern College pursing her degree in Visionary Practice and Regenerative Leadership.

Denise has extensive experience working with survivors of violence and incorporating trauma-informed practices in both therapy and supervision, and has been teaching for over 15 years. Denise was born and raised in Santa Fe and feels passionate about providing quality and equitable mental health services to the community she loves. She is bilingual in English and Spanish.

Other speakers – Rotarians and Partners

Tom Simon
Governor, Rotary District 5520

Bob Reid
Chair Peace Committee, Rotary District 5520

Laura Gonzales
Governor Nominee, Rotary District 5520

Ximena Murillo
Peace Activator, Rotary Positive Peace Activator Program

Charlie Hunt
Partnering for Peace: Friends of Peace Corps and Rotary International

Sponsors

Call for Entries: Youth Peace Painting Opportunity

What does peace mean to you?

We’re inviting young artists to share their vision of peace by designing a painting! Use your creativity to inspire others and show the world how we can build a more peaceful future.

Open to all youth!

Art may include drawings, words, or symbols that represent peace in your life, your community, or the world. Selected art pieces will be displayed at the Rotary Peace Conference, La Fonda Hotel, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.

Prizes or recognition may be awarded

Deadline
9/15/2025

Questions?
info@rotarylosalamos.org

Let your voice be seen! Create for peace!