Leadership

Dr. Rick Reyes

Director General — International Medical Committee

Dr. Rick Reyes is the Director General of the International Medical Committee. He is also the founder of the Greater Good Foundation, a California nonprofit that makes regenerative medicine and cell-based therapies accessible to low-income patients, at reduced cost and in some cases free of charge, through its own clinics in Southern California, Tijuana and Cancún. The foundation’s founding team brings more than 35 years of experience in cell-based research and therapy, including private practice in Beverly Hills, California.

Institutional responsibility

General direction of the International Medical Committee.

Other roles

Founder of the Greater Good Foundation (California, United States).

Field

Regenerative medicine and cell-based therapies.

Carlos Peralta

President — World Organization for Peace (WOFP)

Carlos Peralta is the President of the World Organization for Peace, the parent organization of the International Medical Committee. Under his presidency, IMC serves as WOFP’s medical committee.

Born in San Nicolás, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, in 1949, he is a writer and journalist. In 1982 he founded the Fundación Mensajes de Paz al Mundo and directed the collection of messages of peace from the heads of state of United Nations member countries, completed in 2002 as the book Messages of Peace for the New Millennium, which opens with a message from then Secretary-General Kofi Annan. He has organized interfaith meetings among Christians, Jews and Muslims in several countries. He was appointed interim president of the organization in 2005 and took office as president in June 2006.

Institutional responsibility

Presidency of the World Organization for Peace, IMC’s parent organization.