Daniel Lubetzky, OneVoice

Founder & Lead Producer

Daniel Lubetzky is Chairman of PeaceWorks Holdings LLC, a business corporation pursuing both peace and profit through joint ventures among neighbors striving to coexist in conflict regions (with ventures in the Mideast and South East Asia and a sales network reaching 10,000 customers in the US), and Founder of the PeaceWorks Foundation's OneVoice Movement, empowering ordinary Israeli and Palestinian citizens to wrest the agenda for conflict resolution away from violent extremists. Born and raised in Mexico City, Mr. Lubetzky received his B.A. in Economics and International Relations, magna cum laude, from Trinity University, and his J.D. from Stanford Law School. Fluent in Spanish, English, Hebrew, and French, Mr. Lubetzky has lectured at several universities, as well as the World Economic Forum, the World Bank, and the United Nations. He was selected twice by the World Economic Forum as one of 100 Global Leaders for Tomorrow (GLT) in 1997 and again in 2007. He is recipient of several awards, including the World Association of NGOs Peace Security and Reconciliation Award.

Michael Lang, Woodstock Productions

International Co-Producer

Michael Lang is a musical concert promoter, producer and artistic manager who is best known as the co-creator of the Woodstock Music & Art Festival in 1969. In 1968, after moving to Woodstock, NY and meeting Artie Kornfeld in New York, the two developed the concept for a major festival event to celebrate the 60's social movements. With Kornfeld and partners John Roberts and Joel Rosenman, Lang set into motion the Woodstock festival, which was held on Max Yasgur's farm in Bethel, New York, from August 15 to August 18, 1969. As such, Michael was featured in many scenes of the 1970 Academy Award winning documentary film "Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music." Lang owned and operated Just Sunshine Records, which produced and released more than 40 albums by such diverse musical artists as Billy Joel, Bob Dylan and Mississippi Fred McDowell. Lang also managed several successful international recording artists, including Joe Cocker, Ricki Lee Jones, Willie DeVille, Soul Sister, and Spanish recording artists El Ultimo de la Fila. Today, the Michael Lang Organization encompasses event production and artist management. Additionally, with his partners in Woodstock Ventures, Lang is developing future projects which include a Broadway musical based on Woodstock the musical and a Woodstock lifestyle brand.

Chris Wangro, Zaragunda Inc.

International Co-Producer

Chris Wangro brings vast experience in production of a wide variety of mega-events and outdoor concerts to OneVoice's October 18th event. Wangro has produced events independently and has served as Director of City-Wide Special Events for the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, at Zaragunda, Inc., and a principle at the John Schreiber Group. His credits include managing the three largest events ever held in Central Park: Earth Day, Paul Simon's Concert in the Park, and Luciano Pavarotti's legendary 1993 appearance. Over the past ten years, he's produced more free, open-air music in New York City than any other independent producer. He has worked with everyone from the Pope, the Dalai Lama, and Billy Graham to Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Sheryl Crow, Savion Glover, James Brown, Lyle Lovett and Merce Cunninghaam, Itzhak Perlman, Glenn Close, Bernadette Peters, Julie Andrews, Robin Williams, Paul McCartney, James Brown, Dolly Parton, Carole King, James Taylor, and Boys II Men. In recent years much of Wangro's energy has gone primarily towards social causes. In 2004, on behalf of The Parent's Circle, an organization of Israeli and Palestinian parents who have lost children in the war, he combined the finest in rock and classical music at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine; the unique program included Patty Smith and Bright Eyes, alongside the Anonymous Four and the Eroica Trio.

Dr. Fathi Darwish

Palestinian Producer

Dr. Fathi Darwish is a proven executive with extraordinary organizational and leadership skills, and strong Palestinian nationalist credentials. He was most recently Director in the President's Office of the Palestinian Authority. Since 1999 and through 2002, he was the Director of the Ministry of NGOs of the Palestinian Authority. From 1997 to 1999, Dr. Darwish served as General Coordinator for NGOs at the Ministry of Planning & International Relations. Prior to that, he was the Director of the Gaza office of the PLO's Negotiations and Political Department of the President's Office. Born in Haifa in 1944, Dr. Darwish studied as a Pharmacist and received a DEA in Blood Diseases in France. He also studied Diplomacy and Economics at the Diplomacy Institute in Cairo, Strategic Planning at the National School of Administration in Tunis, and Negotiation Skills at the Foreign Ministry in France.

Shuki Weiss

Israeli Producer

Shuki Weiss is a veteran Israeli concert producer who has worked for over twenty years to bring leading international artists, including Madonna, Roger Waters, U2, Radiohead, Phil Collins, Bob Dylan, the Black Eyed Peas, Eric Clapton, REM, Depeche Mode, and many others, to the Israeli stage. He has organized large-scale concerts all over Israel, including in Hayarkon Park in Tel Aviv.

The OneVoice Team