Doug was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War, and chose to do three years of alternative service, working for Mennonite Central Committee in Vietnam, in the middle of the war zone during the

height of that war. Doug has been the Executive Secretary (Director) of the New England Regional Office of the American Friends Service in Cambridge, MA. Doug later became Executive Secretary (Director) and then International/Interfaith Secretary of the Fellowship of Reconciliation – USA in Nyack, NY. Doug was an Adjunct Professor in the Peace, Justice and Conflict Resolution Department of Goshen College, Goshen, IN, and a Visiting Scholar in the Sociology Department of Northwestern University. Doug Hostetter was ordained as a Peace Pastor

in the Mennonite Church USA and chaired the Evanston Mennonite Church Peace and Social Concerns Committee, Evanston, IL. For over a decade, Doug was the Director of the Mennonite Central Committee United Nations Office, New York, NY. Upon retiring, Doug joined the UN Advocacy Team of Pax Christi International, New York, NY.

Doug organized ecumenical and interfaith gatherings between US and Canadian religious leaders and the Iranian President in New York City to explore ways that the religious community. could work for peace with Iran. He was a member of a two-week friendship learning tour to Iran organized by the Mennonite Central Committee. Doug presented a paper (via Skype) “Interfaith Paths to Peace,” at the first International Conference on Peace and Conflict Resolution, April 29-30, 2019, at the University of Tehran. Doug has published widely on the issues of war, peace and nonviolence.