Sean Arent

COALITION COORDINATOR

Sean grew up in Roy, Washington, in the shadow of Joint Base Lewis-McChord. A lifelong activist and organizer, he graduated from the University of Washington Tacoma with a bachelor’s degree in Politics & Philosophy with a minor in Human Rights. He is an avid outdoorsman who is passionate about ecological restoration, farming, and working-class struggle.

You can reach Sean at sean@wpsr.org

Max Savishinsky

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Max brings two decades of leadership experience in the nonprofit, philanthropic, education, social services and development sectors, including directorial roles with Refugees Northwest, the Seattle International Foundation, the University of Washington, and the Council on International Educational Exchange. He holds Master of Public Administration, Master of Arts in International Studies, and Doctor of Higher Education degrees from the University of Washington. Max speaks Spanish and Portuguese, and has lived, worked, studied and traveled in over 40 countries on 6 continents. A native of New York, Max has called the Pacific Northwest home for over 20 years.

You can reach Max at max@wpsr.org

Joseph Berkson, M.D.

WPSR NUCLEAR WEAPONS TASK FORCE CO-CHAIR

After a long career in Family Practice at Group Health (then Kaiser Permanente), Joe became actively involved in WPSR. He has been an antinuclear weapons advocate since living through the cold war, and competing in his senior year in high school with the debate team proposition: “There should be an internationally verifiable test ban treaty.” Going through medical school, Joe was active in the progressive Student Health Organization, protesting the war in Vietnam. As a young physician, he joined WPSR in 1985 and has been a member since then. Now retired with more time available, Joe joined the Nuclear Weapons Abolition Task Force in 2018, and was honored to be asked to co-chair the task force in 2019, leading WPSR’s efforts to lobby members of congress along with WPSR members, and helping to build the largest anti-nuclear coalition of its kind in the U.S.