Anna Ikeda is a Representative to the UN for Soka Gakkai International (SGI) and the program coordinator for disarmament for the SGI Office for UN Affairs, where her work focuses on nuclear abolition and autonomy in weapons systems. She is a campaigner for the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) and Stop Killer Robots, where SGI serves as an international member.

In her work, Anna has explored the role of peace and disarmament education in strengthening norms for and promoting disarmament, as well as the contributions of youth and faith communities. On behalf of SGI, Anna has also supported the coordination of many joint interfaith statements on nuclear weapons delivered at the UN disarmament fora. She is an Executive Committee member of the Voices for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons, a cooperation circle of the United Religions Initiative. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the Metta Center for Nonviolence, where she co-hosts the podcast series “Uniting Nations”, which explores the intersection of nonviolence and the UN.

Anna holds an MA in International Human Rights from the University of Denver, and MS in Global Affairs from Rutgers University.