Directors and Advisors

Board of Directors

Lee Weingrad, MA, Chair
Mr. Robert Curtis
Juliet Carpenter, MD Executive VP
Alan Mease, MD

International Advisory Board

Mr. Arthur Miller, author (1990 - 2002)
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche of Shambhala Shambhala International, Director
Lady Diana Mukpo, widow, Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche
HE Tai Situ Rinpoche, lineage holder Kagyu Lineage Tibetan Buddhism
HE Shamar Rinpoche, lineage holder Kagyu Lineage Tibetan Buddhism
HE Penor Rinpoche, lineage holder Nyingma Lineage Tibetan Buddhism
HE Gangshar Rinpoche, Co-Director
Ven. Thrangu Rinpoche, Supreme Abbot, Kagyu Lineage Tib. Buddhism
Mr. Robin Ford, Musician
Mr. Stanley Weiser, screenwriter, "Wall Street"
Prof. Robert Thurman, Chair, Dept. Religious Studies, Columbia University
Prof. Jeffrey Hopkins, Chair, Dept. Religious Studies, University of Virginia
Ms. Valrae Reynolds, Curator, Newark Museum
Dame Judith Jamison, Director, Alvin Ailey Dance Company
Mr. Sander Tideman. Director, The Bridge Fund
Ms. Roberta Lipsom, President Chindex International, Inc.