Board of Directors and Founders

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

Honorary Board Chair

Thupten Jinpa, PhD

Board Chair, Mind & Life Institute

Owsley Brown III

Owsley Brown Presents

Board Member, Fellow

Lisette Cooper

Fiduciary Trust International

Board Member

Martin Davidson

University of Virginia

Board Member

Sona Dimidjian, PhD

Renée Crown Wellness Institute

Board Member

Jack Kornfield

Spirit Rock Center

Board Member

Michael Potts

Advance Wave Partners

Board Member

Aaron Stern

Academy for the Love of Learning

Board Member

Adam Engle, JD, MBA

Mind & Life Institute

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

Honorary Board Chair

Francisco J. Varela, PhD

Mind & Life Institute

Richard J. Davidson, PhD

William James and Vilas Research Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry and Founder & Director of the Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Founder and Chief Visionary for Healthy Minds Innovations, Inc.

Daniel Goleman, PhD

Roshi Joan Halifax, PhD

Upaya Institute and Zen Center

Convening Faculty, Fellow, Founding Steward

Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD

University of Massachusetts

Fellow, Founding Steward

Matthieu Ricard, PhD

Karuna-shechen

Convening Faculty, Fellow