Honorary Chairman
Executive Committee
Susan Bauer-Wu, PhD
President, Mind & Life Institute
Raymond L. “Rip” Gellein, Jr., MBA
RGB Capital Advisors
Carolyn Jacobs, MSW, PhD
Smith College School for Social Work
Thupten Jinpa Langri, PhD
McGill University
Board of Directors
Lisette Cooper, PhD
Fiduciary Trust International
Martin Davidson, PhD
University of Virginia
Sona Dimidjian, PhD
University of Colorado, Boulder
Raymond L. “Rip” Gellein, Jr., MBA
RGB Capital Advisors
Barry Hershey, MFA
Filmmaker
Carolyn Jacobs, MSW, PhD
Smith College School for Social Work
Thupten Jinpa Langri, PhD
McGill University
Jack Kornfield, PhD
Spirit Rock Center
Aaron Stern
Academy for the Love of Learning
Founders
Adam Engle, JD, MBA
Mind and Life Institue
Francisco J. Varela, PhD
Mind & Life Institute
Founding Stewards
Richard J. Davidson, PhD
Mind & Life Chief Scientific Advisor, Center for Healthy Minds at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Roshi Joan Halifax, PhD
Upaya Zen Center
John Kabat-Zinn, PhD
University of Massachusetts
Matthieu Ricard, PhD
Karuna-shechen