Board of Directors

Thupten Jinpa, PhD
McGill University

Lisette Cooper
Fiduciary Trust International

Martin Davidson
University of Virginia

Sona Dimidjian, PhD
Renée Crown Wellness Institute

Barry Hershey
Filmmaker

Carolyn Jacobs, MSW, PhD
Smith College School for Social Work

Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Center

Aaron Stern
Academy for the Love of Learning
Founders

Adam Engle, JD, MBA
Mind & Life Institute

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



Former Board Members (chronological order)
Adam Engle
Francisco Varela
Alan Wallace
Elaine Jackson
Richie Davidson
Daniel Goleman
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Anne Harrington
Paul Ekman
Matthieu Ricard
Arthur Zajonc
John Dunne
Roshi Joan Halifax
Ulco Visser
Bennet Shapiro
Don Morrison
Tania Singer
Diana Chapman Walsh
Mark Bertolini
Raymond ‘Rip’ Gellein
Tenzin Chogyal (Ngari Rinpoche), Honorary
Past Presidents
Adam Engle 1991-2011
Al Kaszniak (interim) 2011
Arthur Zajonc 2012-2015
Carolyn Jacobs (interim) 2015