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
