Board of Directors and Founders

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

Honorary Board Chair

Thupten Jinpa, PhD

Compassion Institute

Board Chair

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

Barry Hershey

Filmmaker

Carolyn Jacobs, MSW, PhD

Smith College School for Social Work

Board Member

Connie Kemmerer

Board Member, Fellow

Jack Kornfield

Spirit Rock Center

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