The Mind & Life Institute

Anne Harrington, PhD

Harvard University

Angel Acosta, EdD

Teachers College, Columbia University

Convening Faculty

Susan Bauer-Wu

President, Mind & Life Institute

Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD

University of Massachusetts

Fellow, Founding Steward

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.

Thupten Jinpa, PhD

Compassion Institute

Board Chair

Daniel Goleman, PhD

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

Honorary Board Chair

Roshi Joan Halifax, PhD

Upaya Institute and Zen Center

Convening Faculty, Fellow, Founding Steward

Wendy Hasenkamp, PhD

Science Director, Mind & Life Institute

Planning Committee Member, Reviewer