Board & Staff

patron
HIS HOLINESS THE XIVth DALAI LAMA

honorary chair
NAMGYAL CHOEDUP, US Representative of CTA/ H. H. DALAI LAMA

board of trustees
ROBERT THURMAN, president, PHILIP GLASS, vice president,
INA BECKER, secretary, BEATA TIKOS, treasurer, ANONYMOUS,
DANIEL AITKEN, PETER BACKMAN, ANNIE CHRISTOPHER,
JANET FRIESEN, THUPTEN JINPA, SUSAN KESSLER,
DAVID KITTAY, LUDWIG KUTTNER, MARJORIE LAYDEN, MICHELE LOEW,
MICHAEL MCCORMICK, JOHN MILLER, MICHAEL BURBANK,
VEN. TENZIN PRIYADARSHI, SCOTT SNIBBE, JOHN REZK,
LAURENCE H. SILVERMAN, DAVID PHILLIPS, LIVIA CONSTANTINESCU,
NENA THURMAN, UMA K. THURMAN

honorary directors
ALAN B. ABRAMSON, LAVINIA CURRIER, PEGGY HITCHCOCK, NAVIN KUMAR,
ADAM LINDEMANN, TENZIN NAMGYAL TETHONG, FORTUNA VALENTINO

tibetan ex-officio board
CHHIME CHOEKYAPA, ex officio, Private Office of H. H. Dalai Lama
VEN. GESHE DORJI DAMDUL, director, tibet house new delhi, india
KELSANG & KIM YESHI, directors, norbulingka institute, dharamsala, india

visiting spiritual advisers
GYALWA KARMAPA OGYEN TRINLEY DORJE, NECHUNG KUTEN R.,
LAMA ZOPA R., KYABJEY LINGTSANG R., SAKYA TRICHEN R.,
LAMA PEMA WANGDAK, LELUNG RINPOCHE, LAMA TENZIN WANGYAL

menla staff
NENA THURMAN, Executive Chair, LYNN SCHAUWECKER, Managing Director,  AMBER HALLINAN, Director Of Operations, ALICIA OJEDA, Executive Chef, ELIZABETH LEACOCK, Front Of House Manager, BRENDAN KELLY, Facilities Manager, SUSANN BECKER, Financial Manager, Molly Suggs, Marketing