Board & Staff

Patron

HIS HOLINESS THE XIVth DALAI LAMA

honorary chair

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

board of trustees

GANDEN THURMAN, president, PHILIP GLASS, vice president,
LIVIA CONSTANTINESCU, treasurer, BEATA TIKOS,
DANIEL AITKEN, PETER BACKMAN, ANNIE CHRISTOPHER, INA BECKER
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 board

ROBERT A.F. THURMAN – emeritus

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, KYABJEY SAKYA GONGMA TRICHEN R.,
KYABJEY LING R., NECHUNG KUTEN R., LAMA ZOPA R.,
LAMA PEMA WANGDAK, LELUNG RINPOCHE, LAMA TENZIN WANGYAL

menla staff

NENA THURMAN, Executive Chair, AMBER HALLINAN, Managing Director, 
OLIVIA ALLBEE, Executive Chef, ELIZABETH LEACOCK, Front Of House Manager,
BRIAN TURK, Facilities Manager, SUSANN BECKER, Financial Manager, Molly Suggs, Marketing