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, GESHE DADUL NAMGYAL,
LAURA PINTCHIK, VEN. TENZIN PRIYADARSHI, JOHN REZK,
LAURENCE H. SILVERMAN, 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, MICHAEL G. BURBANK, executive director,
LYNN SCHAUWECKER, managing director, AMBER HALLINAN, general manager,
ALICIA OJEDA, executive chef, ISSIS ORREGO, front of house, JESSICA ROMANELLO, dewa spa,
DAVID GIANGRECO, facilities, ADAM FOIZEN, events & operations,
JUSTIN STONE-DIAZ, new media