faculty & directors
Who We Are
Founder and Director
Joseph Loizzo, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Cornell University
Assistant Director
Miles Neale, Psy.D, LMHC
Contemplative Psychotherapist
Faculty
Elazar Aslan
CEO, Caterfly Solutions
Fiona Brandon, M.A., L.M.F.T.
Psychotherapist
Bill Bushell, Ph.D.
Director of East-West Research, Tibet House US
John Campbell, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Religion, Saint John’s University
Arthur Greenberg, L.C.S.W, Psy. D. (cand.)
University of Southern California
Pilar Jennings, Ph.D.
Psychoanalyst and Author
Ingrid Kemperman, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Cornell University
Edward Kenny, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Columbia University Psychoanalytic Center
Geri Loizzo
Meditation Instructor
Michael McDermott
Executive Coach and founder, Arcadia Group
Erin Olivo, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medical Psychology,
Columbia University
Mary Reilly Nichols
Yoga Instructor, Life in Motion Yoga
Elizabeth Rovere, Psy.D.
Staff Psychologist, Student Health Services, The New School
Neil Theise, M.D.
Professor of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Emily Wolf, Ph.D.
Fordham University
Staff
Diane Bertolo, Graphic Design
Tom Damrauer, Information Technology
Carey Davidson, Associate Director Administration
Rochelle Nechin, Accountant
Board of Directors
Elazar Aslan
CEO, Caterfly Solutions
Rose Caiola
Principal, Bettina Equitites
Tom Damrauer
Archivist/Librarian
Beth Dembitzer
Director, Writer, Producer TV and Film
Jennifer DuBrul
Teacher/Editor
Mary Esbjornson
Director, Shantideva Meditation Center
Pablo J. Farias, M.D.
Ford Foundation
Randy Glatt
Designer
Vance W. LaVelle
Senior Vice President of Marketing, Avaya
Geri Loizzo
Meditation Instructor
Joe Loizzo, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College
Miles Neale, Psy.D.
Contemplative Psychotherapist in Private Practice
Peggy Neu
President, Meatless Monday Campaigns
Elizabeth Rovere, Psy.D.
Clinical Psychologist, The New School
David Sonnenberg
Co-President & COO, Hunter Douglas
Deborah Sonnenberg
Actor/Lawyer
Emily Wolf, Ph.D.
Supervising Psychologist, Fordham University Psychological Services
Board of Advisors
Ryüichi Abé
Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religions, Harvard University
Leslie Blackhall, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
Yeshi Donden
Former Personal Physician to His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Father Philip Eichner, S.M.
President, Kellenberg Memorial High School, Uniondale, New York
Pablo J. Farias, M.D.
Vice President, The Ford Foundation
Paul Fulton, Ph.D.
President, Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy
Kyabje Gelek Rimpoche
Spiritual Director, Jewel Heart International
Phillip Glass
Composer and Vice-President, Tibet House US
Daniel Goleman, Ph.D.
Health Psychologist and Writer
Edward Kenny, M.D.
Professor, Columbia University Psychoanalytic Institute
Vasant Lad, B.S.
Founder and Director, The Ayurveda Institute
Mary C. Pearl, Ph.D.
Associate Dean and Chief Academic Officer, CUNY Macaulay Honors College
Kenneth Porter, M.D.
Director, The New York Institute for Spirituality & Psychotherapy
Lobsang Rapgay
Research Psychologist, Director of the Clinical Training program for Mental Health Professionals at the Mindfulness Awareness Research Center, UCLA
Robert Rosenthal, M.D.
Psychotherapist and Writer
Sharon Salzberg
Author and Cofounder, Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts
Dan Siegel, M.D.
Executive Director of the Mindsight Institute, clinical professor of psychiatry at UCLA School of Medicine and Co-Director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center
David Sloss, J.D.
Professor of Law, George Washington University
Robert Thurman, Ph.D.
Je Tsong Khapa Professor of Tibetan Studies, Columbia University and President, Tibet House US
Sander Tideman, Ph.D.
Co-CEO, The Global Leaders Academy
Nalanda Textbook Project
Rich Kennedy, Project Director
Yuria Celidwen
Laura Pintchik
Maria Perez
Emily Wolf
Assistant Director Miles Neale with Paul Fulton, member of the Advisory Board and panelist at Nalanda's first benefit.
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