Nai-chu Ding has been translating since 1983, when she began inviting the teachers to Taiwan for teachings. Over the years, she has done oral translation into Chinese for the teachings of Gyaltrul Rinpoche, Dudjom Rinpoche, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Penor Rinpoche, Kalu Rinpoche, Tai Situ Rinpoche, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, Orgyen Topgyal Rinpoche, Dordrup Chen Rinpoche, Dzigar Kontrul Rinpoche, Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche, and many others. Her published translations in Chinese include Dalai Lama’s How to Practice, Dzogchen, Advice on Dying, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche’s The Wish-fulfilling Jewel, Tulku Thondup’s Boundless Healing, Dzigar Kontrul’s It’s Up to You, and Matthieu Ricard’s Happiness.

Richard Dixey studied for his honours degree in biochemistry at Oxford University, his masters degree in the history and philosophy of science, and his doctorate in biophysics at London University. He was director of the Bioelectronics Research Laboratory at St Bartholemews Hospital in London for 14 years before founding Phytopharm plc, a drug discovery company specializing in developing pharmaceutical products based on traditional medical knowledge. After taking the company public on the London Stock Exchange in 1996, he retired as chief executive in 2006. He is currently a director of the Light of Buddhadharma Foundation, a foundation based in California dedicated to the rebuilding of the Buddha Sasana in India, and he is also an advisor to Khyentse Foundation.

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Steven Goodman, PhD, is a core faculty member and co-director of the Asian and Comparative Studies program in the Philosophy and Religion Department at the California Institute of Integral Studies (San Francisco), where he teaches Buddhism and comparative philosophy. A former Rockefeller fellow and visiting professor in religious studies at Rice University, he has taught and lectured widely on Buddhism, meditation, and Western psychology for the past 25 years. He is the co-editor of Tibetan Buddhism: Reason and Revelation and a contributor to Mindfulness and Meaningful Work and Frogs in the Custard, a book on Buddhist psychology soon to be published by Snow Lion. Steven is a member of the KF Grants Review Committee, the Program Advisory Committee, and the Endowed Chair in Buddhist Studies working group, and was on the Program Advisory Committee for the Translators Conference.

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Cangioli started her career in public relations and publications with a non-profit organization in Hong Kong. She went on to set up her own company in the 1980s organizing international conferences and exhibitions in the Asia-Pacific region.  Cangioli moved to San Francisco in 1988.  She became a student of Khyentse Rinpoche in 1994 and was the Treasurer of Siddhartha’s Intent Western Door (SIWD) from 1996 to 2001.  She was a founding director of  Khyentse Foundation and has been serving as Executive Director since its inception in 2001. Cangioli graduated with honors from the University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature.

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Michael is the founder and chair of Metals Economics Group, a leading strategic consultancy in the worldwide mining business since 1980. He recently stepped down as CEO of Coemergence, an associated knowledge management software company.

Michael is also the founding chair of the Shambhala Institute of Authentic Leadership (now ALIA Institute), a series of leadership development programs attracting people at the forefront of organizational and societal change around the world. His animating passion/lunacy is exploring how the wisdom and compassion pointed to in the Buddhist and Shambhala traditions can be developed in the life of the larger society.

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Originally from Hong Kong, Amelia graduated magna cum laude from the University of California, Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts in Chinese Studies in 1975. She was also Alpha Mu Gama and a member of the National Collegiate Foreign Languages Honour Society. In 1977, she received her Master of Arts in Oriental Languages from U.C.L.A. and also received the Academic Achievement Award for Graduate Students. In 1979, she completed her course requirements and oral examination for the Ph. D. program in the Department of Archaeology at U.C.L.A., and became a Teaching Fellow in an Exchange Programme with the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Prior to immigrating to Vancouver, Canada in 1991, Amelia was an Assistant Director of Marketing for Aetna Investment Management in Hong Kong from 1989 to 1991. She was Vice President and Head of Investment Transaction Unit of Citibank Private Banking Group, Asia Pacific from 1985 to 1989, and was an Investment Advisor with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. from 1981 to 1985.

Amelia has been working full-time for Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche for the past ten years. She is a Director, Fundraiser and Financial Controller of Siddhartha’s Intent International, Khyentse Rinpoche’s Buddhist charitable society headquartered in Vancouver. She is also a Founder of Khyentse Rinpoche’s Sea to Sky Retreat Centre in Whistler, British Columbia. She organized Rinpoche’s public seminars and is responsible for recruiting and training volunteers for charitable works. She serves on Khyentse Foundation’s Board of Directors and on the investment committee.

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Lisa received a BA in English from Smith College and attended medical school at the University of Washington. Her internal medicine practice in Seattle blends alternative and conventional approaches. She is secretary of the Khyentse Foundation and serves on the Foundation’s board of directors.

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Florence runs her own apparel export business based in Hong Kong. Originally from Malaysia, she graduated summa cum laude from the University of California Los Angeles and went on for her MBA at UCLA. She is a member of Pi Beta Kappa, and Beta Gamma Mu. Born into a Mahayana Buddhist family, Florence has been a Vajrayana practitioner since becoming a disciple of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche in 1990. She is a member of the Board of Directors.

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Marco is a Certified Public Accountant currently working as an Accounting Supervisor at Great Western Chemical in Portland, Oregon, the largest privately held chemical distribution company in the US. Prior to this, Marco was an Accounting Supervisor with Silver Eagle Company in Portland for 5 years.

From 1985 to 1994 Marco was with Logan & Associates, Ltd, a CPA firm in Highland Park, Illinois. While employed at Logan, he became a CPA and was in charge of training other CPAs, installing and supporting accounting software, in addition to performing all the other functions of a CPA. From 1981 to 1985, Marco was initially the Business Manager and then the Comptroller at Karme-Choling in Barnet, Vermont, a Buddhist meditation centre started by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and is a part of Shambhala International.

Marco graduated from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. Marco became a student of Trungpa Rinpoche in 1972 and attended the 1975 Vajradhatu Seminary. He became a student of H. H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche in 1976 and Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche in 1987. Marco is on Khyentse Foundation’s Treasurer. He serves on the Investment Committee and is a member of the Board of Directors.

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Bel was a longtime student of Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche and has been responsible for the investments of Chagdud Gonpa Brasil, Chagdud Rinpoche’s center and foundation, for more than six years. Bel holds an undergraduate degree in Computer Science from the Catholic University of Campinas – PUCCAMP – Brazil. She received an MBA from the University of San Francisco in 1994. After graduating, she worked for Barings, ING Group and Deutsch Morgan Grenfell. She was a portfolio manager for BBA Capital Asset Management, a joint venture of The Capital Research Group in Brazil, from 1996 to 2000. From 2000 until 2002 Bel was the director in charge of equity investments and head of research for BankBoston Asset Management, the third largest asset management in Brazil at the time. Bel is Chairperson of Khyentse Foundation’s Investment Committee. Through her company Gesar Capital Management, a Registered Investment Advisor with the SEC based in Santa Monica – California, she manages funds for private clients and foundations.

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Raji Ramanan is a member of the Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. She has organized numerous lecture series and workshops by renowned philosophers, artists, scholars and social activists in Delhi for the foundation. She is also a Sanskrit scholar and a senior translator. She has been involved extensively in projects in areas of Buddhism, Indian culture and social movements.

She is a board member of Siddhartha’s Intent India and part of the classical languages faculty at Deer Park Institute. She is involved in designing and leading courses in Sanskrit Buddhist terminology and in Indian literary classics.

Isaiah holds a Masters Degree in Asian and comparative studies with an emphasis on Indo-Tibetan language and philosophy from the California Institute of Integral Studies. In 1999, he co-founded the Mind Body Awareness Project, an organization that teaches mindfulness skills to at-risk youth. In 2002 he worked on Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche’s film Travellers & Magicians as the assistant director and went on to associate produce Neten Chokling Rinpoche’s film Milarepa (2003). Isaiah currently works as a filmmaker in Los Angeles, directing commercials, music videos, and short films, and serves as the program development director and member of the board of directors of Khyentse Foundation.

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John Solomon is a branding, animation, talent, and Internet consultant. His clients have included Warner Brothers TV Animation, Power of Entertainment, 6 Point Harness Animation Studios, The Vault, and BigStage.com.

In the summer of 2008, John executive produced a viral campaign of 38 public service announcements about human rights in Burma, featuring Will Ferrell, Ellen Page, Jason Biggs, James Cameron, Felicity Huffman, and Judd Apatow, among others. In his previous corporate position John was head of Disney Television Animation’s Shorts Lab. Before working at Imagineering, he was senior vice president of Witt-Thomas Films, also based at Disney, where he oversaw the development and production of all motion picture product at the company.

John is an active member of the social justice nonprofit the Progressive Jewish Alliance, a member of the think tank Film Your Issue, and a founding trustee of the Pasadena Museum of California Art. He was recently appointed to the Khyentse Foundation board of directors.

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Pema is a citizen of Bhutan where he studied Botany, Zoology and Chemistry at Sherubtse College. He received his Bachelors of Science degree in 1993. He now resides in Delhi, India, where he oversees many of Khyentse Rinpoche’s activities. He recently took sabbatical to study art conservation at Los Angeles County Museum of Art and furthered his understanding of text conservation at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York City. Pema is a member of the Board of Directors of Khyentse Foundation and serves as country representative for India.

Kris Yao (姚仁喜) is one of Taiwan’s most outstanding architects. Recognized for his distinctive creative flair, he has produced many award-winning architectural designs and received both local and international acclaim. Kris began to broaden his knowledge of Tibetan Buddhism upon entering the fourth decade of his life. Since then, the religion has had a profound impact on both his life and his concept of architectural design. “I’ve slowly come to realize the possibility of merging artistic creativity with spiritual practice. Actually, it is almost imperative that these two elements be combined.” Kris is a member of the KF board of directors and the Endowed Chair in Buddhist Studies working group.

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Cangioli started her career in public relations and publications with a non-profit organization in Hong Kong. She went on to set up her own company in the 1980s organizing international conferences and exhibitions in the Asia-Pacific region.  Cangioli moved to San Francisco in 1988.  She became a student of Khyentse Rinpoche in 1994 and was the Treasurer of Siddhartha’s Intent Western Door (SIWD) from 1996 to 2001.  She was a founding director of  Khyentse Foundation and has been serving as Executive Director since its inception in 2001. Cangioli graduated with honors from the University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature.

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Originally from Hong Kong, Amelia graduated magna cum laude from the University of California, Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts in Chinese Studies in 1975. She was also Alpha Mu Gama and a member of the National Collegiate Foreign Languages Honour Society. In 1977, she received her Master of Arts in Oriental Languages from U.C.L.A. and also received the Academic Achievement Award for Graduate Students. In 1979, she completed her course requirements and oral examination for the Ph. D. program in the Department of Archaeology at U.C.L.A., and became a Teaching Fellow in an Exchange Programme with the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Prior to immigrating to Vancouver, Canada in 1991, Amelia was an Assistant Director of Marketing for Aetna Investment Management in Hong Kong from 1989 to 1991. She was Vice President and Head of Investment Transaction Unit of Citibank Private Banking Group, Asia Pacific from 1985 to 1989, and was an Investment Advisor with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. from 1981 to 1985.

Amelia has been working full-time for Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche for the past ten years. She is a Director, Fundraiser and Financial Controller of Siddhartha’s Intent International, Khyentse Rinpoche’s Buddhist charitable society headquartered in Vancouver. She is also a Founder of Khyentse Rinpoche’s Sea to Sky Retreat Centre in Whistler, British Columbia. She organized Rinpoche’s public seminars and is responsible for recruiting and training volunteers for charitable works. She serves on Khyentse Foundation’s Board of Directors and on the investment committee.

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Lisa received a BA in English from Smith College and attended medical school at the University of Washington. Her internal medicine practice in Seattle blends alternative and conventional approaches. She is secretary of the Khyentse Foundation and serves on the Foundation’s board of directors.

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Florence runs her own apparel export business based in Hong Kong. Originally from Malaysia, she graduated summa cum laude from the University of California Los Angeles and went on for her MBA at UCLA. She is a member of Pi Beta Kappa, and Beta Gamma Mu. Born into a Mahayana Buddhist family, Florence has been a Vajrayana practitioner since becoming a disciple of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche in 1990. She is a member of the Board of Directors.

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Marco is a Certified Public Accountant currently working as an Accounting Supervisor at Great Western Chemical in Portland, Oregon, the largest privately held chemical distribution company in the US. Prior to this, Marco was an Accounting Supervisor with Silver Eagle Company in Portland for 5 years.

From 1985 to 1994 Marco was with Logan & Associates, Ltd, a CPA firm in Highland Park, Illinois. While employed at Logan, he became a CPA and was in charge of training other CPAs, installing and supporting accounting software, in addition to performing all the other functions of a CPA. From 1981 to 1985, Marco was initially the Business Manager and then the Comptroller at Karme-Choling in Barnet, Vermont, a Buddhist meditation centre started by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and is a part of Shambhala International.

Marco graduated from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. Marco became a student of Trungpa Rinpoche in 1972 and attended the 1975 Vajradhatu Seminary. He became a student of H. H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche in 1976 and Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche in 1987. Marco is on Khyentse Foundation’s Treasurer. He serves on the Investment Committee and is a member of the Board of Directors.

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Bel was a longtime student of Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche and has been responsible for the investments of Chagdud Gonpa Brasil, Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche’s center and foundation, for more than six years. Bel holds an undergraduate degree in Computer Science and Systems Analysis from the Catholic University of Campinas – PUCCAMP – Brasil. She received an MBA from the University of San Francisco in 1994. After graduating, she worked for Barings, ING Group and Deutsch Morgan Grenfell, as they consolidated. She was the portfolio manager and equity analyst for BBA Capital Asset Management, a joint venture of the Capital Group in Brasil, from 1996 to 2001. From 2000 until 2002 Bel was the director in charge of all equity investments and head of research for BankBoston Asset Management, the third largest asset management in Brasil. In 2003, Bel decided to begin a new career in film. She worked on Neten Chokling Rinpoche’s film Milarepa and is currently producing a film with Isaiah Seret. Bel is Chairperson of Khyentse Foundation’s Investment Committee.

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Ngödrup currently runs his own Accountancy and Tax service in London, U.K. Prior to his move to London, he worked in Bhutan in the Department of Tourism, heading the Trekking and Mountaineering Division. He then served as Under Secretary in the Ministry of Communication, Tourism and Aviation. He studied Hotel Business Administration (1979-1981) in Munich, Germany and acquired his Masters in Marketing (1985) at Surrey University, Guildford, UK. He retrained as an accountant and took his professional exams in 1991-1992. Ngodrup’s family have had a close connection to the families of Rinpoche’s father and mother. His parents were devout followers of Dudjom Rinpoche, Thinley Norbu Rinpoche and Lama Sonam Zangpo. Having known Rinpoche for many years before, Ngodrup formally became Rinpoche’s student in 1989.

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Steven Goodman, PhD, is a core faculty member and co-director of the Asian and Comparative Studies program in the Philosophy and Religion Department at the California Institute of Integral Studies (San Francisco), where he teaches Buddhism and comparative philosophy. A former Rockefeller fellow and visiting professor in religious studies at Rice University, he has taught and lectured widely on Buddhism, meditation, and Western psychology for the past 25 years. He is the co-editor of Tibetan Buddhism: Reason and Revelation and a contributor to Mindfulness and Meaningful Work and Frogs in the Custard, a book on Buddhist psychology soon to be published by Snow Lion. Steven is a member of the KF Grants Review Committee, the Program Advisory Committee, and the Endowed Chair in Buddhist Studies working group, and was on the Program Advisory Committee for the Translators Conference.

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Beginning in the mid 1970′s Jakob Leschly studied and practised under the guidance of His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse, as well as His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche, Chakdud Tulku Rinpoche, Tulku Pema Wanggyal, and other masters of the Nyingma tradition. Jakob began his studies with Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche in 1977, and has served him in several capacities since the early 90′s. Jakob is Editor of Khyentse Foundation materials.

Bel was a longtime student of Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche and has been responsible for the investments of Chagdud Gonpa Brasil, Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche’s center and foundation, for more than six years. Bel holds an undergraduate degree in Computer Science and Systems Analysis from the Catholic University of Campinas – PUCCAMP – Brasil. She received an MBA from the University of San Francisco in 1994. After graduating, she worked for Barings, ING Group and Deutsch Morgan Grenfell, as they consolidated. She was the portfolio manager and equity analyst for BBA Capital Asset Management, a joint venture of the Capital Group in Brasil, from 1996 to 2001. From 2000 until 2002 Bel was the director in charge of all equity investments and head of research for BankBoston Asset Management, the third largest asset management in Brasil. In 2003, Bel decided to begin a new career in film. She worked on Neten Chokling Rinpoche’s film Milarepa and is currently producing a film with Isaiah Seret. Bel is Chairperson of Khyentse Foundation’s Investment Committee.

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Originally from Hong Kong, Amelia graduated magna cum laude from the University of California, Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts in Chinese Studies in 1975. She was also Alpha Mu Gama and a member of the National Collegiate Foreign Languages Honour Society. In 1977, she received her Master of Arts in Oriental Languages from U.C.L.A. and also received the Academic Achievement Award for Graduate Students. In 1979, she completed her course requirements and oral examination for the Ph. D. program in the Department of Archaeology at U.C.L.A., and became a Teaching Fellow in an Exchange Programme with the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Prior to immigrating to Vancouver, Canada in 1991, Amelia was an Assistant Director of Marketing for Aetna Investment Management in Hong Kong from 1989 to 1991. She was Vice President and Head of Investment Transaction Unit of Citibank Private Banking Group, Asia Pacific from 1985 to 1989, and was an Investment Advisor with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. from 1981 to 1985.

Amelia has been working full-time for Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche for the past ten years. She is a Director, Fundraiser and Financial Controller of Siddhartha’s Intent International, Khyentse Rinpoche’s Buddhist charitable society headquartered in Vancouver. She is also a Founder of Khyentse Rinpoche’s Sea to Sky Retreat Centre in Whistler, British Columbia. She organized Rinpoche’s public seminars and is responsible for recruiting and training volunteers for charitable works. She serves on Khyentse Foundation’s Board of Directors and on the investment committee.

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Marco is a Certified Public Accountant currently working as an Accounting Supervisor at Great Western Chemical in Portland, Oregon, the largest privately held chemical distribution company in the US. Prior to this, Marco was an Accounting Supervisor with Silver Eagle Company in Portland for 5 years.

From 1985 to 1994 Marco was with Logan & Associates, Ltd, a CPA firm in Highland Park, Illinois. While employed at Logan, he became a CPA and was in charge of training other CPAs, installing and supporting accounting software, in addition to performing all the other functions of a CPA. From 1981 to 1985, Marco was initially the Business Manager and then the Comptroller at Karme-Choling in Barnet, Vermont, a Buddhist meditation centre started by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and is a part of Shambhala International.

Marco graduated from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. Marco became a student of Trungpa Rinpoche in 1972 and attended the 1975 Vajradhatu Seminary. He became a student of H. H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche in 1976 and Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche in 1987. Marco is on Khyentse Foundation’s Treasurer. He serves on the Investment Committee and is a member of the Board of Directors.

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Gene Chan graduated with distinction from University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, with a degree in computer science and a minor in economics. He is a CFA charterholder and a vice president of Citco Fund Services, the world’s largest administrator of hedge funds and fund of hedge funds. He serves as an advisor to the KF Investment Committee.

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Greg lives in Vienna, Austria. He is currently finishing an MA in Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at the University of Vienna. In one of his former lives, Greg received an MBA from Ecole Superieure des Sciences Commerciales d’Angers (France) and subsequently developed investment projects in Asia. He has been a student of Rinpoche’s since 2000, and serves as an advisor to the KF Investment Committee.

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Florence runs her own apparel export business based in Hong Kong. Originally from Malaysia, she graduated summa cum laude from the University of California Los Angeles and went on for her MBA at UCLA. She is a member of Pi Beta Kappa, and Beta Gamma Mu. Born into a Mahayana Buddhist family, Florence has been a Vajrayana practitioner since becoming a disciple of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche in 1990. She is a member of the Board of Directors.

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Stuart MacFarlane is from Sydney, Australia, and is now based in London where he lives with Penelope Tree and their son, Michael. In the early seventies he lived in India whilst studying Advaita Vedanta and yoga with his beloved guru, Swami Karunananda Saraswati. He later studied psychology and psychotherapy, and has been in private practice for over twenty years. Stuart recently completed a seven-year training in Analytical Psychology and is now a practicing Jungian psychotherapist. He met Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche in 1985 and is currently absorbed in trying to clarify the similarities and differences between Vajryana Buddhism and Jung’s Analytical Psychology.

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Doris studied German literature, comparative religions and fine arts from 1972-83 and now works as a school teacher in Berlin, Germany. She has worked to develop Rigpa Germany as a charity for more than 13 years coordinating public talks, seminars and retreats for her first Buddhist teacher Sogyal Rinpoche and other lamas. She edited and wrote for a number of publications and founded and edited Rigpa Rundbrief, a magazine published from 1988 until 2001. She coordinated the EBU-conference “Unity in Diversity” 1992 in Berlin. In 1996 she initiated “Dying, Death and Living,” the first conference on spiritual care for the dying in Germany under patronage of H.H. the Dalai Lama and Dame Cicely Saunders.

Doris was on the board of the German Buddhist Union from 1991 to 2001 and now coordinates the development of teachers. education for Buddhism in public schools in Germany, starting in April 04 with teachers from all main Buddhist traditions. Her son Jasper was born 1984. She has been a student of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche since 1990 and helps to coordinate Lotus Outreach. Doris is a country representative for Khyentse Foundation in Germany.

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Nancy was born in Singapore, grew up in Penang, Malaysia, educated in Australia and now resides in Hong Kong. An accomplished artist, she studied Chinese ink and brush painting with master artist Ting Yen Yong (1902-1978) and also practices Chinese calligraphy and oil painting. She has produced many books, a number to benefit charities, including painting albums Moment to Moment, A Trace of Dream Colours and Passion for Art, an anthology of poems titled Sandalwoods Dreams, and a poetic drama The First Leaf of Dream Song. Nancy has been invited to participate in a number of international art and calligraphy exhibitions in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong. She is a longtime student of Khyentse Rinpoche who conferred upon her the dharma name Akasha Garbha (quintessence of the sky).

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A native of Hong Kong and an art educator for 40 years, Yin-wah received a B.A. in Fine Arts and an M.A. in Art History from the University of Oregon. She was an exhibiting artist and an instructor in western calligraphy and Chinese painting at the University and Assistant Curator of Asian Art at the Seattle Art Museum in Washington. Awarded The Smithsonian Institution Fellowship for Museum Professionals, Yin-wah worked as a Visiting Curator of Chinese ceramics at Victoria & Albert Museum in London and the Tokyo National Museum. While living in Japan parttime for 20 years, she was an art consultant for leading Japanese department stores and museums, and organized contemporary art exhibitions in Japan and the USA. Her community activities included a stint as an investigator in the Public Defenders Office of King County, State of Washington, and service as a board member in many art, educational, and charitable organizations.

Yin-wah met Khyentse Rinpoche in the mid-80′s, served as Vice President and a Board member of Siddhartha’s Intent Western Door for 8 years, and was the founding President of Lotus Outreach, Khyentse Rinpoche’s secular charitable organization for children, until January, 2005.

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Chantal was born in New Zealand and moved to Australia in 1984. In Australia she trained as a registered nurse and worked in oncology and palliative care in both hospital and community settings. Chantal currently works as a Clinical Nurse Consultant in cancer clinical research for Sydney Cancer Centre in Sydney Australia. She has been a student of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche’s since 1995. For the past two years she has been the Sydney practice and teaching coordinator for Siddartha’s Intent Australia.

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Pema Tshering holds a masters degree in international affairs from Columbia University and is executive director of the Royal Insurance Corporation of Bhutan. He has held several positions in the government of Bhutan and was with the International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C., for two years. He is a country representative for Bhutan.

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Originally from Hong Kong, Amelia graduated magna cum laude from the University of California, Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts in Chinese Studies in 1975. She was also Alpha Mu Gama and a member of the National Collegiate Foreign Languages Honour Society. In 1977, she received her Master of Arts in Oriental Languages from U.C.L.A. and also received the Academic Achievement Award for Graduate Students. In 1979, she completed her course requirements and oral examination for the Ph. D. program in the Department of Archaeology at U.C.L.A., and became a Teaching Fellow in an Exchange Programme with the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Prior to immigrating to Vancouver, Canada in 1991, Amelia was an Assistant Director of Marketing for Aetna Investment Management in Hong Kong from 1989 to 1991. She was Vice President and Head of Investment Transaction Unit of Citibank Private Banking Group, Asia Pacific from 1985 to 1989, and was an Investment Advisor with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. from 1981 to 1985.

Amelia has been working full-time for Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche for the past ten years. She is a Director, Fundraiser and Financial Controller of Siddhartha’s Intent International, Khyentse Rinpoche’s Buddhist charitable society headquartered in Vancouver. She is also a Founder of Khyentse Rinpoche’s Sea to Sky Retreat Centre in Whistler, British Columbia. She organized Rinpoche’s public seminars and is responsible for recruiting and training volunteers for charitable works. She serves on Khyentse Foundation’s Board of Directors and on the investment committee.

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Lesley is a filmmaker whose work has been broadcast internationally in Canada, the U.S. and Europe. Her documentary, Loyalties, was declared one of “The Ten Best Documentaries of 2000″ by the American Film Institute Festival. She is also an experienced children’s writer, and has created several large scale performance films, the most recent won a nomination for Best Performance Film at the International Banff Television Festival and featured Yo Yo Ma. She founded ZIJI Films and Television in 1999 which functions as an executive producer and co-producer on her own projects and others found at www.ZIJI.ca. Ms. Patten graduated from Tufts University in Boston, and is married to Mr. Crane Stookey, a former Bostonian architect, now the director of the Nova Scotia Sea School. Crane and Lesley live in Halifax, Nova Scotia where they moved at the behest of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, and are part of a large sangha of Shambhala-Buddhist householder practitioners.

Arne Schelling studied Western and Chinese medicine in Germany and China and now works as a physician in Berlin. From 1995  to 2001 he worked to develop the Kagyu Centers Theksum Tashi Chöling  in Hamburg and Kamalashila-Institute in Langenfeld, Germany. He frequently translates (from English to German) for masters of all the Tibetan Buddhist traditions, in Germany and Switzerland.

In 2001 Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche appointed Arne as president of Siddhartha’s Intent Europe, and he later became a country representative for Khyentse Foundation in Germany. Since 2002 he has directed the film project “Heart Advice,” which aims to preserve the essence of the teachings of Tibetan masters. He also gives instructions  at several Buddhist centers in Germany.

Read the feature on Arne in Faces of the Foundation.

Doris Wolter studied German literature and comparative religion at Freie Universitat Berlin and fine arts at Hochschule der Künste Berlin. Her first Buddhist teacher was Sogyal Rinpoche, and after graduating in 1983, she worked as national director of Rigpa Germany for 16 years. Her son, Jasper, was born in 1984. Doris served  on the board of the German Buddhist Union from 1993 to 2001. In 1992 she coordinated a European Buddhist Union conference, “Unity in Diversity,” in Berlin, and in 1996 she initiated and organized “Dying, Death and Living,” a conference on spiritual care for the dying under the patronage of H.H. the Dalai Lama and Dame Cicely Saunders.

Since 2004 she has coordinated and overseen the development of teacher training, “Knowing – Understanding – Experiencing: Buddhist Wisdom in the Diversity of Tradition,” for the German Buddhist Union, an organization devoted mainly to Buddhist religious education in German schools. A new GBU program in ethics includes classes on all major religions of the world. The organization invites speakers from all of the main Buddhist traditions in the spirit of inter-Buddhist dialog.

Doris has edited and written for a number of Buddhist publications, and she founded and served as chief editor of the Buddhist magazine Rigpa Rundbrief from 1988 until 2001. Her first book, Losing the Clouds, Gaining the Sky, a collection of teachings by Buddhist masters, was published in 2007. Under the guidance of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, she recently founded the publishing house Manjughosha Edition, whose purpose is to translate Buddhist texts into German and print them on demand. She lives in Rinpoche´s “Dharma Gar” retreat center near Berlin.

She has been a student of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche since 1990 and is a country representative for Khyentse Foundation. She also helps to coordinate Lotus Outreach and Siddhartha’s Intent Europe.

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Alysia is currently a director of A One Inv. Co. Ltd., a Hong Kong-based stock brokerage company founded in 1973 by her mother, Nancy Koh Akasha Garbha. Alysia received a bachelor of architecture degree at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY and worked as an apprentice for Keyes, Condon, Florance Architects in Washington DC from 1988-1991. She returned to Hong Kong at the end of 1991, and joined Environ Design Co., an interior design company. In 1994, her aspiration to work for her family prompted her to enroll in an MBA program offered by Hull University while working full-time at A One Inv. Co. Ltd. In the same year, Alysia became a student of Khyentse Rinpoche, whom she had met in 1992. She is married and became mother to Padma Yon-lian in May 2003. She is Khyentse Foundation’s country representative for Hong Kong.

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Pema is a citizen of Bhutan where he studied Botany, Zoology and Chemistry at Sherubtse College. He received his Bachelors of Science degree in 1993. He now resides in Delhi, India, where he oversees many of Khyentse Rinpoche’s activities. He recently took sabbatical to study art conservation at Los Angeles County Museum of Art and furthered his understanding of text conservation at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York City. Pema is a member of the Board of Directors of Khyentse Foundation and serves as country representative for India.

Raji Ramanan is a member of the Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. She has organized numerous lecture series and workshops by renowned philosophers, artists, scholars and social activists in Delhi for the foundation. She is also a Sanskrit scholar and a senior translator. She has been involved extensively in projects in areas of Buddhism, Indian culture and social movements.

She is a board member of Siddhartha’s Intent India and part of the classical languages faculty at Deer Park Institute. She is involved in designing and leading courses in Sanskrit Buddhist terminology and in Indian literary classics.

Loekito lives in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. He is in the timber export business and is a distributor for Pilot pens. He went to school at the University of Miami, Florida. He met Rinpoche and became a student in 1982. He is the country representation for Khyentse Foundation in Indonesia.

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Frank is a citizen of Singapore. He graduated from the Queensland University of Technology with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and worked for Lucent Technologies as a network integration and deployment engineer for five years. He was a national team player in the Singapore Table Tennis Association in 1995 and 1996 and is currently a professional table tennis coach.

Due to the nature of his work, which required him to go on overseas assignments, Frank was fortunate to meet Rinpoche and receive his teachings on several occasions. In 2002, he took refuge from Rinpoche and has since been continually learning from him.

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Kris Yao (姚仁喜) is one of Taiwan’s most outstanding architects. Recognized for his distinctive creative flair, he has produced many award-winning architectural designs and received both local and international acclaim. Kris began to broaden his knowledge of Tibetan Buddhism upon entering the fourth decade of his life. Since then, the religion has had a profound impact on both his life and his concept of architectural design. “I’ve slowly come to realize the possibility of merging artistic creativity with spiritual practice. Actually, it is almost imperative that these two elements be combined.” Kris is a member of the KF board of directors and the Endowed Chair in Buddhist Studies working group.

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Penelope was born in New York City where she became a fashion model at the age of sixteen. She moved to London soon after and went on to travel extensively. She eventually moved to Australia where she lived for 17 years, raising her two children. She has worked at various times as a childbirth educator, a television researcher, and a freelance writer. Inspired by a chance meeting with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 1991, Penelope began working on the staff of the Australia Tibet Council. She also served on the board of ARK Australia. Penelope met Khyentse Rinpoche in the early Nineties. She now lives in London. She serves on the board of Lotus Outreach and is Khyentse Foundation’s representative in the United Kingdom.

Linda has worked in import/export for the past 20 years. She is currently logistics manager at a firm in New York City. She also studies Hindustani vocals and is an avid film buff. Linda has been studying with Khyentse Rinpoche since 1996. She is volunteer coordinator for Khyentse Foundation, is on the board of directors for Siddhartha’s Intent Western Door, and was a member of the Translators Conference organizing team.

Noa Jones is a writer of fiction and creative non-fiction. She was a Hertog Fellow and graduate of the MFA program at Hunter College of the City University of New York. She has written about everything from hula hoops to holy men for a number of newspapers and magazines and is the editor of several books. In the past, she has worked in non-profit development, event coordination and corporate communications. She graduated cum laude with a degree in Journalism and a minor in Arts Management from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. In addition to working full-time for Khyentse Rinpoche, Noa is Khyentse Foundation’s Communications Director.

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John Solomon is a branding, animation, talent, and Internet consultant. His clients have included Warner Brothers TV Animation, Power of Entertainment, 6 Point Harness Animation Studios, The Vault, and BigStage.com.

In the summer of 2008, John executive produced a viral campaign of 38 public service announcements about human rights in Burma, featuring Will Ferrell, Ellen Page, Jason Biggs, James Cameron, Felicity Huffman, and Judd Apatow, among others. In his previous corporate position John was head of Disney Television Animation’s Shorts Lab. Before working at Imagineering, he was senior vice president of Witt-Thomas Films, also based at Disney, where he oversaw the development and production of all motion picture product at the company.

John is an active member of the social justice nonprofit the Progressive Jewish Alliance, a member of the think tank Film Your Issue, and a founding trustee of the Pasadena Museum of California Art. He was recently appointed to the Khyentse Foundation board of directors.

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Linda has worked in import/export for the past 20 years. She is currently logistics manager at a firm in New York City. She also studies Hindustani vocals and is an avid film buff. Linda has been studying with Khyentse Rinpoche since 1996. She is volunteer coordinator for Khyentse Foundation, is on the board of directors for Siddhartha’s Intent Western Door, and was a member of the Translators Conference organizing team.

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Pat has a degree in anthropology from the University of British Columbia as well as a diploma in rehabilitation services. For over 20 years she has managed her husband’s practice in forensic psychology. In addition, for the past several years she has worked and carried out research at the Vancouver Archives, where her focus is on vintage photographic collections. As a beneficiary coordinator for Khyentse Foundation, Pat finds her role both interesting and rewarding.

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Noa Jones is a writer of fiction and creative non-fiction. She was a Hertog Fellow and graduate of the MFA program at Hunter College of the City University of New York. She has written about everything from hula hoops to holy men for a number of newspapers and magazines and is the editor of several books. In the past, she has worked in non-profit development, event coordination and corporate communications. She graduated cum laude with a degree in Journalism and a minor in Arts Management from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. In addition to working full-time for Khyentse Rinpoche, Noa is Khyentse Foundation’s Communications Director.

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Jesse grew up in Vermont, but has been living on the West Coast since 1998. She graduated from Bates College with a Bachelor’s degree in fine art. Jesse currently lives in Los Angeles where she works as an assistant film editor and visual effects editor. She has worked on films such as “Milarepa” by Neten Chokling Rinpoche, “Standard Operating Procedure” by Errol Morris, and most recently “Shine A Light” and “Shutter Island” both by Martin Scorsese.

Jesse is the communications manager for Khyentse Foundation, and she and her husband, Isaiah Seret, also produce the foundation’s videos. She is the editor of Rinpoche’s “Gross National Happiness Officer” film series.

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Irene Suyin Lee is one of the beneficiary coordinators, and is responsible for the administration of Khyentse Foundation scholarships and grants after the selection process has been completed. She is the primary liaison between grant recipients and the organization. She has recently retired from her private psychotherapy practice, and she brings to this position her experience as a professional in nursing, psychological counseling, and group training and development. She and her husband, Doug Rickson, founded Rigpa Canada in 1998, before becoming students of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche. Suyin and Doug did several months volunteer service at Sangdak Gaypaling Monastery in eastern Bhutan in both 2004 and 2006. She also acts as a co-coordinator for Rinpoche’s teaching events in Vancouver, Canada.

Read the feature on Suyin in Faces of the Foundation.

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Beginning in the mid 1970′s Jakob Leschly studied and practised under the guidance of His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse, as well as His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche, Chakdud Tulku Rinpoche, Tulku Pema Wanggyal, and other masters of the Nyingma tradition. Jakob began his studies with Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche in 1977, and has served him in several capacities since the early 90′s. Jakob is Editor of Khyentse Foundation materials.

Laura grew up in Middlebury, Vermont and graduated from New York University with a  Bachelor’s degree in Studio Art.  She now lives in Washington, DC and works at the Democratic National Committee as a research analyst.  She is Communications Support for Khyentse Foundation where she has been volunteering since 2004.

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Louise originates from London and now lives in San Francisco, California. She has been volunteering for KF since 2007. Louise has been a victim of Dzongsar Khyentse since 1999. She reads tarot cards and does business development for Web companies.

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Isaiah holds a Masters Degree in Asian and comparative studies with an emphasis on Indo-Tibetan language and philosophy from the California Institute of Integral Studies. In 1999, he co-founded the Mind Body Awareness Project, an organization that teaches mindfulness skills to at-risk youth. In 2002 he worked on Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche’s film Travellers & Magicians as the assistant director and went on to associate produce Neten Chokling Rinpoche’s film Milarepa (2003). Isaiah currently works as a filmmaker in Los Angeles, directing commercials, music videos, and short films, and serves as the program development director and member of the board of directors of Khyentse Foundation.

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Alex is an executive coach and life coach to senior business executives (including two CEOs of Fortune 500 companies) as well as movie stars and rock musicians. He also serves the global Performance Leadership practice at McKinsey & Company, helping the world’s leading companies build performance cultures that are aligned with their strategic objectives, and coaching executives and managers through personal transformations that support business goals and also bring greater meaning and purpose to their lives. He is currently serving clients on four continents. Alex was formerly a Professor of Business Administration in London and Copenhagen, teaching leadership on MBA programs. He holds a Ph.D. in Strategy and Organizational Behaviour from London University and an M.A. in Theoretical Physics from Cambridge University. He has been awarded a Natwest Fellowship to the London Business School and a Fulbright Fellowship to the Harvard Business School. Alex has transcribed and edited Khyentse Rinpoche’s Madhyamakavatara teachings given in France from 1996-2000, and organized them into Khyentse Foundation’s first publication, the Madhyamakavatara Commentary. He is now editing Rinpoche’s cycle of Uttaratantra teachings. Alex serves as a teaching assistant to Khyentse Rinpoche, and he is a Khyentse Foundation Fellow.

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Jessie was managing editor of a publishing company before being captured by Silicon Valley in the early days. Since 1984 she has been a technical writer and editor. She first attended teachings with Rinpoche in 1991, and has been managing editor of Khyentse Foundation publications since 2004.

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Dave is a technology advisor and webmaster for Khyentse Foundation, Lotus Outreach, and Siddhartha’s Intent. He is an IT product manager for Morgan Stanley.

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Originally from Hong Kong, Amelia graduated magna cum laude from the University of California, Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts in Chinese Studies in 1975. She was also Alpha Mu Gama and a member of the National Collegiate Foreign Languages Honour Society. In 1977, she received her Master of Arts in Oriental Languages from U.C.L.A. and also received the Academic Achievement Award for Graduate Students. In 1979, she completed her course requirements and oral examination for the Ph. D. program in the Department of Archaeology at U.C.L.A., and became a Teaching Fellow in an Exchange Programme with the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Prior to immigrating to Vancouver, Canada in 1991, Amelia was an Assistant Director of Marketing for Aetna Investment Management in Hong Kong from 1989 to 1991. She was Vice President and Head of Investment Transaction Unit of Citibank Private Banking Group, Asia Pacific from 1985 to 1989, and was an Investment Advisor with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. from 1981 to 1985.

Amelia has been working full-time for Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche for the past ten years. She is a Director, Fundraiser and Financial Controller of Siddhartha’s Intent International, Khyentse Rinpoche’s Buddhist charitable society headquartered in Vancouver. She is also a Founder of Khyentse Rinpoche’s Sea to Sky Retreat Centre in Whistler, British Columbia. She organized Rinpoche’s public seminars and is responsible for recruiting and training volunteers for charitable works. She serves on Khyentse Foundation’s Board of Directors and on the investment committee.

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Pema is a citizen of Bhutan where he studied Botany, Zoology and Chemistry at Sherubtse College. He received his Bachelors of Science degree in 1993. He now resides in Delhi, India, where he oversees many of Khyentse Rinpoche’s activities. He recently took sabbatical to study art conservation at Los Angeles County Museum of Art and furthered his understanding of text conservation at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York City. Pema is a member of the Board of Directors of Khyentse Foundation and serves as country representative for India.

Rob was born and raised in Ontario, Canada and attended medical school at the University of Western Ontario. He practiced in Richmond and White Rock, BC as an orthopedic surgeon. His major interest is in the management of chronic pain. He currently consults in pain management at two rehabilitation clinics. Rob met Rinpoche in 1996. He serves as registrar for Siddhartha’s Intent events and is the Canadian representative for SI International. He also serves on the SI Canada board of directors and is treasurer for that organization. Rob helped to establish the medical clinic at Chökyi Lodrö College of Dialectics in India. He now serves as Khyentse Foundation’s medical representative for that clinic. He is married to Julie MacLachlan.

Julie was born and raised in Ontario, Canada. She moved to Vancouver in the 1960s to attend Simon Fraser University. She has raised two sons and three step children. She worked in a psychologist’s office and later with her husband Rob in his White Rock office as a counselor in pain management. Julie met Rinpoche in 1996. She has served as secretary for Siddhartha’s Intent, is co-manager of Sea to Sky Retreat Centre, and serves as the SSRC representative for Vancouver, assisting visitors en route to the retreat center. She assisted Rob in setting up Clinic at Chökyi Lodrö College of Dialectics.

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Sydney is an expert in the field of business psychology and communication, training and consulting with McKinsey & Company since 1998. She came to the business world after fifteen years as a practicing psychotherapist, years of project leadership experience on grants awarded to her by US Federal agencies, a quantitative PhD from University of California at Berkeley and four years as a consultant and trainer in the public and non-profit worlds. Her areas of expertise include executive leadership development, personal change consulting, multicultural diversity issues, teambuilding and conflict management. Sydney serves on Khyentse Foundation’s grants committee and has been a student of Khyentse Rinpoche since 1998.

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Steven Goodman, PhD, is a core faculty member and co-director of the Asian and Comparative Studies program in the Philosophy and Religion Department at the California Institute of Integral Studies (San Francisco), where he teaches Buddhism and comparative philosophy. A former Rockefeller fellow and visiting professor in religious studies at Rice University, he has taught and lectured widely on Buddhism, meditation, and Western psychology for the past 25 years. He is the co-editor of Tibetan Buddhism: Reason and Revelation and a contributor to Mindfulness and Meaningful Work and Frogs in the Custard, a book on Buddhist psychology soon to be published by Snow Lion. Steven is a member of the KF Grants Review Committee, the Program Advisory Committee, and the Endowed Chair in Buddhist Studies working group, and was on the Program Advisory Committee for the Translators Conference.

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Isaiah holds a Masters Degree in Asian and comparative studies with an emphasis on Indo-Tibetan language and philosophy from the California Institute of Integral Studies. In 1999, he co-founded the Mind Body Awareness Project, an organization that teaches mindfulness skills to at-risk youth. In 2002 he worked on Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche’s film Travellers & Magicians as the assistant director and went on to associate produce Neten Chokling Rinpoche’s film Milarepa (2003). Isaiah currently works as a filmmaker in Los Angeles, directing commercials, music videos, and short films, and serves as the program development director and member of the board of directors of Khyentse Foundation.

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Florence runs her own apparel export business based in Hong Kong. Originally from Malaysia, she graduated summa cum laude from the University of California Los Angeles and went on for her MBA at UCLA. She is a member of Pi Beta Kappa, and Beta Gamma Mu. Born into a Mahayana Buddhist family, Florence has been a Vajrayana practitioner since becoming a disciple of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche in 1990. She is a member of the Board of Directors.

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The present Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, Thubten Chökyi Gyamtso, was born in 1961. He was recognized by H.H. Sakya Trizin, and received empowerments and teachings from many of the greatest lamas of Tibetan Buddhism, including H.H. the Dalai Lama, H.H. the 16th Karmapa, and his own grandfather, H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche. His main guru was Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and further studied with more than 25 great lamas from all four schools of Tibetan Buddhism. While still a teenager, he was responsible for publishing many rare texts that were in danger of being lost entirely, and in the 1980s, began the restoration of Dzongsar Monastery in Tibet. He has established several colleges and retreat centres in India and Bhutan. In accordance with the wishes of his teachers, he has travelled and taught throughout the world, establishing dharma centres in Australia, Europe, North America, and Asia. His organisation Siddharthas Intent organises Rinpoche’s teachings, while Khyentse Foundation is dedicated to providing for the needs of Rinpoche’s responsibilities.

In this time when the traditional structures of Tibetan Buddhism are facing challenges, and when Buddhism is reaching new audiences, Rinpoche is known for the freedom with which he moves between cultures and people, and his uncompromising dedication to bringing the philosophy and the path of enlightenment to anyone with an open heart. Details on Rinpoche’s activities and teaching programs can be found on siddharthasintent.org.

Jing Rui graduated with honors from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree in social work and a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology. She began her career as a social worker in a community-based family service center in Singapore. She has also worked as curriculum executive at Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery Saturday Sunday School. She became a student of Khyentse Rinpoche in 2003 and has been serving as administrative assistant for Khyentse Foundation since 2006. Jing Rui has been appointed as the interim executive director of the Buddhist Literary Heritage Project.

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In 1970, while studying medicine at Cambridge University, John Canti first had contact with Buddhist teachers and started to practice under their guidance. In 1972 he met Dudjom Rinpoche, who became one of his three principal teachers. The others were Kangyur Rinpoche and Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, both of whom he met soon afterwards. Qualifying meanwhile as a physician, John held hospital appointments in London and Cambridge. In the late 1970s he moved to eastern Nepal to establish tuberculosis programs in two remote hill districts.

Beginning in 1980, John underwent two consecutive three-year retreats in the Dordogne, France, under the guidance of Dudjom Rinpoche, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Pema Wangyal Rinpoche, and Nyoshul Khenpo. Afterwards, he helped found the Padmakara Translation Group, of which he is now president. John currently lives in semi-retreat in the Dordogne, and has been a Tsadra Foundation Fellow since 2001. His published translations (all collaborations) include The Heart Treasure of the Enlightened Ones, The Words of My Perfect Teacher, Journey to Enlightenment, The Hundred Verses of Advice, and The Heart of Compassion. He is presently working on a translation of Mipham Rinpoche’s commentary to Maitreya-Asanga’s Uttaratantra-shastra.

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Steven Goodman, PhD, is a core faculty member and co-director of the Asian and Comparative Studies program in the Philosophy and Religion Department at the California Institute of Integral Studies (San Francisco), where he teaches Buddhism and comparative philosophy. A former Rockefeller fellow and visiting professor in religious studies at Rice University, he has taught and lectured widely on Buddhism, meditation, and Western psychology for the past 25 years. He is the co-editor of Tibetan Buddhism: Reason and Revelation and a contributor to Mindfulness and Meaningful Work and Frogs in the Custard, a book on Buddhist psychology soon to be published by Snow Lion. Steven is a member of the KF Grants Review Committee, the Program Advisory Committee, and the Endowed Chair in Buddhist Studies working group, and was on the Program Advisory Committee for the Translators Conference.

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Ivy has over 20 years experience in international business and human resources management. Her professional background includes executive roles in the fields of high technology, biotechnology, strategic design consulting and finance. She has worked for global industry leaders such as Genentech, AIG, Madge Networks and Landor Associates. Ivy is founder and President of Visionlinc, a company dedicated to linking vision, people and strategies. She holds a BA degree from College of Notre Dame. She has been featured in Fortune magazine and CNBC in their special career series and is currently a member of the board of trustees of The World Affairs Council. Ivy has been studying with Khyentse Rinpoche for several years and is Strategic Planning Consultant for Khyentse Foundation.

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Cangioli started her career in public relations and publications with a non-profit organization in Hong Kong. She went on to set up her own company in the 1980s organizing international conferences and exhibitions in the Asia-Pacific region.  Cangioli moved to San Francisco in 1988.  She became a student of Khyentse Rinpoche in 1994 and was the Treasurer of Siddhartha’s Intent Western Door (SIWD) from 1996 to 2001.  She was a founding director of  Khyentse Foundation and has been serving as Executive Director since its inception in 2001. Cangioli graduated with honors from the University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature.
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Ivy has over 20 years experience in international business and human resources management. Her professional background includes executive roles in the fields of high technology, biotechnology, strategic design consulting and finance. She has worked for global industry leaders such as Genentech, AIG, Madge Networks and Landor Associates. Ivy is founder and President of Visionlinc, a company dedicated to linking vision, people and strategies. She holds a BA degree from College of Notre Dame. She has been featured in Fortune magazine and CNBC in their special career series and is currently a member of the board of trustees of The World Affairs Council. Ivy has been studying with Khyentse Rinpoche for several years and is Strategic Planning Consultant for Khyentse Foundation.

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Ron Schultz is a publishing professional; he has been a publisher and a book packager, and is the author of 20 published books. He is the founder of the International Social Action Film Festival, which in 2009 screened in 8 countries and 16 cities around the world, including the United States. The festival helps to support and sustain the work of local and international social action organizations. He is also involved in the development of a number of new media publishing opportunities. Ron has been a student of Rinpoche’s for nearly 10 years, and is the foundation’s publishing consultant.

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Alex Halpern is an attorney in Boulder, Colorado, specializing in the representation of nonprofit organizations and particularly Buddhist religious groups. He is a graduate of Brandeis University (1970) and the University of Denver College of Law (1976). He has been a Buddhist practitioner since 1972 and is an active member of the Shambhala community. Alex provides legal services to Khyentse Foundation.

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