ACTIVE ADVISORY COUNCIL
Brad Byrum, National Business Development Manager at Schiff Hardin LLP, former Executive Director for Zen Hospice Project
Bill Chadwick, Army veteran, Adjunct Professor in the Post-Naval Graduate School and Dominican College and Department of Defense Acquisition Specialist
Joe Davison, Marketing and technology consultant, editor of OriginsOfWisdom.com
Bill Duane, Google, Sustainable High Performance & Well Being Program Lead
Quentin Finney, Marine Corps veteran and Google Sales employee
Christy Foley, the Executive Director of the Foley Private Charitable Foundation, and a former marketing and business executive
Warren Langley, President (ret) Pacific Stock Exchange, Lt. Colonel (ret) US Air Force
Marc Lesser, CEO of Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute (SIYLI), CEO of ZBA Associates LLC, author, Zen teacher, and former director of Tassajara, Zen Mountain Center
Kevin E. O’Brien, Vice President, Strategic Partnerships & Alliances at FactSet Research Systems, Inc
Judy Pike, Retired Transit driver, avid gardener, volunteer for the Sebastopol Senior Center, member of the Lotus Sangha, and lover of my cat Calie.
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ADVISORY COUNCIL
Shepherd Bliss, D. Min., US Army Reserves, 1966-70; Lecturer, Sonoma State University, and contributor to 24 books
Katie Evenbeck, Executive Director of St. Dorothy’s Episcopal Camp & Retreat of the Diocese of California
Howard Fields, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Neurology and Physiology. Director,Wheeler Center for the Neurobiology of Addiction
Norman Fischer, Founder of Everyday Zen Foundation, author, Zen Priest, former Abbott of the San Francisco Zen Center
Kate Frankfurt, Director of Resource Development at Dalai Lama Fellows, former HPW Liason to San Francisco Zen Center
Philippe Goldin, Ph.D. Postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Psychology at Stanford University.
Mary Hanrahan, LCSW and psychoanalyst
Li Huang, Army Reservist, currently on active duty deployment to Afghanistan, former Readjustment Counselor, SF Vet Center
Paige Jenkins, US Navy Veteran, LCSW-Intern at Swords to Plowshares, and Advocate for Women Veterans
Nathan Johnson, MSW, Contra Costa County Veteran Service Officer, OIF Veteran
Bennett Johnston, President at LuvLaf and Bennett Johnston Consulting
Jamie Johnston, Artist and Grant Writer
Leo Joslin, MA, MFT, Program & Clinical Coordinator, Swords to Plowshares Transitional Housing Program,Veterans Academy
Rebecca Lesnik, MS, CTRS, Recreational Therapist, VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Jeremy Lopez, US Marine Corps, Rank: E5/Sgt. 1999-2004
Chris McKenna, Program Director, Mindful Schools
Sue Moon, Writer and Teacher, author of This Is Getting Old: Zen Thoughts on Aging with Dignity and Humor (Shambhala 2010)
Nicholas Osborne, Ph D., Assistant Dean of Students and Veteran Student Services Coordinator, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, OIF Veteran
Frank Ostaseski, President and Director of Metta Institute and founder of Zen Hospice
Christy Pichel, President, the Stuart Foundation
John Qualtrough ThM, President Buttercup Farms (an international non-profit), VP Sunshine Consulting, Former Director Living Free animal sanctuary, Former Chaplain (Capt) USAF
Rabbi Dorothy A. Richman, Rabbi at Makor Or Jewish Meditation, formerly served as rabbi for Congregations Beth Sholom and Shaar Zahav and Hillel at UC Berkeley
Michael Stusser, Founder of Osmosis Day Spa, and founding member of Green Spa Network
Glady Thacher, Trustee emeritus of the San Francisco Foundation and community non- profit organizer
Joe Wheeler, MBA, Active duty Army 2001 to 2004, Iraq War Veteran
