Distinguished Advisors
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Distinguished Advisors are thought leaders and luminaries who bring expertise and visibility to the Center’s work. These include world religious leaders, intellectual thought leaders, distinguished scholars, and other public figures with interest in spiritual development.
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Rabbi Arik W. Ascherman
Executive Director
Rabbis For Human Rights
Jerusalem
Israel
Georgette F. Bennett, Ph.D.
President and Founder
Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding
New York, New York
USA
Robert Coles, L.H.D., M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Humanities (ret.)
Department of Psychiatry
Cambridge Hospital
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
USA
William Damon, Ph.D.
Director, Stanford Center on Adolescence
School of Education, Stanford University
Stanford, California
USA
Lama Surya Das
Teacher, Dzogchen Center Cambridge
Founder, Western Buddhist Teacher Network
Concord, Massachusetts
USA
The Rev. Canon Professor Leslie J. Francis, Ph.D.
Professor of Religions and Education
Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit
Institute of Education, University of Warwick
Coventry
UK
Rev. Robert Franklin Jr., Ph.D.
President
Morehouse College
Atlanta, Georgia
USA
Rev. C. Welton Gaddy, Ph.D.
President
The Interfaith Alliance and The Interfaith Alliance Foundation
Washington, D.C.
USA
Very Rev. John G. Gatu, Ph.D.
Founder, Himidi Foundation
Former Moderator
Presbyterian Church of East Africa
Nairobi
Kenya
William Grassie, Ph.D.
Founder
Metanexus Institute
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
USA
Kuldip C. Gupta, Ph.D.
President
International Vedic Hindu University
Orlando, Florida
USA
Byron Johnson, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology
Co-Director, Institute for Studies of Religion
Director, Program on Prosocial Behavior
Baylor University
Waco, Texas
USA
Richard M. Lerner, Ph.D.
Bergstrom Chair in Applied Developmental Science
Director, Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development
Tufts University
Medford, Massachusetts
USA
Rick R. Little
President and CEO
ImagineNations Group
Pasadena, Maryland
USA
Richard J. Mouw, Ph.D.
President
Fuller Theological Seminary
Pasadena, California
USA
Lori Noguchi, Ph.D.
President
Badi Foundation
Macau
China
The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
President and Founder
Nalandabodhi
Seattle, Washington
USA
Rabbi Michael Shire, Ph.D.
Acting Principal
Leo Baeck College - Centre for Jewish Education
London
UK
Sobonfu Somé
Ancestors Wisdom Spring
Sacramento, California
USA
Rev. Merton P. Strommen, Ph.D.
Founder (retired)
Search Institute
Minneapolis, Minnesota
USA
Krista Tippett
Creator and Host, Speaking of Faith
American Public Media
St. Paul, Minnesota
USA
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