Director of Education & President

Director of Education—Dr. Peter Fenner

Peter is a leader in the adaptation and transmission of Asian nondual wisdom in North America, Europe and Australia. He is a pioneer in the development of nondual therapy. He was a celibate monk in the Tibetan Buddhist traditions for 9 years and has a PhD in the philosophical psychology of Mahayana Buddhism. He has held teaching positions at universities in Australia and the USA. He has written extensively on Buddhist nondual traditions. His books include Radiant Mind: Awakening Unconditional Awareness (2007); The Edge of Certainty: Dilemmas on the Buddhist Path (2002); The Sacred Mirror: Nondual Wisdom and Psychotherapy (ed. with John Prendergast and Sheila Krystal, 2003).

President—Professor Ron Purser

Ronald E. Purser is Professor of Management in the College of Business at San Francisco State University and past division chair of the Organization Development and Change division of the Academy of Management. He is a long time student of Tarthang Tulku and the Nyingma Institute, and has also studied with numerous Buddhist teachers in the Nyingma and Zen traditions. He is the author of five books and sixty academic articles. His most recent book, “24/7: Time and Temporality in the Network Society” was published by Stanford University Press.