Advisory Council Members (2005-2006)

  • SUSAN BOYLE, Assistant Vice-President for Admissions and Marketing at Naropa University, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. (2005-2006).
  • RON CLAMAN, General Manager, Aero Tech Properties, and Board Member of the Yesod Foundation, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. (2002-2006).
  • THOMAS COBURN, President of Naropa University, History of Religions and Hinduism Scholar, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. (2004-2006).
  • CHRIS DWYER, Vice-President of Institutional Advancement, Naropa University, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. (2005-2006).
  • ROBERT MICHAEL ESFORMES, Cantor of Temple Har Zion and Editor, Mount Holly, New Jersey, U.S.A. (2004, 2006).
  • TIRZAH FIRESTONE, Rabbi of Congregation Nevei Kodesh, Author, and Psychotherapist, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. (2004-2006).
  • DAVID FRIEDMAN, Chairman of Sandy River Health System, Co-Chair of the Jewish Funders Network, and President of the Yesod Foundation, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. (2002-2006).
  • AYLA GRAFSTEIN, Rabbi of the Ruach Hamidbar Congregation in Scottsdale, AZ, and Documentary Filmmaker, Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.A. (2005-2006).
  • THOMAS D. HAST, General Manger of Hast and Company, Trustee of Naropa University, and Treasurer of the Yesod Foundation, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. (2002-2006).
  • TIM HAWKINS, Archivist of the Naropa University Archive Project, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. (2003-2006).
  • EVE ILSEN, Psychotherapist, Singer, and Storyteller, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. (2004-2006).
  • SHAYA ISENBERG, Rabbi, Chair of the Department of Religion at the University of Florida, and Spiritual Eldering Teacher, Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A. (2004, 2006).
  • JASON JESURUM JAY, Ph.D. Candidate at M.I.T., Consultant, Knowledge Systems Expert, and Project Manager at Dialogos, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (2005-2006).
  • MICHAEL KAGAN, Moreh and Maggid, Jerusalem, Israel. (2005-2006).
  • RUTH GAN KAGAN, Rabbi and Spiritual Guide, Jerusalem, Israel. (2004-2006).
  • RICHARD KAPLAN, Cantor of Temple Beth Avraham, Co-Leader of the Renewal Shir HaShirim Minyan, Songwriter and Ethnomusicologist, Berkeley, California, U.S.A. (2004-2006).
  • DANA LOBELL, Corporate and Foundation Relations Manager at Naropa University, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. (2002-2006).
  • SHAUL MAGID, Ph.D., the Jay and Jeannie Schottenstein Chair, Jewish Studies, Indiana University, scholar of Rabbinics, Jewish Philosophy, and Hasidism, Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A. (2005-2006).
  • NETANEL MILES-YEPEZ, Executive Director of the Reb Zalman Legacy Project, Co-Founder of the Sufi-Hasidic Fellowship, Sufi Murshid, Painter, Writer, and Editor, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. (2002-2006).
  • LEAH NOVICK, Rabbi, Carmel, California, U.S.A. (2004, 2006).
  • THOMAS ATUM O’KANE, Founder of Training Programs in Spiritual Guidance in America, Canada and Europe, Sufi Murshid, and was Secretary General of the Sufi Order International for twelve years, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. (2005-2006).
  • EYAL OFER RIVLIN, Psychotherapist, Musician and Hebrew Teacher, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. (2003-2006).
  • JONATHAN SCHACHTER, Recording and Collection Supervisor at Elat Chayyim, New York, New York, U.S.A. (2005-2006).
  • ZALMAN SCHACHTER-SHALOMI, Rabbi, Author, and Spiritual Director of the Reb Zalman Legacy Project, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. (2002-2006).
  • DANIEL SIEGEL, Director of Spiritual Resources for ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal, Director of the ALEPH Bet Midrash, Co-Rabbi of Congregation B'nai Or Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (2004, 2006).
  • NAOMI STEINBERG, Rabbi, Carlotta, California, U.S.A. (2006).
  • DAVID ZASLOW, Rabbi of Havurah Shir Hadash and Musician, Portlan, Oregon, U.S.A. (2004, 2006).