National Advisory Board
Sera Beak
Jean Shinoda Bolen Joan Borysenko
Ellen Burstyn
Lama Palden Drolma
China Galland
Andrew Harvey
Jean Houston
Helen LaKelly Hunt
Lee Irwin
Pat Mitchell
Caroline Myss
Mark Nepo
Connie Numbers
Paula Reeves
Peggy Rubin
Mirabai Starr
Gail Straub
Lynne Twist
David Whyte
Marianne Williamson
In Memoriam: Angeles Arrien, Gloria Karpinksi
Board Emeritus: Sue Monk Kidd, Susan Hull Walker, Terry Helwig, Barbara Hagerty
The Sophia Institute Board of Directors
We are proud to have such a dedicated group of people on our Board of Directors who exhibit mindfulness, wisdom, and contemplative practice within their service to our mission.
Carolyn Rivers
Founder & Director,
The Sophia Institute
Ellen Dressler Moryl
Retired Founding Director of the Office of Cultural Affairs,
City of Charleston
Virginia Schenck
Vocal Artist and Jazz Performer
Jaye Goosby Smith
PhD inaugural Vice President for Community Belonging and Chief Diversity Officer for Pepperdine, formerly on Faculty at The Citadel
Cam Busch
Founder and President Emeritus, Tennessee Art Therapy Association
Kimberly Wissel
Financial Manager and Vice President of Fortune 500 Bank
Julian Buxton
Owner of Buxton Books and Tour Charleston, LLC
Lindsey Vance
CEO of MPowrd Analytics
"Feminine way of knowing with its emphasis on process rather than on product; on making things coherent develop and grow. This is becoming a kind of fertile field for these new possibilities for this design of living for this planet at this time in human history. ”