Sakyong's Council

Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche The Sakyong’s Council acts under the authority of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, the spiritual and temporal head of the Shambhala Mandala. The Sakyong is the Director of the First Class of the board of directors. Following discussions on mandala structure and governance at the First Shambhala Congress in November 2003, work began on a new governing structure for Shambhala based on mandala principle. A new structure, to be in effect for two years, was approved by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche in December 2004 and took effect on Shambhala Day 2005. Full details are contained in the document, Shambhala Governing Structure: Empowering participation in the mandala, which is posted on the Shambhala website. The body responsible in the new structure for the overall governance of the mandala, fulfilling also the legal and financial responsibilities of a board of directors, is the Sakyong’s Council. It is chaired by the President of Shambhala on behalf of the Sakyong.
Richard Reoch President of Shambhala and Chair of the Sakyong's Council
Lourdes Alvarez Representative of Latin America	Jane Arthur Executive Director, Karme Choling.	Agness Au Chair, Shambhala Commission on the Status of Women and Feminine Principle
Jon Barbieri Executive Director, Shambhala Mountain Center	Connie Brock Treasurer; Chair, Finance Committee; Coordinator of the Chairs of the Working Groups	David Brown Office of the Kalapa Court
Amy Conway Chair, Governance as Path Working Group	Holly Gayley Communications and Technology Steering Committee	Jessyca Goldstein Chair, Touching the Earth Working Group
Jesse Grimes, Makpön Commander, Dorje Kasung	Victoria Hagens Secretary	Alex Halpern Vice Chair, Corporate Affairs Committee; Chief Legal Counsel
Arawana Hayashi Acharya; Chair, Shambhala Arts Council	Patricia Ullman-Hayward Executive Director, Dorje Denma Ling	Joe Inskeep Chair, Mandala Structure and Governance Working Group
Marty Janowitz Warrior General	Bhikshu Karma Jinpa Representative of Gampo Abbey	Willem Kuijpers Co-Representative, Shambhala Europe
Mitchell Levy Kalapa Council	Adam Lobel Acharya Representative	Hamish Maclaren Chair, Accessibility Working Group
Carolyn Mandelker Director of Practice and Education	Magali Meneses Representative of Latin America	Suzan Oudshoorn Director, Dechen Choling
Cortez Rainey Chair of the Diversity Working Group	Terry Rudderham Comptroller, Office of Finance and Development	John Sennhauser International Panel on Shambhala Care and Conduct
Joshua Silberstein Kalapa Council	Chris Tamdjidi Director of Shambhala Europe	Arbie Thalacker Legal and Financial Continuity
Stephen Vosper Chair of the Sakyong's Advisory Panel on Shambhala Environments	Mary Whetsell Membership and Communications	Susan Williams Chair of the Children and Families Working Group