Founding Supporters
This is a growing list of distinguished individuals – many of whom are already working to understand and promote compassion – providing early and vital support for the Global Compassion Coalition.
Shawn Achor
Happiness researcher and author
Ineda Pearl Adesanya
Chaplain | Spiritual Leader | Author
Maurizio Albahari
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology and Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame
Noliwe Alexander
Dharma Teacher
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Robin Alexandra
Medicine Woman
Michael Amster
Doctor, author
The Power of Awe
Lene Rachel Anderson
President
Nordic Bildung
Joi Andreoli
Family Therapist and author
Poko Ariihee
Photographer
Kōrero o te Orau
Olly Armstrong
Director
Breathe
Paul Atkins
Founder
Prosocial World
Milly St Aubyn
Reflexologist
Adam Avin
Founder
Wuf Shanti Children’s Wellness Foundation
Dr. Marleen ter Avest
Psychologist
Radboud University
Robin Banerjee
Head of Psychology
University of Sussex
Jasmine Banks
Executive Director
Generation Common Good
Martin Barber
Associate Fellow
Chatham House
Pawan Bareja
Trauma Resolution Practitioner
Asha Healing Circle
Randy Barker
Director of Health, Counseling & Well-Being
Katherine Barkley
Founder
CORENTE
Anna Basallaje
COO
Jaskaran Basran
Psychologist
Compassionate Mind Foundation
Susan Bauer-Wu
President
Mind and Life Institute
Colin Beavan
Coach
Judith Bell
President and founder
Rewire Leadership Institute
Natalie Bell
Associate Executive Director Programs
Center for Mindful Self-Compassion
Maurizio Benazzo
Non Duality
Zaya Benazzo
Non Duality
Laura Berland
Founder
Center for Compassionate Leadership
Adrian Bethune
Founder
Teachappy
Marianne Bickett
Activist
WhatNextForEarth
Julie Bjelland
Founder
Sensitive Empowerment
Joanne Blades
Co-Founder
Living Room Conversations
Francesca Blomfield
Director
Mary Ann Boe
Community Relations Director
Francois Bourgognon
Psychiatrist
Institut de Cancérologie de Lorraine
Ashanti Branch
Founder & Executive Director
Ever Forward – Siempre Adelante
Fiona Brandon
Psychotherapist & Educator
Erik van den Brink
Psychiatrist, psychotherapist
Mindfulness-Based Compassionate Living
Jamie Bristow
Policy and Advocacy Lead
The Inner Development Goals
Robyn Brooks
LuVolutionary Soul Leader
Tina Bryson
CEO
The Center for Connection
Bhante Buddharakkhita
Founder and Abbot
Uganda Buddhist Centre
Vidyamala Burch
Founder
Breathworks Foundation
Ciara Byrne
Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer and Chair of Trustees
Imperial College and Human Values in Healthcare Forum
Marina Cantacuzino
Founder
The Forgiveness Project
Marguerite Callaway
CEO
Callaway Leadership Network
Ari Cowan
Director General
The International Center for Compassionate Organizations
Doris Chang
Clinical Psychologist and Associate Professor
New York University Silver School of Social Work
Grace Chen
Program Advisor
Tomorrow’s Youth Organization
Marsha Clark
Retired educator
Frame of Mind films
James Clarke
Head of Outreach
The Renew Foundation
Paul Condon
Associate Professor of Psychology
Southern Oregon University
Jarek Conrad
CEO
Human Like Me
Nathan Consedine
Professor of Health Psychology
University of Auckland
Mick Cooper
Professor of Counselling Psychology
University of Roehampton
Swati Desai
Mindfulness and Compassion teacher
2meditate
Ron DeStefano
Psychologist
The Human Species
Jed Diamond
Founder
MenAlive
Jim Doty
Neurosurgeon
Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education
Rachel Druckenmiller
CEO
Unmuted
Mollie West Duffy
Author
Big Feelings and No Hard Feelings
Liz Dunning
VP of Development and Partnerships
Jane Dutton
Professor Emerita
University of Michigan
Bruce Ecker
Co-Director
Coherence Psychology Institute
Ani Ilona Eckhardt
Buddhist nun
William Edelglass
Director of Studies
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies
Emma Eglington
Account Manager
Blackpepper
Duane Elgin
Co-Director
Koshin Paley Ellison
President & Co-Guiding Teacher
New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care
Seewan Eng
Executive Director
Mindful Schools
Kevin Eyres
Teacher, coach, speaker
Hoffman Foundation
Susan Fairchild
Associate Director
Institute for Meditation & Psychotherapy
Sean Fargo
Founder
Mindfulness Exercises
Yvonne Feeney
Project Manager for the Time for Dementia programme
Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Tony Fernando
Psychiatrist, Sleep Specialist
Practice 92
Jonathan Fisher
Organizational Well-Being and Reseiliency Leader
Mind Heart Now
Nathan E Fisher
PhD Candidate
Mark Foley
President
Jhamtse International
John Forsyth
Professor of Psychology
Association of Contextual Behavioural Science
Diana Fosha
Founder and Director
AEDP Institute
Cam Van Fossen
Executive Director
Liz Fosslien
Author
Humu/Penguin Books
Elaine Fox
Head of School of Psychology
University of Adelaide
Marisa Franco
Professor
University of Maryland
Barbara Fredrickson
Kenan Distinguished Professor
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Rhonda Freeman
Neuropsychologist
Neuroinstincts
Paul Fulton
Board member
Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy
Mpho Tutu van Furth
Andrew Gaines
Instigator
Inspiring Transition
Albert Garcia-Romeu
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research
Marina Gattás
Culture and Politics Lead
Benedicte Gendron
Professor
Lirdef- Université paul-valéry Montpellier 3
Jeff Genung
Managing Director
Pro-Social World
Christopher Germer
Co-Founder
Centre for Mindful Self-Compassion
Paul Gilbert
Psychologist
Compassionate Mind Foundation
Derek Gladwin
Assistant Professor of Language & Literacy Education
University of British Columbia
Jack Glaser
Professor
UC Berkeley
James Gimian
ED
Foundation for a Mindful Society
Elisha Goldstein
Author, Psychologist, Educator
Harvard Medical School
Scott Greenberg
Executive Director
Peter Grossenbacher
Professor
Mingtong Gu
Master Teacher
The Chi Center
Michele Guieu
Eco-artist and Art Educator
Millennium Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere
Fairouz El Hammar-Vergnes
Medical Doctor
Bordeaux University
Jane Hampton
Co-Executive Director
Connecticut Parent Advocacy Center, Inc.
Timothy Harrison
Associate Director for CBCT Compassion Training
Emory University Compassion Center
Nicola Hart
Founder of a drinks organisation
Rona Hart
Course Leader
School of Psychology, University of Sussex
Sande Hart
President
Sande Hart
Noriko Harth
Managing Director/MBSR & MSC instructor
UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness
Dr. Clemette Haskins
Senior Fellow
Matt Hawkins
Chief Communications Officer
Global Compassion Coalition
Steven C Hayes
Foundation Professor of Psychology
University of Nevada, Reno
Celeste Headlee
Journalist
Celeste Headlee Media
Richard Heinberg
Co-Founder
Post Carbon Institute
Cathy Heller
Spiritual coach, Podcaster
Susan Henderson
Executive Director
Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
Yu Tse Heng
Assistant Professor of Commerce
University of Virginia McIntire School of Commerce
Cheng Yi Heng
Asia Deputy Director
International Ecological Development Union
Nan Herron
Psychiatrist
Sage Integrative Health
Steve Hickman
Founding COO
Global Compassion Coalition
Diana Hill
Psychologist
Private practice
Saed Hill
Counseling Psychologist
Northwestern University
Susie Hills
Founder
TeamKind and KindFest
Holly Hine
Line Producer/Film Exec.
Frame of Mind Films
Daniel Hires
Director Partnerships and Communication
Inner Develoment Goals
Dominic Hoey
Youth Mentor
Alex Howard
Founder and Chairman
Alex Howard Group Ltd
Tsunma Illona
Buddhist nun
Ihssane Iraqi
President
Foeja
Emmanuel Ande Ivorgba
President
The Emmanuel Ivorgba Foundation
Anthony Jack
Beamer-Schneider Professor of Ethics
Case Western Reserve University
Carolyn Jacobs
Dean Emerita Smith College School for Social Work
Smith College
Tomeka Jacobs
Gabriella Jaeger
Co-Founder & Programmes Director
Global Changemakers
Renee Jain
Founder
GoZen! and TeenToks
James Jesso
Author and Podcast Host
Adventures Through The Mind
Jean Johnson
Coach
Psychedelic Nest
Sue Johnson
Psychologist
ICEEFT – The International Center for Excellence in EFT
Jason Kanov
Professor of Organizational Behavior
Western Washington University
Agnieszka Kaseja
Coach supervisor
EMCC GLOBAL
Ewura Adams Karim
Executive Director
Maltiti Foundation
Michelle Keane
Founder
Content Strategy Online
Becca Kearl
Executive Director
Julia Kim
Program Director
Lisa Kim
Associate Director
CHA Center for Mindfulness and Compassion
James Kirby
Psychologist
University of Queensland
Anna Kolasińska
Psychologist
MBSR, MBCL
Frits Koster
Mindfulness and compassion teacher
Mindfulness-Based Compassionate Living
Nate Klemp
Author and Founding Partner
Mindful Magazine
Olga Klimecki
Researcher
University of Jena, Germany
Ethan Kross
Professor of Psychology and Management & Organizations, Author
University of Michigan
Cliff Lansley
Research Director
Emotional Intelligence Academy
Lillian Lahiri
Retired teacher
Chad Dion Lassiter
Executive Director
Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission
Becca Lawton
Operations Manager
The Kindness Institute
Joung Chul Lee
Assistant Professor
William MS Lee
Retired architect
USCPFAUSCPFA
Thomas Legrand
Author (The Politics of Being)
UNDP
Liliana Lengua
Professor of Psychology
University of Washington Center for Child and Family Well-being
Jeremy Lent
Founder
Marc Lesser
CEO
ZBA Associates LLC
Susan Lerner
Executive Director
Common Cause
Tamara Levitt
Head of Mindfulness
Calm
Andrea Livingston
Associate Director of Engagement and Partnerships
Joe Loizzo
Founder and Academic Director
Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science
Emma Long
Psychologist
Yale
Angela Lori
Teacher and researcher
University of Seville
Jennifer Louden
Writer
Rachel Lim
Co founder
Kaira Jewel Lingo
Buddhist Dharma Teacher
Order of Interbeing, Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Laura van Dernoot Lipsky
Founder and Director
The Trauma Stewardship Institute
Sonja Lyubomirsky
Distinguished Professor
University of California, Riverside
David Macek
Collaborative Leadership Team, Development & Business Strategy
Inward Bound Mindfulness
Diana Maier
Founding Partner
Maier Law Group
Erika Malm
Founder/Psychotherapist
Erika Malm Collective
Mary Marcdante
Director of Communications
Center for Mindful Self-Compassion
Yaffa Maritz
Co-Creator of The Community of Mindful Families
Charter for Compassion
Marta Markocka-Pepol
MBCL and MBSR teacher
Wasza Uważność – Mindfulness & compassion
Darlene Markovich
Co-Founder
Step Forward Initiative
Abigail Marsh
Professor of Psychology
Georgetown University
Jason Marsh
Executive Director & Editor-in-Chief
The Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley
Janice Marturano
Founder/Executive Director
Institute for Mindful Leadership
Marcela Matos
Psychologist
University of Coimbra
Sithembile Mbete
Senior Lecturer
University of Pretoria
Roddy McCally
Climbing Guide and Outdoor Educator
Outdoor Recreation Education
Caroline Mehl
Co-Founder & Executive Director
Candy Mendelowitz
Business Coach
Strategic Personnel
Jon Metzler
Senior Director of Human Performance
Magellan Federal
Jess Miller
Neuropsychologist
University of Cambridge and Police Care UK
Katy Milkman
James G. Dinan Professor
The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania
Anahita Moghaddam
Founder
Neural Beings
Tara Mohr
Author
Tara Mohr LLC
Ben Moore
Publisher
Lion’s Road Foundation
Julia Mossbridge
Founder
TILT: The Institute for Love and Time
Fay Milton
Co-Founder
Susan Mulvey
Volunteer
California Reentry Program
Darcia Narvaez
Founder
EvolvedNest.org
Levy Farías Navarro
Professor (retired)
Universidad Central de Venezuela
Kristin Neff
Researcher
Center for Mindful Self-Compassion
Lobsang Negi
Executive Director
Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics
Jane Negrych
Managing Director
The Sanctuary
Ioannis Nikolaou
Professor of Organizational Behaviour & HRM
Athens University of Economics & Business – Job Pairs
Deogratias Niyizonkiza
Founder and CEO
Village Health Works
Rolf Nolasco
Rueben P. Job Professor of Spiritual Formation and Pastoral Theology
Christian Nunes
National President
National Organization for Women
Bonnie O'Brien Jonsson
Writer/Mindfulness teacher
Self–UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
Christine O'Connell
Executive Director
Rileys Way Foundation
Mary Frances O'Connor
Associate Professor of Psychology
University of Arizona
Nadia Odjo
Founder and executive director
BRITE Initiative Incorporated
Andrew Olendzki
Professor, Director of Mindfulness Studies
Lesley Univeristy, Cambridge, MA
Rick Olesek
Executive Director
Enneagram Prison Project
Susan Olesek
Founder
Enneagram Prison Project
Olivia O'Neill
Associate Professor of Management
George Mason University
Ellen van Oosten
Associate Professor, Organizational Behavior
Case Western Reserve University
David Otieno
Executive Director
TINADA Youth Organization (TiYO)
Christopher Oveis
Associate Professor of Management
UC San Diego
Neil Pakenham-Walsh
Coordinator, Healthcare Information For All
Healthcare Information For All
Jason Pandya-Wood
Dean of Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
University of Nottingham Malaysia
Jerry Pannone
Author and musician
Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization (PLATO)
Dennis Parker
Executive Director
National Center for Law and Economic Justice
Eve Pearlman
Co-Founder
Spaceship Media
Ashley Pendertest
Founder
Do The Damn Thing
Bruce Duncan Perry
Founder
The Neurosequential Network
Nico Petrocchi
Psychologist
John Cabot University
Barbara Piper
Owner
Be Rooted
Vita Pires
Executive Director
Prison Mindfulness Initiative
Michael Pirson
Chaired Professor
Fordham University
Susan Pollak
Co-Founder
Center for Mindfulness and Compassion
Ricki Pollycove
Physician Deep Ecologist
Stephen Porges
Founding Director
Traumatic Stress Research Consortium
Julie Potiker
Author, Certified Mindful Self-Compassion Teacher
Mindful Methods for Life, and UCSD Center for Mindfulness
Johnson Powell
Director
Mindful Methods for Life, and UCSD Center for Mindfulness
John Prendergast
Author, teacher
Jordan Quaglia
Associate Professor
Naropa University
Fredric Rabinowitz
Psychologist and Professor of Psychology
University of Redlands
Mamphela Ramphele
Co-Founder
ReimagineSA
Rosemary Rawcliffe
Founder & Producer/Director
Frame of Mind Films
Terry Real
Author and family therapist
Relational Life Institute
Lynne Reeder
Adjunct Research Fellow
Adjunct Research Fellow
Beth Reel
Co-Executive Director
Connecticut Parent Advocacy Center
Madeleine Rees
Secretary General
Womens International League for Peace and Freedom
Jeremy Reiss
Executive Vice President, Partnerships and Innovation
Harry Street Settlement
Diane Renz
Neuroscience practical applications facilitator
Amy Richards
Flourishing & Connectedness Researcher | Contemplative Practice Facilitator
Emory University; The Task Force for Global Health
Kevin Riordan
Psychotherapist
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Center for Healthy Minds, and The Loka Initiative
Helen Richfield
Massage therapist
Self-employed
Leonard Riskin
Visiting Professor & Distinguished Fellow
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
Susan Harris Rimmer
Professor
Griffith University
Alberto Rizzo
President
Fundación Vivir Agradecidos
Cataslina Rodriguez
Mindfulness & Compassion Cultivation Training Teacher
Frank Rogers
Professor of Spiritual Formation
Claremont School of Theology & The Center for Engaged Compassion
Lilli Ross
Mindfulness teacher
Gretchen Rubin
Author
Christine Russel
Youth Mindfulness Facilitator
The Kindness Institute
Dee Sandhu
Founder
Covidpedia Labs
Susana Novais Santos
Neuroscientist and Researcher
Global Compassion Coalition
K Scarry
Director of Partnerships
The Dinner Party/People’s Supper
Karen Schembs
Retired
Richard Schwartz
Founder
Internal Family Systems
Rhoda Schuling
Senior Researcher
Mindfulness-Based Compassionate Living
Dr Frances Scully
Founder
BeCompassionateNl.inc
Freya Seiller
Medical doctor psychosomatics/psychotherapy
PNT-teachers, Esalen (advanced Bodywork), Success Teams (Barbara Sher) Kassenärztliche Vereinigung BW, Bvvp, Treesisters, Arbor Seminare
Samineh Shaheem
Professor of Psychology & Leadership
Spencer Sherman
Money Mindfulness Teacher (Dharma of Money)
Abacus
Aishah Shahidah Simmons
Mindfulness Meditation Teacher & Cultural Worker
love WITH accountability
Kai Shappley
Activist
Daniel Shapiro
Founder and Director
Harvard International Negotiation Program
Shauna Shapiro
Professor
Santa Clara University
Katie Shillington
PhD Candidate
Western University
Dan Siegel
President
Mindsight Institute
David Siegel
CEO
Meetup
Ronald Siegel
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Harvard Medical School
Daria Sievers
Clinical and Forensic Social Worker
Judith Simmer-Brown
Professor Emeritx
Naropa University
Ace Simpson
Professor of Human Resource Management and Organizational Behaviour
Brunel University
Re. Dr. Ronne Wingate Sims
Assistant Director of Religious Diversity, Justice and Outreach
University of San Francisco
Kristian Simsarian
Ringmaster
Collective Creativity
Tania Singer
Psychologist
Max Planck Society
Daniel Singley
Psychologist
The Center for Men;’s Excellence
Mark Skelding
psychotherapist
Marla Slavner
Producer
The Global Sunrise Project
Kasha Sequoia Slavner
Director
The Global Sunrise Project
Ali Smith
Co-Founder/Executive Director
Holistic Life Foundation
Asuman Smith
Youth Mindfulness leader
Holistic Life Foundation
Stephen Snyder
Theravada Buddhist teacher and author
Awakening Dharma
Navin Arjun Soni
Founder
Gift A Deed
Signe Jung Sorenson
Coach and Applied Compassion Facilitator
Signe Jung Coaching & Consulting
Lene Sovold
Clinical Psychologist
KatyMay Spencer
Founder
Coba Ventures
Yivat Susskind
Executive Director
MADRE
Andy Swindler
Co-founder & Chief Empathy Officer
FeelReal
Holly Sweet
Psychologist
Larry Tackett
Healer
Michael Taft
Teacher and author
Laura Talmus
Co-founder and Executive Director
Mary Tarsher
University of Notre Dame
Stan Tatkin
Owner/Founder
Debra Chamberlin Taylor
Meditation teacher and therapist
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
George Taylor
Counselor
A Path for Couples
Sherri Taylor
soulstudiolab
Zach Taylor
Director
Psychotherapy Networker
Anam Thubten
Dharma Teacher
Dharmata Foundation
Elisabeth Testa
Vice President
Vivir Agradecidos
Chris Thomas
Researcher
IPPR
Robert Thurman
Co-Founding President
Tibet House US
Justine Toms
Founding Director, Host
New Dimensions Radio
Amber Tout
Postdoctoral Researcher and Founder of Sleep Positive
University of Sussex
Cathy Towle
Chair Emeritus
Marilyn Turkovich
Director
Charter for Compassion
Chris Turner
Emergency medicine physician
UHCW NHS Trust
Dr. Chris Ugwu
Executive Director
Society for the Improvement of Rural People
Malva Uribe
Science Teacher and CCT Instructor
Stephanie Veillon
CEO
Being Well Inc.
Samantha Veitch
Youth Mentor
The Kindness Institute
Barbara Doeleman-van Veldhoven
Founder and Director
BFC Compassionate Care & Mindful Medicine
Maryvonne Verkerke
Mindfulness and compassion teacher
Gentleminds, Instituut voor Compassie
Cassandra Vieten
Director
Center for Mindfulness, University of California, San Diego
Le Quyen (Cindy) Vuu
CEO
Biti’s
Jason Wachob
Founder and Co-CEO
mindbodygreen.com
Helané Wahbeh
Director of Research
Joyce Wanderi-Wachira
Kenya Chapter Leader
The TEARS Foundation
Sarah Walker-Smith
CEO
Ampa/Shakespeare Martineau LLP
Roger Walsh
Professor of psychiatry, philosophy, and anthropology
University of California
Spring Washam
Teacher
Spirit Rock Meditation Center and East Bay Meditation Center
Illene Wasserman
President
ICW Consulting Group LLC
Christian Waugh
Professor of Psychology
Wake Forest University
Claudia Welss
Board Chair/CEO
Institute of Noetic Sciences
Douglas Westphal
Magdalena Whoolery
Maternal-Child Health & Infant Young Child Feeding Consultant
Breastfeeding International
Mahendra Wijayasinghe
Buddhist publisher
Jana Willms
Psychologist
Institute for Mindfulness-Based Approaches IMA
Tricia Wolanin
Community Wellness Consultant/Clinical Psychologist
Ahria Wolf
Psychotherapist
MM
Charles Wolfe
CEO
Charles J. Wolfe Associates, LLC
Agnes Wong
Physician and Professor
The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto
Roberton Work
Social and ecological activist and nonfiction author
Compassionate Civilization Collaborative (C3)
Mark Williams
Professor Emeritus in Clinical Psychology
University of Oxford
Risa Wilkerson
Executive Director
Healthy Places by Design
Diana Winston
Director of Mindfulness Education
UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center
Monika Witkowska
MBSR and MBCL Teacher
EAMBA
Dana Yarbrough
Associate Director
Partnership for People with Disabilities @ VCU
Michael Yellow Bird
Dean and Professor
Faculty of Social Work, University of Manitoba
Aizaiah Yong
Assistant professor of spirituality
Claremont school of theology
Rachel Zargo
Co-Founder
FeelReel
Eric Zimmer
Podcast Creator and Host, Behavior Coach
The One You Feed
Paquita de Zulueta
Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer and Chair of Trustees
Imperial College and Human Values in Healthcare Forum
