Confirmed Leaders and Summit Organizers
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Confirmed Leaders and Summit Organizers
Convener
Merriam, Dena
Founder & Convener, Global Peace Initiative for Women
Confirmed
Dr. Amir al-Islam
Imam, Muslim Scholar
Rev. Dr. Gregg Anderson
Chaplain, Aspen Chapel – Aspen, CO
Imam Mohamed Bashar Arafat
Founder & Pres., Civilizations Exchange & Cooperation
Acharya Sam Bercholz
Teacher, Buddhist Tradition
Orland Bishop
Founder and Director, Shade Tree Multicultural Foundation
Rev. Cynthia Bourgeault
Founding Director, The Aspen Wisdom School
Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi
Chairman, American Buddhist Association
Rev. Joan Brown Campbell
Chair, Global Peace Initiative of Women
Chair, Dept. of Religion, Chautauqua Institution
Brother Chidananda
Self-Realization Fellowship
Benedictine Sister Joan Chittister
Co-Chair, Global Peace Initiative of Women
Ven. Thubten Chodron
Spiritual Director, Sravasti Abbey
Dr. Thomas P. Coburn
President, Naropa University
Rev. Toni Cook
Pastor, St. Paul’s United Methodist Church – Denver, CO
Rita Long Visitor Holy Dance
Oglala Lakota, Intl. Council of the 13 Indigenous Grandmothers
Beatrice Long Visitor Holy Dance
Oglala Lakota, Intl. Council of the 13 Indigenous Grandmothers
Lama Surya Das
Founder, Western Buddhist Teachers Network
Dr. Anna Douglas
Founding Teacher, Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Rev. Matthew Fox
Founder & President, University of Creation Spirituality, CA
Mark Gerzon
Founder & President, Mediators Foundation
Blu Greenberg
Co-Chair, Global Peace Initiative of Women Religious and Spiritual Leaders
Foundation
Dr. Amit Goswami
Quantum Physicist, University of Oregon
Rabbi Shefa Gold
Director, The Center for Devotional, Energy and Ecstatic Practice
Sister Marya Grathwohl O.S.F.
Founder, Earth Hope Ministry – Dayton, WY
Shaikh Kabir Helminski
Teacher, Spiritual Paths Institute
Shaikah Camille Helminski
Teacher, Spiritual Paths Institute
Shaikha Fariha Rahman
Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order – Crestone, CO
Shaikh Ali Rahman
Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order – Crestone, CO
Acarya Judith Lief
Teacher & Executive Director, Vajradhatu Publications
Acharya Judith Simmer Brown
Naropa University
Father Thomas Keating
St. Benedict’s Monastery – Snowmass, CO
Rabbi Naomi Levy
Founder, Nashuva, LA
Dr. Rick Levy
Founder, The Levy Center for the Healing Arts
Dr. Laurie Ann Levin
Director, Moonview Sanctuary
Mr. Gerald M. Levin
Presiding Director, Moonview Sanctuary
Dr. Nan Lu
Founding Director, Traditional Chinese Medicine World Foundation
Sister Mohini
North and South America Regional Director, Brahma Kumaris
Dr. Frank Morales (Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya)
President-Acharya, Intl. Sanatana Dharma Society
Rev. James Parks Morton
Founder and past President, Interfaith Center of New York
Aster Patel
Teacher, Sri Aurobindo Ashram – India
Dr. Peggy Dulany
Founder, Synergos
Mona Polacca
Hopi/Havasupai/Tewa, Intl. Council of the 13 Indigenous Grandmothers
Swami Ramananda
President, Integral Yoga – New York
Sraddhalu Ranade
Educator & Scientist, Sri Aurobindo Ashram – India
Ann Roberts
President, Fund of the Four Directions
Dr. Nancy Roof
Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Kosmos
Mrs. Hala Al Saraf
President, Iraq Health Access Program, Baghdad, Iraq
Barbara Sargent
President, Kalliopeia Foundation
Professor Weiming Tu
Harvard / Beijing University, People’s Republic of China
Dr. Sakeena Yacoobi
Founder & Executive Director, Afghan Institute of Learning – Afghanistan
Rabbi Schachter-Shalomi Zalman
Founder, Jewish Renewal and Spiritual Eldering Movements – Boulder, CO