Julie Regalado – President
Julie Regalado has a background in dance and education in formal and non-formal learning environments for people of all ages. Her recent work has been in exploring the role of embodied awareness practices in fostering awareness of relationality – the interdependence of human and non-human. Introduced to Buddhist teachings as a teenager, with an eclectic familial approach to spirituality, she has been meditating, informed by various traditions, for over 10 years and has made a life exploring the meaning of right-action and right-speech in the lived experience.
Karen Weilacher – Treasurer
Karen Weilacher – Retired Studio Lighting Technician, President – Ndé Bikéeyá Chiricahua Apache Land Trust.
Karen Weilacher grew up in Kentucky and worked as a groundskeeper at a dude ranch in Arizona when she was a teenager.
She was captivated by the natural beauty of the Cochise Stronghold during her first visit to the Dragoon Mountains. She returned each year, and in 1986, she bought a small piece of land in the canyon. Karen moved permanently to the Stronghold after retiring from Paramount Pictures.
Stuart Keating – Secretary
Stuart brings a multifaceted background in public interest law, nonprofit leadership, environmental advocacy, and preservation minded entrepreneurship. His career includes legal work focused on community and environmental issues, leadership roles with regional nonprofits. Stuart is currently Executive Director of Landmarks Association of Saint Louis.
Jacques Servin – Director
Jacques Servin is an internationally known media artist and writer, and co-founder and co-director of the Yes Men and the Yes Lab. His last position was as Visiting Associate Arts Professor at NYU, where he also directs the Critical Tactics Lab. Jacques brings creativity and experience from grassroots activism. Jacques likes cats, birds, and traditional buildings
Yegor Makiboroda – Director
Yegor is passionate about exploring the natural treasures of the American West and recently returned from backpacking the 40 miles of the Teton Crest Trail. He is a dedicated TMI/The Mind Illuminated practitioner, martial artist (Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai) and Chinese tea ceremony enthusiast.
Yegor Makhiboroda brings leadership experience as one of the founders of PitchVantage
Robin Craig – Director
Robin Craig is a Teacher in The Mind Illuminated tradition, which is rooted in Theravadan and Tibetan Karma Kagyu traditions with lineage to the Venerable Ananda Bodhi. She is also a Nature Dharma teacher.
Robin appreciates the ways in which joy is an integral part of the path to the deep spirituality and interconnection that is ours by nature. Her dharma teaching lineage comes from teachers who have studied the early Buddhist tradition as well as teachers in modern Theravada lineages.
Henrik A. Norberg – Executive Director
Henrik, a current Cochise Stronghold resident, is passionate about fostering a collaborative and participatory community. Henrik’s practice background includes TMI, Japanese Tendai tradition, and the Theravada Thai Forest tradition. Henrik brings extensive experience in program and project management through his previous career as a software architect. Also. He likes to meditate in caves.
Ajahn Buddisaro – Spiritual Advisor
Ajahn Buddhisaro was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 2002, in the Thai Forest tradition. He first became interested in meditation while completing degrees in neuroscience and philosophy at UC Berkeley in California. Upon graduating he travelled extensively throughout Asia, studying and practicing eastern spirituality and meditation in places such as India, Nepal, Tibet, China, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. Meeting renowned spiritual leaders like the Dalai Lama and Thich Nhat Hanh inspired him to enter extended monastic retreat as a Buddhist monk.
Henrik is a cave yogi, wanderer and mind explorer interested in pre secterian Buddhism and samadhi practices and is a certified TMI/ Mind Illuminated instructor. Henrik was personally trained and instructed by Culadasa at Dharma Treasure.
