Dana Group Bios

Christine Baranay, White River Junction VT

had 10 years experience as Director of Registration for an international organization before serving for 11 years as the CEO of a large stage production company in Los Angeles that produced shows to raise funds for local non-profits

Connie Brock, Minneapolis MN

serves as the Treasurer of Shambhala and of the Minneapolis Shambhala Center, as a member of the Shambhala Trust, and chairs the Finance Committee of the Sakyong’s Council. Connie comes to the group with 30 years experience at Wells Fargo Bank in various management positions, the last of which was managing technology planning (managing staff of over 100 people and just under $10 million in annual expenses)

Amy Conway, Berkeley CA

the Regional Director of Northern California Shambhala also serves on the Sakyong's Council as the Chair of the Leadership as Path working group. Passionate about combining dharma teachings with every development effort that we put forward she has been particularly involved inthe "Money as Path" programs that began in Northern California last year. Recently, Ms. Conway created the online Yun Auction and combined it with teachings on Feminine Principle as one part of the Sakyong Wangmo empowerment fundraising efforts

Sue Gilman, Karme Choling

is the Director of Development for Karme Choling and former Executive Director of Sky Lake Lodge. She has held numerous posts in Shambhala, first as Head of Finance for the Atlanta Dharmadhatu in the late 1980s. She was the Chair of the Board in Atlanta in 2006. She has worked in marketing, manufacturing, media and the environment

Susan Hyatt, Washington D.C

has been a fund-raising professional for more than 20 years, working with national nonprofits and higher education, and currently is the Director of Development for the Gelman Library System at The George Washington University

Pamela Krasney, Sausalito CA

divides her time between Buddhist philanthropy and social activism and serves as a trustee of Naropa University, of Shambhala Mountain Center and of the Shambhala Trust. She is also a current board member of Death Penalty Focus and a former, long-time, member of the board and one-time chair of the Marin AIDS Project

Patrick Lawler, Dorje Denma Ling

has been a member of the Shambhala (Vajradhatu) Sangha since 1983. He worked for a telephone fundraising agency in the U.K., first as a Caller, then Call Centre Supervisor then Account Manager; designing and implementing telephone fundraising campaigns for major charities and N.G.O.s such as Christian Aid, Amnesty International, Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, and many others. Patrick has recently moved from Britain to Dorje Denma Ling where he is the Development Manager; he is passionate about DDL (and all Shambhala Land Centres) becoming an example of sustainability for the whole Shambhala mandala and for the wider community

Lodro Rinzler, Boston MA

is the Development Coordinator for Shambhala's Office of Finance and Development. He served as the Executive Director of the Boston Shambhala Center for three years prior. His fundraising experience has been primarily in the Buddhist sector having founded a Buddhist House at Wesleyan University and brought the Boston Shambhala Center out of an on-going $20,000 annual deficit well into the black within one year’s time

Larry Teitelbaum, Lexington, MA

is married to Lisa Berland and a father of four. He has served as the Karme Choling Saddharma Co-Director for 7 years, as chairman of Karme Choling’s $1,000,000 capital campaign, chairman of the Waldorf School of Lexington’s $1,000,000 capital campaign, and served on the Boston Shambhala Center’s Council for 6 years during which he ran a $100,000 capital campaign. Larry also has a strong connection to the Rudolf Steiner Foundation having worked with its founder, Sigfried Finser, over the past 20 years

Kathy Vieweg, Boston MA

has been fundraising for United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley in Massachusetts for the past 5 years and Zoo New England for 2 years prior. She is on the Board of Directors as well as the Kalapa Council at the Boston Shambhala Center

To contact members of the Dana Group please e-mail shambhalagenerosity@gmail.com