Board of Trustees

Ed Malloy, BA

Fairfield, Iowa

Chair of the Board of Trustees

Chair of the Development, Alumni, and Marketing Committee, MIU Board of Trustees

Former Mayor of Fairfield, Iowa (2020-2022), named one of the 15 Greenest Mayors in North America by MSN.com, 2008.

Executive Director for Grow Fairfield Economic Development Association

BA Psychology, Ricker College

Tony Nader, MD, PhD, MARR

Maharishi Vedic City, Iowa

President of MIU

Professor of Physiology and Health

Executive Director, Dr. Tony Nader Institute for Consciousness

Dr. Nader was a Clinical and Research Fellow in Neurology at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Assistant Director of the clinical research center at MIT. Throughout his career, he has spoken and published extensively on consciousness and the development of full human potential human, including his 2024 New York Times bestselling book, Consciousness is All There Is.

MD, American University of Beirut

PhD in Brain and Cognitive Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Keith Wallace, PhD

Fairfield, Iowa

Founding President and President Emeritus of MIU

Chair of the Student Support Committee, MIU Board of Trustees

Professor of Physiology

Director of Research (International), Maharishi International University

Pioneer in the neurophysiology of higher states of consciousness whose groundbreaking research on the physiology of meditation opened the door for its scientific study and application in the field of behavioral medicine

BS Physics, University of California at Los Angeles

PhD Physiology, University of California at Los Angeles

Post Doctorate, Harvard Medical School

Bevan Morris, MA, DSCI

Fairfield, Iowa

President Emeritus of MIU

Chair Emeritus of the MIU Board of Trustees

Prime Minister, Global Country of World Peace

Chair Emeritus, Board of Directors of Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment

Chair of the Board of Directors, Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation (USA)

Member of the Board of Directors, Maharishi Global Development Fund

BA Psychology and Philosophy, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University (England)

MA Psychology and Philosophy, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University (England)

Master’s Degree in the Science of Creative Intelligence, Maharishi European Research University

Doctorate in the Science of Creative Intelligence, Maharishi European Research University

John Hagelin, PhD, DSPS

Maharishi Vedic City, Iowa

President Emeritus of MIU

Professor of Physics

Director of the Institute of Science, Technology and Public Policy

International administrator of the Global Country of World Peace, responsible for overseeing the expansion of Consciousness-Based programs in the United States

International Director of the Global Union of Scientists for Peace

President, David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace

Minister of Science and Technology, Global Country of World Peace

BA summa cum laude, Dartmouth College

MA, Harvard University

PhD, Harvard University

Doctorate in Supreme Political Science, Maharishi University of World Peace

Nat Goldhaber, MA, Hon PhD

San Antonio, Texas

Vice-Chair, MIU Board of Trustees

C-Chair of the Governance Committee, MIU Board of Trustees

Managing Director, Claremont Creek Ventures

Founder and CEO of TOPS, a computer networking company

Founder and CEO of Cybergold, an Internet marketing company

Emeritus member, Executive Board of the College of Letters and Science, UC Berkeley

BA, Maharishi International University

MA, University of California at Berkeley

Doctor of Philosophy honoris causa, Maharishi International University

Tom Stanley, DSPS

Fairfield, Iowa

Vice-Chair, MIU Board of Trustees

Co-Chair of the Mission and Culture Committee, MIU Board of Trustees

International administrator of the Global Country of World Peace since 2005, with responsibility from 2005 to 2007 for 8 states in the mountain and southwest US and, since 2007, for overseeing activities in countries including Ireland, Iceland, Mongolia, the Kingdom of Bhutan.

Resident of Fairfield since 1975, active in community service and affairs, on boards ranging from Habitat for Humanity to the Fairfield Arts and Convention Center to the recently established Jefferson County Community Forum and as an at-large Councilman for the City of Fairfield

Bachelor’s Degree in the Science of Creative Intelligence, Maharishi European Research University

Doctorate in Supreme Political Science, Maharishi University of World Peace

Maureen M. Wynne, JD, PhD

Maharishi Vedic City, Iowa

Chair of the Executive Committee, MIU Board of Trustees

Co-Chair of the Governance Committee, MIU Board of Trustees

Attorney

Administrator of the Global Country of World Peace with responsibility for implementing consciousness-based programs around the world

Secretary and Board member of Global Country of World Peace, organizations that share common goals with MIU

Former Dean of Faculty, Maharishi International University

Former City Attorney of Maharishi Vedic City, Iowa

BA Art and Journalism, Trinity University

JD, University of Texas School of Law

PhD Law, Maharishi European Research University

Rena Boone, BA, Hon DWP

Silver Spring, Maryland

Consciousness-Based Education Professional

Regional Director for the David Lynch Foundation, Washington, DC

Executive Director of the Meditation Center at Town Hall Education Arts and Recreation Campus, Washington, DC

Former Director of Quiet Time, Ideal Academy Public Charter School, Washington, DC, 2010-2018

Former award-winning teacher at Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment, 1980-2007

BA Social Sciences, San Jose State University

Postgraduate year to obtain elementary and middle school teaching credential from the State of California, San Jose State University

Doctor of World Peace honoris causa, Maharishi International University

Margaret Busch, MSCI

Fairfield, Iowa

Real Estate Broker

BA Philosophy and Psychology, Lake Forest College

MS Science of Creative Intelligence, Maharishi European Research University

Michael Busch, MA, MBA

Fairfield, IA

International Administrator for the Global Country of World Peace with responsibility for New Zealand and a Special Pandit Project in India.

BA Literature, University of Missouri

MA Education, Maharishi International University

MBA, Maharishi International University

H. Chancellor Chandler, PhD

Maharishi Vedic City, IA

Chief of Staff, Member Board of Directors, Maharishi Foundation International

BA Psychology, Harvard College,

MA Vedic and Developmental Psychology, Maharishi International University

PhD Vedic and Developmental Psychology, Maharishi International University

Bruce Currivan, MSE, DMVST

Los Altos, California

Retired as Distinguished Engineer, Communication Systems at Broadcom

40 years of experience in technology development, including the first commercial Global Positioning System receiver

Author of many technical papers, book chapters and over 140 patents

Served as Chairman of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 802.14 Physical Layer Subgroup and contributed to international cable modem standards

MSE Electrical Engineering, Princeton University

Doctorate in Maharishi Vedic Science and Technologies, Maharishi European Research University

Rafael David, MBA, DSPS

Maharishi Vedic City, IA

International Administrator of the Global Country of World Peace.

On the board of various non-profit / charitable foundations and organizations in the U.S. and Europe.

President and founder of Global Invincibility Foundation, a private U.S. foundation

BA Psychology, State University of NY at Stony Brook

MBA, Maharishi International University

Doctorate in Supreme Political Science, Maharishi University of World Peace

Diane Davis, MA

Fairfield, Iowa

Homemaker and artist

In-depth study of Maharishi Vedic Science, Maharishi Ayurveda and Vedic Approach to Health, in Fairfield, Iowa, Switzerland, Spain, and Vlodrop, Holland

BA Art, DePauw University

MA Foundations of Education, Maharishi International University

Jim Davis, MS

Fairfield, Iowa

Senior Vice President, Event Photography Group, 2007 to present

Founder and Senior Vice President Chappell Studio and Marathon Foto, 1974 to 2007 when company sold to Event Photography Group

Chair of the Board of Directors, Maharishi School, Fairfield, Iowa

Member of the Board of Directors, Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment

Member of the Board of Directors of African PTSD Relief Corporation

BA American Studies, University of Kansas

MS Education, Philosophical Foundations and Higher Education Administration, University of Kansas

Martin Davy, BA

Auckland, New Zealand

Co-Chair of the Mission and Culture Committee, MIU Board of Trustees

Teacher of the Transcendental Meditation Program in New Zealand

BA Maharishi Vedic Science, Maharishi International University

Susan Levin Dillbeck, PhD, DSPS

Champaign, Illinois and Vlodrop, Netherlands

International Professor of Education, Maharishi International University

President, International Foundation of Consciousness-Based Education

Former International Vice President, Maharishi International University

Worked under Maharishi’s guidance in Consciousness-Based education from 1971 to 2008

BA Fine Arts, University of Illinois

MA, University of California at Berkeley

PhD Education, University of California at Berkeley

Doctorate in Supreme Political Science, Maharishi University of World Peace

Michael Dimick, MBA

Boise, Idaho

Co-Chair of the Management and Finance Committee, MIU Board of Trustees

Businessman

Bachelor’s Degree in the Science of Creative Intelligence, Maharishi European Research University

MBA, Maharishi International University

Barbara B. Dreier, MFA, DSPS

Fairfield, Iowa

Administrator of the Global Country of World Peace with responsibility for implementing consciousness-based programs for women around the world, primarily in education, health, and culture

AB Biology, Radcliffe and Harvard Colleges

MFA, Yale School of Art

Doctorate in Supreme Political Science, Maharishi University of World Peace

Tom Factor, BFA

Jackson Hole, Wyoming

International administrator of the Global Country of World Peace, responsible for overseeing the expansion of Consciousness-Based programs around the world

President, GVP, Inc., providing siting and executive development of 30 utility wind farms currently in operation

Co-Director Transcendental Meditation Center of Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Past director of National TM Public Awareness Campaigns

Past Director, Energy and Environment Division of the Institute for Science, Technology, and Public Policy

BFA, California Institute of the Arts

Elizabeth B. Fauerso

San Antonio, Texas

Founder and Principal of EBF Development and Design Studio

Chair of the Visit San Antonio Marketing Committee

Board member of SAMFCO, San Antonio Mexico Friendship Coalition

Board member of the UTSA Special Libraries Collection

Member of the leadership team at Silver Ventures, accountable for the master planning and redevelopment of the historic Peral Brewery

Executive Vice President of Strategic Planning at Dieste, the largest Hispanic marketing agency in the US

BFA, Trinity University

Josephine B. Fauerso, MEd

San Antonio, Texas

Chair of the Personnel Committee, MIU Board of Trustees

Vice President of Amber Waves Music

Partner in Blanco Ventures

Writer on education and travel and active in historic preservation through her family’s museum and historic home in Texas

BS Education, University of California at Berkeley

MEd, Maharishi International University

Lorenza Garghetti, MD

Milan, Italy

Pediatrician and Neonatologist

Co-director of Maharishi Ayurveda in Italy

Member of the Board of Directors of Maharishi Colleges for Perfect Health for the Global Country of World Peace

Co-director of Ayurveda Maharishi Salute e Prevenzione Center (AMSEP), Milan, Italy

Former Co-director of the Maharishi Ayurveda Medical Doctors Course in Italy

MD Medicine and Surgery, Pediatrics and Neonatology, University of Milan Italy

Postgraduate work in intensive care for high-risk premature newborns, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan

Capt. W. Scott Gould (ret), MBA, EdD

Bethesda, Maryland

Co-Chair of the Management and Finance Committee, MIU Board of Trustees

CEO of Mountain Lake Associates, LLC, a technology enabled medical services firm

Senior Advisor with the Boston Consulting Group

Deputy Secretary/Chief Operating Officer for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for strategy, resources and management infrastructure

Fellow at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government

26-year veteran of the U.S. Navy Reserves

AB Philosophy, Cornell University

MBA, University of Rochester

EdD Education, Administration, and Finance, University of Rochester

Michael Heinrich, MS, DFJ Fellow

Mountain View, California

Entrepreneur

Founder and CEO of Oh My Green, affordable concierge-style kitchen management with tasty, nutritious foods and catering for such companies as Google and LyftOh and recipient of venture capital funds and incubator funds from Ycombinator, Stanford StartX, and Grand Central Tech

Bridgewater Associates, Westport, CT, hedge fund management

Bain and Company, management consulting

Microsoft and Sap, technology product management

BA and BS in Political Economy, Cognitive Science, and Business, UC Berkeley

Postgraduate Researcher, Harvard Business School

Certificate in Conflict Resolution, Harvard University

MS Management Science, Stanford University

DFJ Entrepreneurial Leadership Fellow, Stanford University

Nakisha Hobbs, MA, Hon EdD

Chicago, Illinois

Fourth-generation educator

Co-founder and Director of the Village Leadership Academy, Chicago, a kindergarten-through-8th-grade school with 700 students, whose focus is to transform urban youth into global leaders, incorporating the practice of the Transcendental Meditation® technique

Creator and co-facilitator of the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy’s Summer Education Workshop: Advancing Racial Justice in Schools, University of Illinois at Chicago

Associate director, Office of Early Childhood Development, Illinois Department of Human Services

BA Education, University of Illinois at Chicago

MA Early Childhood Education, Roosevelt University

Doctor of Education honoris causa, Maharishi International University

Donna Marie Jones, MA

New York, New York

Vice President, Goldman Sachs Alternatives Investing

Climate Strategy Lead, Private Markets
Scenario Analysis Development, Enterprise Risk Management

Donna Jones brings nearly a decade of experience at Goldman Sachs, where she currently leads climate strategy across private markets. Her work focuses on integrating climate risk, sustainability, and impact across the investment lifecycle.

BA in Mathematics and Computer Science, Maharishi International University

MA in Mathematical Finance, Columbia University

Carolyn Gaylord King, PhD, Hon DWP

Fairfield, Iowa

Chair of the Academic Committee, MIU Board of Trustees

Senior Researcher, Maharishi International University Research Institute

Professor, Department of Physiology and Health, Maharishi International University

Conducted the first federally funded research projects involving the TM technique and is actively involved in research on the effects of TM on health

BA Sociology, Southern Arkansas University

MA, University of Michigan

PhD Psychology, University of Michigan

Honorary Doctorate of World Peace, Maharishi University of World Peace

Brian Levine, MA

Fairfield, IA

Brian became a Certified Teacher of Transcendental Meditation in 2013. He then instructed over 1000 people in Transcendental Meditation and later became a TM-Sidhi Administrator for special projects of Raja Luis. Brian now manages the formation of multiple 10,000 groups in India and most recently became an International Administrator for the Global Country of World Peace with responsibility for Pakistan, Armenia, Bangladesh, Fiji and the Maldives.

BS Psychology with a concentration in Neuroscience, Duke University

MA Maharishi Vedic Science, Maharishi International University

Kwesi Orgle, PhD

Marietta, Georgia

Accra, Ghana

Deputy Minister of Religion and Culture, Global Country of World Peace

Executive Director, Institute for Excellence in Africa

Board member of Global Projects for Peace and Maharishi Foundations of Ghana, Rwanda and Sierra Leone

Served as a director of the Forestry Commission of Ghana and worked with a variety of NGOs including the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF), Fearless Planet Inc. and the World Federation of Traditional Kings in Côte d’Ivoire, Niger, Zambia, Nigeria, Cameroon, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Liberia

Former President of Ghana Association for the Conservation of Nature.

BSc (Hons) Botany with Zoology, University of Ghana

PhD Tropical Forest Ecology, University of Aberdeen, UK

Certificate in Participatory Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, International Agricultural Centre, Wageningen, the Netherlands

Postgraduate certificates: Strategic Environmental Assessment, Oxford Brookes University, UK and Modernizing Human Resource Management, Royal Institute of Public Administration, London, UK

Neil Paterson, PhD, DSCI

Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada

Minister of Administration, Global Country of World Peace

Teacher of the Transcendental Meditation technique, advanced techniques, and the TM-Sidhi Program for over 40 years

Senior Administrator of the Global Transcendental Meditation Organization from 1982-2002

PhD Maharishi Vedic Science, Maharishi Vedic University

Doctorate in Science of Creative Intelligence, Maharishi European Research University

Ram Shrivastava, MBA

New Delhi, India

Director of Marketing, Maharishi Ayurveda Products Pvt. Ltd.
Strategist for Maharishi Ayurveda Programs in India and abroad

BBA Business Administration, Apeejay Institute of Management

MBA Sustainable Business, Maharishi International University

Yingwu (Andy) Zhong, MS, Hon DCS

Beijing, China

Entrepreneur

Co-founder and CEO of both FunPlus and KingsGroup, two leading global game companies with operations in Europe,

Asia, and the United States, with a mission of connecting people to break limits by creating amazing interactive entertainment that players love

Founder of FunPlus Phoenix, the 2019 League of Legends world championship esports team

Pioneer investor in digital interactive entertainment including games, live streaming, VR content, esports, and other innovative game related companies

Former engineering director and lead product manager at RockYou

Former research engineer at Bell Laboratories

BS Computer Science, Dalian University of Technology, China

MS Computer Science, Maharishi International University

Doctor of Computer Science honoris causa, Maharishi International University

Jane Schmidt-Wilk, MBA, PhD

Fairfield, IA

Faculty Trustee, MIU Board of Trustees

MIU Dean of Teaching and Learning

Professor of Management

BA, Oberlin College

MBA, Maharishi International University

PhD, Maharishi International University

Śankari Menon Wegman, PhD

Fairfield Iowa

Faculty Trustee, MIU Board of Trustees

Assistant Director of the Fellowship MS Integrative Medicine and Ayurveda program for Advanced Health Professionals Maharishi Ayurveda Consultant and Health Coach

Certified teacher of Maharishi Transcendental Meditation and Yoga Āsana programs

200 Yoga YTT Yoga Alliance

Committee Chair for the Development of Consciousness Maharishi School

BA Biology (Pre-Med), Earlham College

BS Philosophy-BioEthics, Towson University

BA Maharishi Ayurveda, Maharishi International University

MS Physiology, Maharishi International University

PhD Physiology and Health, Maharishi International University

Scott Herriott, Provost, PhD, Hon DWP

Fairfield, Iowa

Provost and Chief Academic Officer of MIU

Ex officio member, MIU Board of Trustees

Professor of Management

Author of 12 scientific papers on economics, organization, and business strategy and three textbooks: College Algebra Through Functions and Models (Cengage, 2005), Feasibility Analysis for Sustainable Technologies: An Engineering-Economic Approach (Business Expert Press, 2015), and Metrics for Sustainable Business: Measures and Standards for the Assessment of Organizations (Routledge, 2016)

Former Dean of the College of Business Administration, Maharishi International University

Former member of the Accreditation Review Council of the Higher Learning Commission, Chicago, Illinois

Former business faculty member, University of Texas at Austin and University of Iowa 1984-1990

BA Mathematics, Dartmouth College

MA Educational Administration, Dartmouth College

PhD Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University

Honorary Doctorate of World Peace, Maharishi University of World Peace

William Smith, MEd

Fairfield, Iowa

Chief Executive Officer of MIU

Ex officio member, MIU Board of Trustees

Former President & CEO, Columbia College Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

Former Chief Academic Officer and National Academic Director, SAE Institute USA

Former Vice President of Academic Affairs, Los Angeles Film School, Los Angeles, California

Former Industry Learning Director at NEOM, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Former Director, Icon Collective College of Music, Burbank, California

Former Chair, Recording Arts Department, Full Sail University, Winter Springs, Florida
Member of the Advisory Board, Icon Collective College of Music, Burbank, California

Team Chairman and Peer Evaluator, WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC) and Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC)

Awarded the Top Gun Award for Educator of the Year, Full Sail University, Winter Park, Florida

BA summa cum laude, Digital Design and Visual Communication, American Intercontinental University

MEd Instructional Design and Technology, American Intercontinental University