PEOPLE

TRUSTEES OF THE CENTRE FOR CONTEMPLATIVE RESEARCH AOTEAROA

B. Alan Wallace

Joe Llewellyn

Paul Kelly

Marc Talloen

Martin Ström

B. Alan Wallace, Founder, President and Director of Contemplative Training

B. Alan Wallace, PhD

One of the world’s leading scholars, writers, and teachers of Tibetan Buddhism and its relation to science, Dr. Wallace was ordained by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and devoted fourteen years to training as a Tibetan Buddhist monk. He earned an undergraduate degree in physics and the philosophy of science at Amherst College and a doctorate in religious studies at Stanford University. He is the founder and director of the Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies and the Centers for Contemplative Research. Dr. Wallace has become an outspoken advocate for a revolution in the mind sciences, one that will replace the current paradigm of materialist reductionism with a new paradigm in which objective research is augmented and completed by rigorous first-person, contemplative methods of inquiry into the nature and potentials of the mind.

Paul Kelly

Paul has a background in international finance and is Treasurer for CCR Aotearoa.

Joe Llewellyn

Joe works in the field of equity, diversity, and inclusion. He has a PhD in peace and conflict studies focusing on nonviolence. Joe has a background in activism, and has supported many social justice causes, including that of Tibet. He has been interested in Buddhism from a young age and became a committed Buddhist practitioner after meeting His Holiness the Dalai Lama when he visited New Zealand.

Marc Talloen

Marc is a retired entrepreneur with experience in establishing projects, business activities and companies at an international level. He is motivated by CCR’s aim to establish Contemplative Research Observatories around the world that ultimately seek to create a happier more peaceful community and world. Marc is inspired by HH Dalai Lama and Lama Alan’s vision. He believes it’s paramount to create a conducive environment for contemplatives and scientists to explore the inner sources of mental conflict and distress, the roots of genuine well-being, and the origins, nature, and potentials of the mind.

Martin Ström

Martin is a philanthropist, technologist, author and public speaker.