Board of Trustees
Members of the Board of Trustees are elected for 3-year terms, and may serve multiple terms.
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
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
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