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Tempa Dukte Lama
Tempa Lama is the spiritual director and the chairman of Olmo Ling.
Lowell Britson
President
Lowell is director of marketing for the University of Pittsburgh Press. He has held similar positions with Oxford, Stanford and McGraw-Hill. His Buddhist teachers include Suzuki Roshi and Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche.
Iris Grossmann, Ph.D.
Co-founder
Iris has studied Buddhism and meditation since ca. 1990. She has been a close student of Tempa Lama and helped to organize his teachings and writings as his assistant since 2004. Iris is a postdoctoral research fellow at Carnegie Mellon University, where she works on understanding and adapting to climate and weather risks.
Andrew Kaiser
Treasurer
Andrew Kaiser works for PNC Bank, where he is a senior project manager in the Institutional Banking Program Management Office. He has previously served on boards, including a term as President of the Board of Trustees at the Waldord School of Pittsburgh. He is also a composer and writer on topics related to music and spirituality. Andrew is a student of Tempa Lama.
Bob Labobgah, M.A.
Environment
Bob was trained as a clinical psychologist but has worked in the visual arts, both performance and dance during the last forty years. Now he chants in Tibetan Bon Buddhism, letting his heart joyfully dance.
Eileen Nadzam, M.A.
Bookstore Manager
Chantleader
Eileen has a Master of Fine Arts in Music from Carnegie-Mellon University, and owns and operates her own music studio. She has also taught at the Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA), has been Adjunct Faculty in the Music Department of CCAC as well as accompanist to the Community College Choir. She is also a member of the Pittsburgh Musicians Union and past vice president of the Pittsburgh Music Teachers Association. Eileen is a Registered Suzuki Instructor for violin and piano and has performed with many venues including the Wheeling Symphony, and the Pittsburgh Opera and Ballet. She has been a long time student of Yoga, Aikido, and Chi Gong, and is dedicated to the practice of Bön Buddhism.
Stanley Perelman, Ph.D.
Vice President
Stan is a psychologist and Jungian Analyst with a private practice in Pittsburgh. He also consults with the Chatham University Counseling Center. He is a member of the Jungian Psychoanalytic Association in New York and an affiliate member of the Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Institute. He has given seminars, talks and papers on a variety of subjects including personality disorders, aspects of Jungian psychology, dreams, Buddhism and the nature of spirituality. He has a long time meditation practice and has been a student of Bon Buddhism for about fifteen years.
