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2026-2027 Catalog 
  
2026-2027 Catalog

International Board of Trustees


Ed Malloy

Fairfield, Iowa

Chair of the Board of Trustees

Chair of the Development, Alumni, and Marketing Committee
Former Mayor of Fairfield, Iowa (2020-2022), named one of the 15 Greenest Mayors in North America by MSN.com, 2008.
Chair of the Institutional Advancement Committee of the Board of Trustees
Executive Director for Grow Fairfield Economic Development Association
BA Psychology, Ricker College

 

Tony Nader

Maharishi Vedic City, Iowa

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, 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

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

 

John Hagelin, PhD, DWP
Maharishi Vedic City, Iowa
President Emeritus of MIU
Director of the Institute of Science, Technology ,and Public Policy
Professor of Physics
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

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, Berkeley

Doctor of Philosophy honoris causa, Maharishi International University
 

Tom Stanley

Fairfield, Iowa

Vice-Chair of the 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 of the Board of Trustees, 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
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

Fairfield, Iowa

Real Estate Broker

BA Philosophy and Psychology, Lake Forest College

MS Science of Creative Intelligence, Maharishi European Research University

 

Michael Busch

Fairfield, Iowa

International Administrator for the Global Country of World Peace with responsibility of 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, Iowa

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
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 of Maharishi Vedic Science and Technologies, Maharishi European Research University

 

Rafael David

Maharishi Vedic City, Iowa

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
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
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 of African PTSD Relief Corporation
BA American Studies, University of Kansas
MS Education, Philosophical Foundations and Higher Education Administration, University of Kansas
 

Martin Davy

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, DWP
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
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

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, DWP
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 of Supreme Political Science, Maharishi University of World Peace
 

Tom Factor
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., 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
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

Doctorate of Education honoris causa, Maharishi International University
 

Eliana Freeman Carter

Fairfield, Iowa

Former Board Chair of Maharishi School

Finance Controller for Maharishi Foundation

MBA, Maharishi International University

 

Leon Gatys, PhD

Seattle, Washington

AI Researcher with a focus on how data-driven technology can improve human lives

Research Lead for Apple’s Responsible AI team

Former co-founder of PreemptiveAI to build the foundation models for human health and physiology from smartphones and wearable devices

Former Research Scientist and founding member of the Health AI team at Apple.

Invented the popular Neural Style Transfer algorithm during his PhD, one of the first works that demonstrated the potential of Generative AI

BSc in Theoretical Physics, University College London

PhD Machine Learning & Computational Neuroscience, University of Tuebingen, Germany

 

Capt. W. Scott Gould (ret), 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, Cornell University, Philosophy
MBA, University of Rochester
EdD Education, Administration, and Finance, University of Rochester
 

Michael Heinrich
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
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

 

Carolyn Gaylord King, PhD

Fairfield, Iowa

Chair of the Academic committee, MIU Board of Trustees

Senior Researcher, Maharishi International University Research Institute

Professor, College of Business and Entrepreneurship, 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
 

Rachel Lansky

Fairfield, Iowa

Global Support Manager, ION Analytics (Chicago/remote)

Certified Transcendental Meditation Teacher

BA, English Writing, University of Colorado, Denver

MBA, Maharishi International University

 

Brian Levine

Fairfield, Iowa

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 World Wide 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 Patterson, PhD
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

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
Beijing, China
Entrepreneur
Co-founder and CEO of both FunPlus and KingsGroup, two leading global game companies with operations in Europe, Asia and the U.S. 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
 

Amine Kouider

Fairfield, Iowa

Faculty Trustee, MIU Board of Trustees

Chair, Department of Cinematic Arts and New Media

Director, Online BA in Cinematic Arts and New Media

Director, BFA Cinematic Arts and New Media

Founding member of the David Lynch Foundation Television

Former Producer for the David Lynch Foundation

BA, Maharishi International University

MFA, Maharishi International University

 

Sankari 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, PhD

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

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