Our Board of Directors
![Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche Director of Gar Drolma Center](https://gardrolma.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Khenpo-Samdup-1-200x300.jpg)
Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche, Spiritual Director
Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche was born in Tibet and is a long time student of His Eminence Garchen Rinpoche. He studied ...
![Venerable Konchog Thubten Nima](https://gardrolma.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Lama-Thubten-Nima-350x261.jpg)
Venerable Konchog Thubten Nima
Lama Thubten Nima was born in the Kham (eastern) Region of Tibet in 1965. When he was 14, Lama Thubten ...
![Debbie Jackson, Center Director](https://gardrolma.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Debbie-350x261.jpg)
Debbie Jackson, Center Director
"I was led to Gar Drolma five years ago, seeking to find a teacher and begin studying Buddhism. There really ...
![Gary Smith](https://gardrolma.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Gary-350x261.jpg)
Gary Smith
"I awakened my interest in Buddhism while spending time in Japan as a student in the early '80s. My interest ...
![Michael Stanek](https://gardrolma.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/MichaelStanek_Web-350x234.jpg)
Michael Stanek
I first developed an interest in Buddhism and meditation in the early 1980’s, while reading about Zen in college. I ...
![Mary Pipik](https://gardrolma.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/marypipik_featured-1-350x234.jpg)
Mary Pipik
I had little interest in Buddhism until I started to practice. My husband had practiced for many years, but it involved ...