Institute of Noetic Sciences

"The Institute of Noetic Sciences, founded in 1973 by Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit research, education, and membership organization whose mission is supporting individual and collective transformation through consciousness research, educational outreach, and engaging a global learning community in the realization of our human potential." They are a founding partner of the Creating the New Civilization Initiative which was launched in 2005.


 * Marilyn Mandala Schlitz – President/CEO
 * Rose Welch – Executive Assistant to the President/Board

Research Staff
Accessed July 2013:


 * Cassandra Vieten, PhD, Executive Director of Research
 * Dean Radin, PhD, Chief Scientist
 * Marilyn Schlitz, PhD, Ambassador for Creative Projects and Global Affairs & Senior Scientist
 * Jenny Mathews, Research Coordinator
 * Charlene Farrell, Research Assistant
 * Leena Michel, Research Assistant

Extended Faculty
Accessed July 2013:


 * Christopher Bache, Fariba Bogzaran, James Carpenter, Christian de Quincey, Rick Hanson, Richard A. Krieger, Jeff Levin, David Lukoff, Frederic Luskin, Wayne Muller, Roger Nelson, James O'Dea, Aftab Omer, Kenneth Pelletier, Diane Hennacy Powell, Janet Quinn, Noel Radcliffe, Beverly Rubik, Peter Russell, Elisabet Sahtouris, Jonathan Schooler, Rupert Sheldrake, Leanna Standish, William Stewart, Charles T. Tart, Luisah Teish, Francis Tiso, Claudia Welss, Garret Yount

Board
Accessed October 2011:


 * Bill Sechrest – Chair
 * Susan Mersereau – Vice Chair
 * Richard Bishop – Secretary
 * Lou Leeburg – Treasurer
 * Edgar Mitchell – Founder
 * Bruce Roberts – Finance Committee Chair
 * Lynn Montei – Development Committee Chair
 * Jim Jensen – Marketing, Web, and Communications Committee Chair
 * Betsy Gordon – Land Committee Chair
 * Stacey Lawson – Research Committee Chair
 * Ann Frost – Ex Officio
 * Nan Johnson
 * Harriet Crosby
 * Walter Link
 * Lee Lipsenthal
 * Belvie Rooks
 * Fred Segal
 * George Zimmer

Distinguished Advisors
Accessed July 2013:


 * Hafsat Abiola, A. T. Ariyaratne, Angeles Arrien, Deepak Chopra, Barbara Dossey, Larry Dossey, Hans-Peter Duerr, Walter Freeman, Amit Goswami, Stanislav Grof, Michael J. Harner, Wayne B. Jonas, Mary Jo Kreitzer, Stanley Krippner, Satish Kumar, Ervin Laszlo, Robert F. Lehman, Michael Lerner, Ralph Metzner, Michael Murphy, Dean Ornish, Rachel Naomi Remen, Peter Russell, Monica Sharma, Henry Stapp, Maurice Strong, Russell Targ, Robert Thurman, Desmond Tutu, Frances Vaughan, Roger Walsh, Jean Watson, Arthur Zajonc

Fellows
Accessed July 2013:


 * Christopher Bache, Van Jones, James O'Dea, Marilyn Schlitz, Marilyn Schlitz, Rupert Sheldrake, Charles T. Tart

Contact
URL: http://noetic.org

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