Martin Krasney

"Marty Krasney, an educator and organizational executive, was named as the first Executive Director of Dalai Lama Fellows in May 2010. His prior work in the not-for-profit sector includes having served as the first director of the Aspen Institute Seminars, the founding president of American Leadership Forum, executive director of The Coalition for the Presidio Pacific Center, and program director of the National Humanities Series. His corporate employment includes directing public affairs for Levi Strauss & Co. and managing executive development at ARCO. Mr. Krasney has served on numerous not-for-profit boards in a diversity of fields, and is currently Vice Chairman of Commonweal, Treasurer of the Compton Foundation, Inc., and a board member of the Butler Koshland Fellows, Cutting Ball Theater, the Edible Schoolyard Project, and Heyday, and serves o"